The United States welcomes this opportunity to share views with colleagues on the progress of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). Africa’s development is important not just for Africa; it is important for the entire world. As President Obama said in his speech in July at the Africa…
The United States welcomes the report of the Peacebuilding Commission on its third session (A/64/341) and commends the Commission for its work over the course of the past year. We thank Ambassador Muñoz for his dedicated chairmanship, and would also like to
express our appreciation for the committe…
In the context of this important meeting, I would like to address one key element to which we are pleased to make a special contribution. For many years, the United States has been committed to the prevention and treatment of malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, and we remain determined to combat tho…
It is an honour to present the views of my Government on the important work of the Peacebuilding Commission. The Peacebuilding Commission is an innovation with much
promise. This plenary item — a discussion of the annual reports of the Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Fund — brings to…
We should like to thank the Secretary-General and the members of the Secretariat, who have provided us with the report (A/61/212) on progress in implementation and international support of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the progress report (A/61/213) on the implementation of t…
Permit me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the Council presidency and to thank the Permanent Representative of France for his service as President during the month of June. I should also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Danilo Türk for his detailed statement and for his contr…
We are obliged to you, Mr. President, for organizing this important debate, as we are to Under-Secretary- General Egeland for his detailed presentation this morning. That presentation, and that of the Secretary- General’s report of last year, paint a disturbing picture, but we are encouraged that th…
The United States notes that the report of the Panel of Experts on Commodities had already been allocated to the Second Committee by the General Committee. We are confident that the Committee has the expertise to do
justice to the topic and we also note that this item has been biennialized. In the …
My delegation has two explanations to give, one on draft resolution A/57/L.57 and one on draft resolution A/57/L.60. Concerning the draft resolution on emergency humanitarian assistance to Ethiopia, while the United States Government joins the consensus on this draft resolution, we note there is a r…
