The United States welcomes the strengthening of cooperation between the United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the support of peace and security in the region. Towards that end, the United States reiterates its position that the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration be imp…
The United States fully supports the International Year of Cooperatives. Cooperatives and credit unions play a major role in the United States economy. More than 125 million Americans belong to over 21,000 cooperatives in agriculture and agribusiness, finance, rural electrification, communication, h…
Let me join with others in welcoming the President of the Human Rights Council to the Assembly and thanking him for his report (A/64/53).
The United States was honoured to take up its seat on the Human Rights Council for the first time this year and, in the spirit of mutual respect, we look forward…
Today’s discussion of the annual reports of the Peacebuilding Commission (A/63/92) and the Peacebuilding Fund (A/63/218) brings to a close the second year of activity of the Peacebuilding Commission. In our view, the Peacebuilding Commission is beginning to find its place within the United Nations a…
The three Co-Chairmen of the Minsk Group of the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Russian Federation, France and the United States, taking into consideration their role in the Nagorny Karabakh peace process, decided to abstain on any amendment to the text proposed by t…
This past year has witnessed extraordinary events and dramatic developments in achieving the goals of the Millennium Summit. These have been marked as well in the work of this Organization.
In the field of international peace and security, the United States has led the world community in vigorous p…
The United States is pleased to co-sponsor this draft resolution recognizing the historic significance of the summit meeting between the leaders of the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
We have consistently supported President Kim Dae-jung’s engagement policy and have…
