I thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing and attention to the Libya file. We appreciate her steadfast commitment to ensuring that the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) retains qualified leadership, and we welcome the Secretary- General’s appointment of Ms. Han…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting to review where the United Nations stands on its purposes and principles as we enter its eightieth year.
The United States helped found the United Nations after the Second World War to prevent future global conflicts and promote international …
I thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and Under-Secretary-General Tom Fletcher for their briefings, which underscored the precarious situation in Yemen and Houthi threats to international peace and security.
With materiel and financial support from Iran, the Houthis have launched numerous attacks on…
I thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Assistant Secretary-General Joyce Msuya for their briefings. We appreciate their candid assessments of the political and humanitarian situation in Syria and their continued engagement in Damascus.
During Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent engagements wit…
As this is my first time to be sitting with you, Mr. President, in the Council, I would just like to congratulate you on your
Countering Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) and other terrorist groups around the world is a top priority for the Trump Administration. President Trump has already …
I thank Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General Vivian van de Perre for her briefing on the unacceptable events of the past 48 hours.
The United States condemns the seizure of Goma and urges the Council to consider measures to halt the territorial advances by Rwandan troops and the M…
I thank Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini and Secretary General Jan Egeland for their briefings.
The United States is strongly committed to implementing the ceasefire agreement so that the hostages can return home and the people of Gaza can look towards a brighter future under new leadership.…
The United States acknowledges the efforts involved in arranging this report and briefing.
There has been terrible suffering inflicted upon innocent civilians in the Sudan in this conflict. Since the renewed outbreak of hostilities in April 2023, combatants have directed shocking cruelty and violen…
I thank today’s briefers and, in particular, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Keita for her steadfast leadership of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) amid a clear and deliberate escalation of the conflict in eastern…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Tom Fletcher for his briefing and Ms. Bisan Nateel for her moving remarks.
A ceasefire and hostage release deal were long overdue. The mediation led by the United States, Qatar and Egypt has finally resulted in an agreement to end
We must ensure that Hamas is not pe…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khalid Khiari for his briefing, and we are pleased to welcome the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, to this dialogue with the Security Council. I also welcome the representative of Egypt to this debate.
The United States belie…
On behalf of the United States, I reject the accusations put forward by the representative of the Russian Federation. I will be speaking later on behalf of my Government with respect to the situation of children in armed conflict in Gaza. The idea that the United States is responsible for the terrib…
I asked to speak again because I felt it was important to reject the scapegoating that I regrettably heard during this meeting, and I would just respectfully suggest that the Security Council focus on finding solutions to the scourge of violence terrorizing the Haitian people rather than casting bla…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ruiz Massieu, Mr. Tovar and Mr. Valbuena for their presentations, and we welcome Minister Murillo.
The United States has proudly supported the implementation of Colombia’s Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasti…
I thank Special Representative Salvador for her briefing and for the efforts of the team of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH). I also thank United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Executive Director Waly for her briefing.
It is clear from the briefings that Haiti continues to f…
I thank you, Mr. President, Minister of Foreign Affairs, National Community Abroad and African Affairs, Ahmed Attaf, for convening this discussion. We also thank Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, African Union Commissioner Bankole Adeoye and Mr. Said Djinnit for their insights.
The United St…
I thank Secretary-General Guterres for his briefing earlier.
A ceasefire and hostage release deal was long overdue. Thanks to the efforts of Qatar, Egypt and the United States, the sides have reached an agreement consistent with resolution 2735 (2024) to end the conflict that Hamas set in motion mo…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Assistant Secretary-General Msuya for their briefings, which underscored the precarious situation in Yemen.
The Council is well aware that recent threats from the Houthis to international peace and security have been the focus of recent meetings. In an emergency …
In January 2024, 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 the Houthis immediately cease their attacks on merchant and commercial vessels…
There were some false assertions about the United States and the military exercises in which we participate on the Korean Peninsula. I am therefore compelled to respond.
The joint military exercises of the United States and the Republic of Korea are long-standing, purely defensive in nature and int…
