I apologize for taking the floor again. But I do need to respond briefly
to some points that were made by the representatives of China and the Russian Federation.
First and foremost, with regard to the Chinese representative’s remarks, if indeed China is so concerned about the security situation o…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Nakamitsu for her briefing. I also thank Mr. Leff very much for his briefing. His presentation was quite compelling.
Let me start by taking this opportunity to condemn in the strongest possible terms the June 25 ballistic missile launch by the Democratic People’s Rep…
I would like to make a brief statement in support of Ukraine’s participation in this meeting under rule 37 and of the European Union’s under rule 39.
Ukraine’s participation is relevant to this agenda item. Russia is launching ballistic missiles against the
Ukrainian people that it unlawfully proc…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Rugwabiza for her informative briefing, which illustrates the critical role that the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) plays in supporting peace and security in the Centra…
I am pleased to deliver this statement on behalf of the United States and Japan.
In January, the Security Council adopted resolution 2722 (2024), which underscored the importance of the exercise of navigational rights and freedoms of vessels of all States in the Red Sea and unequivocally demanded t…
I would like to thank Ambassador Swan and Ambassador Souef for their briefings. We are grateful for Ambassador Swan’s return to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).
I would like to congratulate my colleague from Somalia on his country’s election to membership in the Security Co…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Ambassador Lambrinidis, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, for their briefings. I also thank Ambassador Frazier for her work as Facilitator.
As we reflect today on the conclusions of the report of the Secretary-General (S/…
I thank Special Representative Otunbayeva, Ms. Doughten and Ms. Wafeq for their briefings. I would also like to thank the entire team of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for its work to build a stable, prosperous, inclusive, and secure Afghanistan. We appreciate UNAMA’s c…
I will be very brief in responding to the Russian representative. We basically know what they are doing — they are violating sanctions, and we will continue to call that out, as need be.
I thank Ms. Koury for her briefing. I also want to thank Ambassador Yamazaki for his leadership of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya.
Former Special Representative Bathily’s resignation is a reminder of the challenges to reaching a political compromise th…
I thank the Republic of Korea for organizing this session and Ms. Nderitu for her comprehensive briefing.
As resolution 2686 (2023) recognizes, hate speech, racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, related forms of intolerance and gender discrimination can contribute to driving the outbreak, esca…
I thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing.
It comes as no surprise that Russia called for today’s meeting the day before representatives of dozens of countries travel to Switzerland for the summit on peace in Ukraine. Today’s meeting is a transparent attempt by Russia to distract the w…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Director Wosornu for their briefings and welcome the representative of Yemen to today’s meeting.
The United States is deeply disturbed by the reports that Houthi rebels detained at least 50 Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies, Member State diplomatic miss…
I apologize for taking the floor. I just need to respond briefly to remarks made by the representatives of the Russian Federation and China.
First, where the Russian Federation’s reference to United States military exercises is concerned, they are long-standing exercises that we have conducted with…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Nakamitsu for her briefing.
Syria continues to blatantly ignore its obligations to comply with the Chemical Weapons Convention and resolution 2118 (2013). For the past decade, multiple — I repeat, multiple — independent investigations have concluded that the Al-Ass…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Abarry and Mr. Da Piedade Veríssimo of the Economic Community of Central African States for their informative briefings.
The United States believes that it is vital to support the democratic and peaceful aspirations of the people of Central Af…
I apologize for taking the floor again, but I need to respond to some remarks that were made by the representative of the Russian Federation.
Russia has, for the past eight months, used and hidden behind the tragic situation in Gaza to make its highly disingenuous claims of concern for the plight o…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Msuya for her briefing. We also welcome the representatives of Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Sweden and Romania and the Head of the European Union delegation to this meeting.
On 10 May, the Russian Federation launched an offensive against the Kharkiv region of Ukraine…
I apologize once again for taking floor, and I will be brief. With regard to the issue of military exercises, if Council members recall, during the period of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, we in essence suspended our military exercises because of what was going on with regard to the CO…
I apologize for taking the floor, but I felt it necessary to respond to some comments made by the representatives of Russia and China — two countries that are unfortunately preventing us from moving forward on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea issue here in the Council.
As we have said many…
