The United States has been a staunch supporter of the African Union since its inception. On 22 December 2006, we became the first non-African nation to establish a diplomatic mission to the African Union. The United States continues to expand the range of support and collaborative activities we enga…
On behalf of the United States, I would like to express our deepest condolences on the death of Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister, Sir John Compton.
Sir John led his Caribbean island nation into independence in the 1970s. Both in and out of public office, he contributed greatly to the development of his…
The United States was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II, head of State of Samoa. My Government extends its sincere condolences to King Malietoa’s two sons and two daughters and to the people of Samoa during this time of sorrow and mourning.
King Malietoa…
I would like to thank you, Madame President, for your efforts on behalf of the Secretary-General’s reorganization plans. We also wish to thank the four facilitators for their hard work and support for the Secretary-General’s proposals.
The United States delegation welcomes the General Assembly’s ad…
The United States is committed to a strong and vibrant United Nations. We have been consistent and strong advocates of United Nations reform as a means to enable the Organization to confront successfully the many challenges of the twenty-first century.
At the beginning of the sixtieth session of th…
We have before us a document that authorizes implementation of a number of proposed measures recommended by the Secretary-General in his detailed report on investing in the United Nations (A/60/692). These changes, while long overdue, represent positive first steps towards the achievement of the typ…
Thank you, Mr. President, for the tremendous effort that you and your colleagues made on behalf of all of us over the last several weeks.
As the Assembly knows, my delegation dissociated itself from consensus on this matter in the Fifth Committee. We do so again here tonight, and our remarks can be…
First of all, Mr. President, I want to commend you for your ceaseless encouragement to finish work on this important resolution on development, a resolution that proved difficult not because of fundamental disagreements between members, but because of the complexity of the issues we had to address. …
The United States appreciates and supports the work of the Secretariat on the Capital Master Plan, in particular the efforts of Assistant-Secretary-General Fritz Reuter in the Capital Master Plan Office, to implement a cost- effective project. We support the Capital Master Plan and the very strongly…
