I apologize for taking the floor. I just need to respond to some remarks made by the representative of the Syrian regime.
The outrageous claim that the United States is providing support to some alleged Ukrainian terrorist action in Syria is patently absurd. But that type of claim is right out of t…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and High Commissioner Türk for their briefings.
The United States remains of the view that a broader conflict in the Middle East is neither desirable nor inevitable. But the actions various actors take in the coming days will, once again, determine how the si…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Director Rajasingham for speaking truth about the grim reality of the political and humanitarian situation in Syria.
The international community must stand firm against the Syrian regime’s continued atrocities and abuses.
The recently released report of the Indep…
I thank Coordinator Wennesland and Ms. Clark for their briefings.
This is a decisive moment for the parties to the ongoing conflict and for the security of the broader region. The Council will have an opportunity to further discuss the situation with regard to Lebanon tomorrow afternoon. The United…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and Acting Under- Secretary-General Msuya for their briefings.
The United States is deeply concerned about reports of a full-on assault and serious escalation in the months-long siege of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on El Fasher. We are appalled by report…
I thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing.
Wow, that was quite a bit of propaganda and lies. It is quite amazing what we just heard. The United States welcomes the opportunity to address the seriousness of weapons transfers into the conflict in Ukraine, which Russia started. Transfers …
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg, Acting Under-Secretary- General Msuya and Ms. Al Obahi for their briefings.
Over three months have passed since Houthi militants rounded up scores of United Nations staff, all of whom were working to bring life-saving assistance to the Yemeni people at the time of t…
The United States thanks Council members for their constructive engagement in renewing the Sudan sanctions regime for 12 more months.
Right now, the people of Darfur continue to live in danger, desperation and despair. Every day they are faced with intensified fighting and restrictions on humanitar…
I thank Acting Under-Secretary-General Msuya for her briefing, and I thank Ecuador and France for calling the Security Council’s attention to the humanitarian impact of Russia’s recent missile and drone assault on Ukraine.
Russia’s ongoing aerial assault on Ukraine, which began on 24 August, Ukrain…
I thank Slovenia for hosting this important discussion and our speakers for their interventions.
This discussion comes at a time when peacekeeping is under intense strain. That strain is due to the unprecedented fracturing of the political support that United Nations peacekeeping missions have trad…
I thank Director Ebo for his briefing.
This month marks 11 years since the adoption of resolution 2118 (2013), which the Council adopted unanimously in response to horrific chemical-weapons attacks in Syria. Today the United States wishes
to review where we stand on the critical pillars of that re…
I apologize for taking the floor once again, Mr. President. I have
addressed this issue and other United States colleagues have addressed it before. I think everybody knows the difficulties of trying to reach the hostage-ceasefire agreement, so I am not going to sit here and once again spell those …
I just want to respond very briefly to my Russian colleague’s remarks. First and foremost, I am very glad to hear him pledge support for the Charter of the United Nations. I hope that means that Russia will soon be pulling its troops out of Ukraine and ending its war of aggression there.
My second …
I will be equally brief regarding the remarks just made by the representative of the Russian Federation. I would simply point out that he just reinforced all the points I made in my earlier statement. I have nothing more to say.
I will be brief. I will just say, as I have said many times in this Chamber, that I will continue to call out those countries, including China, that provide support to Russia’s industrial base. I will cease those calls when that support terminates.
I thank Mr. Ebo, Director of the Office for Disarmament Affairs for his briefing.
As we all know, Russia started this war by invading Ukraine in clear violation of the Charter of the United Nations. Russia’s alleged concern that United Nations Member States are helping Ukraine defend itself is noth…
I thank you, Mr. President, I apologize once again.
My Russian colleague — he or his Permanent Representative — has been in the Chamber in all of those discussions. He knows exactly what our positions were with regard to each of the resolutions and what we insisted on and what we thought was real…
My apologies for taking the floor once again, but I do need to respond to the remarks made by the representative of the Russian Federation.
Our Russian colleague’s long-winded statement contained little but the usual politicization of this tragic conflict in Gaza. He rambled on with his usual anti-…
I thank Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Msuya and Deputy Director-General of the World Health Organization Ryan for their briefings.
Polio is a scourge of a disease — one that had nearly been eradicated through the dedicated efforts of agencies such as the World Health Orga…
I apologize for taking the floor, but I need to respond to some comments that were made by the representative of the Al-Assad regime.
Let us be clear: no one has inflicted more harm on the Syrian people — whether it be economic, political or military — than the Al-Assad regime. Let us not
forget …
