I thank Mr. Ging for his briefing.
As a result of the ongoing violence in eastern Ukraine, thousands of Ukrainians have had to flee their homes. Many have been subjected to harassment, arbitrary detention and killing at the hands of Russian- supported separatists. The general environment of insecur…
I thank you, Sir, for your steady and very efficient stewardship of the Council this month. The Rwandan coffee that you shared with us at the beginning of July has held us in good stead.
To the delegation of the United Kingdom, we wish a successful month of August and look forward to working with i…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Kubiš for his informative briefing. I also thank him and his entire team at the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for their steadfast and professional work supporting the Afghan people and their Government at this critica…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his comments today and for his engagement on the Ukrainian issue, including through trips to Ukraine.
Ukrainians turned out in historic numbers on Sunday, uniting to express their political will to choose freely their own future. The United States congrat…
I thank Special Representative Zarif for his briefing. I would like to welcome President Jahjaga and President Nikolić to their first time before the Council, and thank them both for their statements.
I would like to express our deep condolences to all those in Serbia, as well as in Bosnia and Herz…
I wish to thank High Representative Inzko for his briefing and for his tireless efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The United States continues to support his mandate and commends his work to encourage the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina to advance on a broad range of issues related to the Gener…
Thank you, Mr. President, for your presence here today and for convening this important debate. I also thank Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson for his informative briefing.
My Government is pleased to join in commemorating the tenth anniversary of resolution 1540 (2004) and in adopting a presidenti…
I thank Ambassador Quinlan for his briefing and for his able leadership of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). His work on the issue under consideration has particular value at this time. Today, I would like to touch on three reasons why. The first reason relates to the ong…
We welcome Mr. Ján Kubiš to the Security Council once again and thank him for his briefing. We also thank Ambassador Tanin for his remarks today.
To begin, I want to extend my Government’s condolences to the families and friends of the United Nations personnel who, on 17 January, were killed by a s…
I, too, would like to welcome the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Chairperson-in- Office, President Didier Burkhalter, to the Security Council and to thank him for today’s briefing on OSCE activities under Swiss leadership.
We commend the Chairperson-in-Office for his eff…
I thank you, Mr. President, for your presence here today and for organizing this debate on the vitally important issue of the rule of law. We also thank the Secretary-General for his valuable comments.
Respect for the rule of law is critical for the establishment of stable, secure and democratic po…
I wish to thank Special Representative Zarif for his briefing. I would like to welcome Prime Minister Dačić and Prime Minister Thaçi back to the Council and to thank them for their comments. I commend the Prime Ministers for their continued dedication to the dialogue process over these past few mont…
Thank you, Mr. President, for your expression of condolences.
I would like to welcome Special Representative Kubiš back to the Council and thank him for his briefing. On behalf of my Government, I also extend our appreciation to the staff of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNA…
I would like to thank Ambassador Quinlan for his briefing and for his leadership of the important Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) on Iran.
For the past decade, the international community has had grave concerns about the nature of Iran’s nuclear programme. Since 2006, the C…
The United States would like to thank last year’s Chair of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly, Ambassador Mootaz Khalil of Egypt, for his leadership of the Group. Under his able stewardship, we adopted a resolution that will serve as a strong basis for…
The United States is pleased to join other Member States in sponsoring this draft resolution (A/68/L.11) on the situation in Afghanistan. The draft resolution reflects the international community’s continuing commitment to supporting the Afghan people in building a stable, democratic and prosperous …
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Zarif, for his briefing. We also welcome Prime Minister Thaçi and Prime Minister Dačić back to the Council, and thank them for their statements. I
commend the Prime Ministers for their dedication to the dialogue process and their reso…
We are pleased to welcome Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and would like to thank her for her briefing on her sixth report pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011).
The United States welcomes the commitment and efforts of the Government and people of Libya during…
I would like to welcome High Representative Inzko to the Council once again and to thank him for his comprehensive report on developments over the past six months in Bosnia and Herzegovina (S/2013/646, annex). We greatly appreciate his commitment to implementing his mandate under the General Framewo…
The United States is pleased to participate in this annual plenary debate on the important topic of Security Council reform. First, however, I would like to thank the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Liu Jieyi of China, for his introduction to the Council’s annual report to the General …
