Let me also thank Under-Secretary General Lacroix, Lieutenant General Lázaro Sáenz and Lieutenant General Gomes for their presentations today.
Owing to their impartiality, their military capabilities and their role in advancing political solutions, United Nations peacekeeping missions are well posi…
Let me thank Special Representative Simão for his informative briefing. We commend his efforts to promote long-term stability and peace in West Africa and the Sahel. I also thank Ms. Akiyode-Afolabi for her enlightening remarks.
I would like to make five points today.
Secondly, the United States c…
I welcome you, Mr. President.
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I also thank Under-Secretary-General Michaud, Assistant Secretary-General Msuya and Executive Director Lee for their informative briefings. Let me also take this opportunity to thank the delegation of Denmark for its well-handled presidency last mon…
For their comprehensive briefings, I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix, United Nations Police Adviser Faisal Shahkar, Police Commissioner of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic Christophe Bizimungu and Sen…
I thank Director Wosornu for her remarks. I take serious note of her very sober briefing and her three requests.
The ongoing war in the Sudan is catastrophic and the cause of the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Its continued escalation is a threat to the stability and security of the region an…
I would like to start by offering our condolences and deepest sympathies for the Tunisian peacekeeper who was fatally wounded in the 11 February attack on a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) patrol. The United States condemns a…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary- General Jenča for his briefing.
The goal of the Minsk agreements was an end to the fighting and the restoration of Ukraine’s control over its territory within its internationally recognized borders. Russia signed those agreements but never implemented any …
The United States welcomes the adoption of the resolution (resolution 2772 (2025)) and the renewal of the mandate of the Panel of Experts on the Sudan. We are confident the Panel’s independent reporting will facilitate Member State support for the Sudan and efforts to reach a lasting resolution to a…
I wish you a good presidency this month, Mr. President, and I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Haysom, Ambassador Gituai and Mr. Yakani for their briefings. They were very enlightening.
The people of South Sudan deserve peace, the freedom to participate in civic and political p…
We very much look forward to working with you, Madam
President, during your Security Council presidency. I would also like to thank Switzerland for the successful conclusion of its presidency.
The United States welcomes the Security Council’s reauthorization of the mandate of the European Union (E…
I would also like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General and the Chief of the Office of the Under-Secretary-General for the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism for their briefings today.
Let me begin by once again condemning the acts of sabotage against the Nord Stream pipelines and unders…
I thank Mr. Fung for his briefing.
The Russian representative has again claimed that Western assistance to Ukraine, provided for its self- defence, is prolonging a war that Russia started. We all heard the Russian representative say in the Security Council yesterday that the only peace discussion i…
I thank Director Rajasingham and Chief Executive Officer Soeripto for their briefings.
The Security Council and General Assembly have affirmed the imperative of protecting humanitarian personnel, including in resolutions 2712 (2023), 2720 (2023) and 2728 (2024). As we heard today, tragically, that …
I thank Assistant-Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing yet again today.
We are once again gathered in this Chamber to discuss the impacts of Putin’s illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine. And as I said yesterday (see S/PV.9523), the United States mourns each and every civilian life lost to th…
I would like to thank our three briefers for their helpful remarks this morning.
The United States shares the concern regarding the sharp increase in violence by extremist settlers in the West Bank and the unprecedented number of Palestinian fatalities both there and in Gaza over the past three mon…
On behalf of the United States, let me strongly congratulate Ecuador on a very successful presidency, particularly with everything we have had to traverse this month. I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his remarks for the second time today.
We mourn this tragic loss of life as we do the…
I thank Deputy to the High Representative Ebo for his briefing and sustained attention on this important issue.
The United States continues to be appalled by Syria’s flagrant non-compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and defiance of various Security Council resolutions, including
r…
I thank Special Representative Bathily for his briefing and for his ongoing efforts to convene key Libyan stakeholders to galvanize the political process and consolidate support for elections as soon as possible.
It is increasingly clear that achieving a credible elections road map and a peaceful t…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Ambassador Skoog for their briefings and the Security Council’s appointed Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) for the presentation of her report (see S/2023/963).
We are meeting at a time when Iran continues to take increasingly p…
