The United States strongly supports the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), and we are pleased to be a sponsor of draft resolution A/65/L.51*.
CICIG’s work to investigate illicit security forces and clandestine security organizations is critically important to strengthen…
The United States welcomes cooperation between the United Nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to address global challenges, as outlined in draft resolution A/65/L.29 before us today. In joining consensus, the United States underscores the importance of Member States conducting their ac…
The United States strongly supports the Kimberley Process. We warmly welcome the Democratic Republic of the Congo as it assumes the chairmanship of the Kimberley Process in 2011, and look forward to working closely with it. We also express our gratitude to Israel for being the Chair in 2010, for mak…
We wish to join others who have expressed condolences to the people of Barbados on the death of Prime Minister David John Howard Thompson. We also wish to express our condolences to the people of Argentina on the death of former President Néstor Kirchner.
We would also like to thank President Song …
The United States is grateful for the opportunity to speak on the important agenda items encompassed by the culture of peace.
2010 is the final year of the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World. We commend the work that UNESCO, UNICEF and other U…
My delegation has the honour to co-sponsor the draft resolution entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”, contained in document A/65/L.20. We also have the honour to introduce, on behalf of the sponsors, the draft resolution on sustainable fisheries contained in document A/65/L.21. The oceans, our c…
