The United States is pleased today to once again co-sponsor the important resolution 73/343, on illicit trafficking. Wildlife trafficking threatens what we value, our governance structures and the rule of law. It undermines economic prosperity and the livelihoods of communities, encourages corruptio…
We would like to thank the facilitators, Belgium and Jamaica, for their leadership on the resolution just adopted on the International Labour Organization Centenary Declaration (resolution 73/342).
Today, the United States is pleased to join consensus. We agree that full and productive employment a…
As noted in our national statement of 7 December 2018, the United States does not support the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration or the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants of September 2016. We therefore object to the adoption of a resolution that establishes processes…
We wish to join other delegations in commemorating the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). The Programme of Action and the Conference’s report (A/CONF.171/13) helped reframe the discussion of population and development issues…
The United States thanks Poland and other members of the core group for their leadership and spirit of cooperation in establishing the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief (resolution 73/296). We are pleased to offer our support to this timely i…
I thank the President for convening us to review the work of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) over the past year. I also thank the Chair and the former Chair for their respective briefings.
Before I begin my remarks, I want to express our collective sense of loss …
The United States strongly supports the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon as it continues its efforts to implement a difficult and important mandate. However, the use of General Assembly funding resolutions to pursue claims against a Member State is not procedurally correct. We opposed resolut…
First, I would like to express my delegation’s appreciation to the delegation of Austria for its work in preparing the resolution on which we have just voted. Secondly, with regard to the amendment proposed by Azerbaijan, I would like to state that my delegation’s vote in favour of the amendment is …
My delegation would like to take this opportunity to express its support for the important work of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization in implementing the requirements of the Treaty. The United States has demonstrated that support through its active …
