I am delighted to have the opportunity to address the Assembly on this, the last day of the International Year of Human Rights Learning, which coincides with the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 1948. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights wa…
I would like to open my remarks by thanking the Secretary- General for his comprehensive report on the strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (A/64/84). His analysis of current trends and challenges facing the humanitarian community serves Member…
The United States is proud to be a sponsor of the draft resolution regarding a permanent memorial to the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade (A/64/L.10).
On 19 June 1865, over 140 years ago, Union soldiers rode into Galveston, Texas, to carry the news of the end of the United State…
My name is Wellington Webb, and I am privileged to serve on the United States delegation to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session, at the invitation of my friend President Obama. Having served as Mayor of Denver, Colorado, I have long supported the United States Olympic Committee, which h…
The United States would like to share its condolences with the families of the 11 United Nations workers who recently died in a plane crash in Haiti.
It is my great honour to be here today to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the Cairo Programme of Action (see A/CONF.171/13/Rev.1) of the Int…
