I would first like to thank the Colombian Government
and people, the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, the Peacebuilding Commission and members of civil society for dedicating time and effort to work towards the full implementation of the Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and B…
The United States is pleased to see the Council reaffirm its support for the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, Staffan de Mistura, and for the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO),
with the adoption of resolution 2654 (2022). The United States welcomes the Co…
I would like to thank Special Representative Bathily for his briefing and update on the current situation in
Libya. The United States welcomes his appointment as Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and offers its full support to him as he works for peace and stability in Li…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Humanitarian Coordinator Brown for their briefings.
Russia has shown again and again that it disregards the Charter of the United Nations and international law. We are in this Chamber today because of the mounting consequences and human toll of Russia’s u…
We thank Special Representative Ruiz Massieu for his briefing and for presenting the Secretary-General’s report (S/2022/715). We appreciate the vital role that the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia continues to play in supporting peace in the country. Let me also thank Ambassador Muhit…
I do not want to get into a back-and-forth dialogue. However, I just want to say that it seems that our Russian colleagues are determined, perhaps even desperate, to demonstrate that the United States is as violent, duplicitous and manipulative as Russia is in Ukraine, for example. They will never s…
We thank Executive Director Waly, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General Potzel and Ms. Koofi for their briefings. We also thank the newly appointed Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Ms. Roza Otunbayeva, for accepting the Secretary-General’s call to lead the United Na…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General La Lime, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Executive Director Waly, and World Food Programme (WFP) Deputy Executive Director Guarnieri for their briefings.
The United States shares the Secretary-General’s deep concern about the instabil…
I would like to thank China for its successful stewardship of the Security Council presidency last month and to extend warm wishes to France as it begins its Council presidency. Given the importance of peacekeeping to international peace and security, this is a fitting meeting with which to begin th…
I thank Secretary-General Guterres and Director General Grossi. We appreciate their continued support to ensure the operational safety and security of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant despite Russia’s ongoing attacks and refusal to silence its guns and withdraw from Ukraine so that this situatio…
The United States thanks Sierra Leone and Japan for facilitating draft resolution A/76/L.80, on the critically important topic of justice for survivors of sexual violence, which we are pleased to co-sponsor. We encourage all countries to adopt this historic draft resolution by consensus and without …
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her update on the current situation in Libya. I also thank Ambassador Kamboj for her briefing, and the United States welcomes her leadership of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya.
The violence that …
Thank you, Mr. President, for hosting today’s meeting. We thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov, Acting Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate Chen and Mr. Ewi for their
briefings. The United States also thanks Secretary- General Guterres for the combined effor…
I thank you and your delegation for your leadership of the Council this month, Sir. We also welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic to today’s meeting.
We support and welcome the extension of the mandate of the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic, as we…
The United States congratulates Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan on the adoption of resolution 76/299, which declares Central Asia a zone of peace, trust and cooperation.
The intention to establish a region as a zone of peace creates a foundation for greater cooperati…
I would like to thank the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh for its tireless leadership this year as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), and Egypt for its service as PBC Chair last year.
The United States strongly supports United Nations peacebuilding efforts. Conflict prevention, preventive…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee for her briefing. We welcome reports of considerable progress made in Cairo and Geneva by delegations from the House of Representatives and High Council of State towards an agreement on a constitutional framework for elections, and we credit Sp…
I thank Special Representative Gamba de Potgieter and Executive Director Russell for their briefings. I thank Mr. Kumi for sharing his experiences and insights; it is very important for us to hear them. I also thank Brazil for hosting this very important debate.
This year’s annual children and arme…
The United States welcomes the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), and we thank the members of the Security Council for their support. Resolution 2645 (2022), which we put forward with our co-penholder, Mexico, is based on the recommendations of the Secre…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-Genera1 Ruiz Massieu for his briefing and presentation of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2022/513) and for
his and his team’s work. The role of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia in supporting peace and reconciliation in Colom…
