I thank Special Representative Ziadeh for her briefing. We would like to acknowledge the efforts that she and her team at the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) have made in advancing interethnic dialogue and the rule of law reform in Kosovo.
We are duty-bound to also a…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing.
For 979 days, Russia has waged a brutal full-scale war against a fellow United Nations Member State and its people, and with each passing day, as Russia suffers immense losses, the Kremlin has grown increasingly desperate. Inviting North K…
The United States was pleased to vote in favour of resolution 2753 (2024), which renews the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), now to be known as the United Nations Transitional Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS). We continue to view the Mission’s role as critic…
I will be very brief. Let me just say that, based on its history, the Al-Assad regime is in no position to criticize the United States, claiming that we are somehow violating the Charter of the United Nations. This is a regime that everyone must be reminded has used chemical weapons repeatedly again…
I apologize for taking the floor, but I need to respond to a few things that were said by the representative of the Al-Assad regime. He first made the claim that the United States crushes expression — students who are trying to express their views on Gaza on college campuses. That is absolutely abs…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen, Director Wosornu and the civil society support representatives for their briefings. At the outset, I want to say to our civil society representatives how important it is that the Security Council regularly hear their perspectives and learn about their efforts.
The Un…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Rugwabiza and Ambassador Hilale for their informative briefings, which illustrate the critical role that the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) plays in supporting peace an…
I will be very brief in response to some remarks that were made. As I made clear in my statement, the United States supports a just peace in Ukraine. But any proposal that is not aligned with the Charter of the United Nations and/or seeks to freeze in place Russia’s territorial conquest is not a jus…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing.
For 970 days, Russia has waged a brutal, full-scale war against a fellow United Nations Member State and its people. Russia, through relentless violence, is razing Ukraine’s infrastructure, killing countless civilians, displacing millions …
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg, Acting Under-Secretary- General Msuya and Ms. Jumaan for their briefings.
Last week, we marked a solemn milestone: one year since Hamas’s brutal 7 October terrorist attack on Israel. This week, we mark yet another grim anniversary: one year since the Houthis, seekin…
I apologize for taking the floor again. I will be very brief, but I need to respond to the comments from our Russian colleague.
Russia, as I have said many times, is in no position to criticize any country given the atrocities it is committing on a daily basis in Ukraine. It is Russia that is in cl…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix for their briefings.
The United States has been clear: a diplomatic solution between Israel and Lebanon along the Blue Line is the only path to restore lasting calm and allow residents in both Lebanon a…
I thank Officer-in-Charge Koury for her briefing and for her continued leadership of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). I also wish to thank Ms. Bugaighis for her presentation.
UNSMIL has played an essential role in supporting the political process, assisting with the unification…
I thank Special Envoy Xia and Ms. Ntambwe for their briefings. I would also like to welcome Her Excellency the Foreign Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the representatives of Rwanda and Angola to this meeting.
The United States remains deeply concerned about the continuing confl…
I thank Ambassadors Swan and Souef for their briefings, and I thank Ms. Ilwad Elman for her courage and insight today. I would also like to welcome Foreign Minister Fiqi to this Council meeting. We look forward to working closely with him and with all incoming members of the Council.
We commend the…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Onanga-Anyanga, Ambassador Mohammed of the Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union (AU) and Assistant Secretary-General Pobee for their briefings.
We know that strong partnerships between the African Union and the United Nations are vi…
I would like to thank the Directors of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for their briefings. We appreciate the role of the IOM and the High Commissioner for Refugees in helping to ensure that migrants and refugees …
I apologize — I realize it is getting late, and we all want to have lunch, but I must respond to some of the words uttered by the Russian representative here. I will be brief.
He presents, as Russia always does here, a very selective, distorted and warped interpretation of history. That is unsurpr…
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing.
In the days since we last convened to discuss the situation along the border shared by Israel and Lebanon, the United States has engaged intensively with all parties in the region. Our aim is clear: to avert a broader war that we believe is in no part…
