It is an honour to be here today to speak about addressing the socioeconomic needs of individuals, families and societies affected by autism and other developmental disabilities.
Today, there is more support for Americans with autism than ever before. Autism is no longer hidden. As recently as the …
The expansion of health care coverage has been at the forefront of our domestic agenda, and we believe that it is appropriate for the international community to begin putting it at the forefront of its agenda as well.
Universal health coverage is fundamentally about all people having equal access t…
My delegation has the honour to co-sponsor the draft resolutions on oceans and the law of the sea (A/67/L.21) and on sustainable fisheries (A/67/L.22).
As the host country, we were pleased to participate in yesterday’s commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the U…
We would like to thank President Tomka for his leadership as President of the International Court of Justice and for his report on its activities (A/67/4), including on the very important cases on which the Court rendered decisions during the past year. The International Court of Justice is the prin…
The United States values the Economic and Social Council as an essential platform for exchanging ideas, learning from one another’s national experiences and sharpening our collective thinking about a next-generation global development agenda. Strengthening the Council has been a long-standing item o…
First, let me thank President Meron of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, and President Joensen of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for briefing us today and for their continued service.…
