We are confronted today by a most unusual situation. The Council has been asked to meet by a Council member to react to a situation of its own making.
Libya, a country that does not have relations with Israel, which cannot even acknowledge its existence in the letter it sent to the Council that bro…
On behalf of the United States, I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for helping the Assembly engage in a constructive dialogue on this important issue. I would also like to thank the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Jorge Urbina of Costa Rica, for his remarks as …
The United States welcomes the review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. The unanimous adoption of the Strategy by the General Assembly at its sixtieth session marked the first time that all United Nations Member States had agreed on a common strategic approach to fighting terr…
I was not intending to take the floor. I am not psychologist, and I do not know what brought on the free association we heard from Ambassador Churkin.
There are eight members of this Council that have recognized Kosovo, eight members that concluded that recognition was the right thing to do. None o…
I too would like to welcome the Permanent Representative of Georgia to the Council and to express our appreciation to the Secretariat for its briefings.
The Council meets today in emergency session for the sixth time since the outbreak of hostilities in Georgia on 7 August. This time, the immediate…
The United States welcomes this opportunity to have an exchange of views with other United Nations Member States on the implementation of the measures set out in the annex to the note by the President of the Security Council (S/2006/507), issued in July 2006. The
Council takes seriously the Charter…
I would also like to extend my thanks to Mr. Pascoe and Mr. Mulet for their briefings, and to welcome Ambassador Alasania to the Council.
The United States remains deeply concerned by the situation in Georgia. We deplore the loss of life, civilian casualties and extensive damage to civilian facilit…
I am pleased to report to the Security Council on behalf of the Multinational Force in Iraq (MNF-I). I would like to begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing on the important work undertaken by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and extend our appreciatio…
The United States welcomes and strongly supports the extension of the mandate of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). Today’s decision demonstrates the Security Council’s sustained support for the UNAMID peacekeeping operation and for its mission to protect the vulne…
We appreciate the opportunity provided by this meeting for the Council to reaffirm its steadfast commitment to the protection of civilians in armed conflict. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Holmes for his briefing and continued hard work in this area.
Although today’s presentatio…
I had intended to focus my remarks on the issue before us, and will do so. But that does not mean we agree with either the interpretation of the process that led to this resolution or the representation of the arguments presented by Council members on the specific issues raised by both Ambassador Ur…
We welcome Mr. Michael Smith, the new Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), and thank him for his briefing. Mr. Smith is off to an energetic and productive start, and we value his contributions and support his recommendations on how best to advance the w…
The United States delegation wishes to express our appreciation for Ambassador Verbeke’s continued leadership as the Chairman of the Security Council’s Iran sanctions Committee and for his report to the Council today. Mr. Verbeke’s efforts have been essential in the Committee’s execution of its mand…
The political-level representatives of France, the Russian Federation and the United States, as Co-Chairs of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group dealing with the Nagorny Karabakh conflict, jointly proposed a set of basic principles for the peaceful settlement o…
The United States commends the Secretariat for its work in highlighting the importance of building and strengthening partnerships to address the global challenge of climate change and appreciates the Secretary-General’s report offering an overview of relevant United Nations activities (A/62/644).
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It is a pleasure to have you here with us, Mr. Minister, presiding over this meeting. We thank you for convening it; this is a very important subject, as we have already heard.
First of all, I would like to congratulate the Secretary-General and the Office of Under-Secretary- General Coomaraswamy f…
I would like to begin by joining others in thanking Under- Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing. We greatly appreciate the efforts of the United Nations and its specialized technical agencies in responding to the challenging situation in the region.
The troubling developments in Gaza and south…
The concerns of the United States about the Rome Statute and the International Criminal Court (ICC) are well known. They include the ICC’s claimed authority to assert jurisdiction over nationals not parties to the Rome Statute, including United States nationals, and the lack of adequate oversight ov…
I appreciate the opportunity to speak on this important issue today, although I note the sparse attendance in the Hall, which I hope does not reflect either a lack of interest or any sense of futility regarding this subject matter.
At the outset, I would like to recall the conclusions drawn by the …
I am very pleased to represent the United States at this important dialogue today. In his remarks at the International Conference on Financing for Development in March 2002, President Bush spoke clearly about the United States commitment to bring hope and opportunity to the world’s poorest people. H…
