We need to understand what we are voting on. Forgive me for interrupting. How would paragraph 1 be changed in this context — to put a period after UNMIS?
Let me begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Council and by thanking the Ambassador of Gabon for his very able leadership last month.
I thank both Special Representative De Mistura and Ambassador Tanin. I want to thank Special Representative De Mistura for hi…
I wish to thank Ambassador Osorio for his briefing today. We are grateful for his able leadership, which has done so much to ensure that the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) remains active and focused on the implementation of its important mandate.
One year ago, the Council …
We welcome the news that the parties have just signed an agreement on temporary administrative and security arrangements for Abyei and on the withdrawal of Sudanese Armed Forces. We are encouraged by this news. We greatly appreciate the intensive efforts of former President Thabo Mbeki and the Afric…
This is an important day in the life of this institution. On behalf of the United States of America, the host country of the United Nations, I have the honour of warmly welcoming Mr. Ban Ki-moon’s reappointment as Secretary-General of the United Nations. No one understands the burdens of that role b…
I am honoured to represent the United States at this High- level Meeting on HIV/AIDS.
Today, 30 years after the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first reported on the condition that would eventually become known as HIV, the world has proven that we can tackle this pandemic. …
We are grateful for your personal leadership, Mr. President, in the fight against HIV/AIDS. I also thank Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon for his laudable leadership and Executive Director Sidibé of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and his team for coordinating the massive global respons…
On behalf of Ambassador Churkin, with whom I co-led the trip to the Sudan, I would like to make the following report.
Unfortunately, the situation in Abyei rapidly deteriorated as we travelled to the region. Thus, our mission had three overriding purposes: first, to urge a halt to the fighting and …
The United States will support the draft resolution that is before us, but we would like to highlight an important point. The aviation assets on loan to the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) will be returned to the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) no later than 30 June, purs…
I, too, wish to thank former Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno and Under-Secretary-General Malcorra for their statements and the Senior Advisory Group that Mr. Guéhenno chaired for their excellent efforts. I am grateful also to Ambassador Gasana for his statement and for his very able leadership of t…
Let me begin by thanking the Prosecutor for his very important and very informative briefing.
In resolution 1970 (2011), this Council unanimously decided to refer the situation in Libya to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
(ICC). By doing so, the Council reflected the importance t…
I should like to thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing on the deteriorating situation in Syria. The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms the abhorrent violence used by the Government of Syria against its own people. My Government calls on President Al-Assad to chang…
I wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing today.
The United States remains deeply committed to a two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, agreed to by the parties. As President Obama said after his recent meeting with Israeli President Peres,
“With the winds of…
The United States welcomes the unanimous adoption of this strong resolution this afternoon. The Council has met on numerous occasions in an attempt to find a peaceful end to the ongoing crisis. We have strongly condemned the violence. We have urged former President Gbagbo to step aside so that Presi…
Today, the Security Council has responded to the Libyan people’s cry for help. The Council’s purpose is clear — to
protect innocent civilians. On 26 February, acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Security Council demanded a halt to the violence in Libya and enabled genuine ac…
For the first time ever, the General Assembly has suspended a member of the Human Rights Council. This is a harsh rebuke, but one that Libya’s leaders have brought down upon themselves. The United States continues to be appalled by the situation in Libya, and our thoughts and prayers are with the fa…
When atrocities are committed against innocents, the international community must speak with one voice and today, it has. Tonight, acting under Chapter VII, the Security Council has come together to condemn the violence, pursue accountability and adopt biting sanctions targeting Libya’s unrepentant …
The United States has been deeply committed to pursuing a comprehensive and lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians. In that context, we have been focused on taking steps that advance the goal of two States living side by side in peace and security, rather than complicating that goal. That…
I thank Special Representative Menkerios, President Mkapa, Ambassador Osman on behalf of Foreign Minister Karti, Minister Deng Alor Kuol, and the representative of President Mbeki for their very encouraging comments here today. We deeply appreciate their ongoing dedication to the cause of peace in t…
