We are pleased to join members today to welcome the adoption of resolution 2421 (2018), on the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). The United States has greatly appreciated the support of the Iraqi Mission and of our fellow Security Council members, as w…
We note that the representative of Israel is unable to attend today’s meeting, owing to the fact that it is taking place during the celebration of Passover. It is extremely unfortunate that Israel is not able to participate in the discussion of this very important matter. It is also vital that the C…
I will also deliver the bulk of my remarks in consultations, but I want to take the floor here to make a couple of points that it is important to raise in the open Chamber.
First, and above all, I want to extend warm welcome to the new Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, Ambassador Pier…
The Security Council met only last week (see S/PV.8164) and heard the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs describe his visit to Syria and reiterate a series of requests that, in his estimation, would be a positive step towards improving the humanitarian situation in Syria.
Sadly, not o…
As a sponsor of resolution 71/160, the United States strongly believes that sport and physical education contribute to the promotion of education, health, development and peace, as well as to the promotion of equal access to opportunities for physical education and physical activity for all, includi…
I have asked for the floor in connection with the adoption of draft resolution A/61/L.61, entitled “The Ethiopian Millennium”.
The United States did not participate in the adoption of the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity and is therefore not in a position to affirm or reaffirm that docum…
On behalf of the United States as host country of the United Nations, I join others this morning in expressing our sympathy and condolences to the family of Kurt Waldheim, the fourth Secretary-General of the United Nations, and also to the people and Government of Austria. The United States notes th…
Here at the United Nations we are all too often called together to address tragedies and injustice throughout the world. It is all too rare that we come together to celebrate and acknowledge an achievement. Today we are here to commemorate, and to celebrate, the end of one of the darkest chapters of…
It is appropriate that we meet today in the General Assembly to discuss progress achieved in the work of the Peacebuilding Commission. It is important that the membership as a whole remain actively supportive of this new body, which is intended to offer advice and to coordinate peacebuilding efforts…
Mr. President, I appreciate your initiative in scheduling this open discussion of the Peacebuilding Commission.
I will be brief, as I think it is more important that we listen to our guests here today, including the President of the Economic and Social Council, Assistant Secretary-General McAskie, …
The United States voted against resolution 61/231. We agree in principle that United Nations funds, programmes and specialized agencies can usefully provide support to territories that are not United Nations Members, so long as the domestic laws and policies of a territory’s administering Power allo…
I am delighted to participate today in this celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Like many others in this Hall, I grew up along with UNICEF. As a young boy in Texas, on Halloween, when I was not asking for candy, I would go door to door, trick-or-t…
While the world closed its eyes for more than three centuries, millions of Africans were brutally torn from their homeland and families and sold into human bondage. Though the United States had been a nation for just 30 years when the Trans-Atlantic slave trade was abolished, the trade’s legacy of h…
While the Economic and Social Council, as a Charter body, is entitled to convene meetings as and when needed, the United States believes that it is important to stress that the Council should also ensure the efficient use of its session time, while working to fulfil its mandates effectively.
Our su…
There has been much activity and much progress in the realm of humanitarian reform this year, in particular through the refinement and implementation of the cluster approach, the further strengthening of the humanitarian coordinator system and the establishment of the expanded Central Emergency Resp…
The United States was pleased to join consensus today to support hallmark measures in the Economic and Social Council and now in the General Assembly to establish procedures for the selection of representatives to the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission.
Getting to this point h…
On this solemn anniversary we pay tribute to the lives lost and communities destroyed in the aftermath of the Chernobyl accident. We especially salute the heroic actions of those who responded to the accident, saving the lives of others through their sacrifice.
The aftermath of Chernobyl continues …
