I would like to thank Prosecutor Khan for his briefing to the Security Council on the Office of the Prosecutor’s work on the situation in Libya. We are pleased that he is able to brief us virtually from Tripoli.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) plays an important role in the international sys…
The United States remains steadfast in its commitment to ensuring international justice and promoting accountability for violations of international humanitarian law and violations and abuses of human rights. The work of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is vital to this mission, and we welcome…
I thank President Gatti Santana and Prosecutor Brammertz very much for today’s briefing on the ongoing work of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals to advance accountability for atrocities committed in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.
We are grateful to President Gatti Santa…
I would like to thank Prosecutor Khan for his briefing to the Security Council on the Office of the Prosecutor’s work on the situation in Libya.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has an important role to play in the international system of justice, and the work of the ICC in Libya supports our…
Mr. President, we appreciate your convening of this annual debate on the working methods of the Security Council, and we thank the briefers for their contributions.
The substance of what the Council does is vitally important as it strives to maintain international peace and security. However, under…
I thank Prosecutor Khan for the report and his briefing to the Security Council today on the ongoing investigations and prosecutions of the International Criminal Court (ICC) related to the situation in Darfur.
Twenty years ago, the Court began receiving reports of very similar patterns of violence…
I thank President Gatti Santana and Prosecutor Brammertz very much for this briefing on the ongoing work of
the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals to advance accountability for atrocities committed in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. We are grateful to President Gatti Santana …
I thank Prosecutor Khan for his briefing to the Security Council on the Office of the Prosecutor’s work on the situation in Libya.
At the outset, I extend the deepest sympathy of the United States to all those in Libya affected by the tragic loss of life following the devastating storm almost two m…
I thank President Gatti Santana and Prosecutor Brammertz for today’s briefing on the ongoing work of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals to advance accountability for atrocities committed in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.
Since the previous briefing (see S/PV.9217), the M…
I thank Prosecutor Khan for his briefing to the Security Council on the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) work on the situation in Libya.
The International Criminal Court has an important role to play in the international system of justice, and its work in Libya plays a critical part in support …
The Security Council needs to better reflect the United Nations today — particularly by including geographically diverse perspectives — so that it can better respond to twenty-first century challenges, which is imperative for the Council’s continued relevance and credibility. The United States con…
I thank Prosecutor Khan for his report and his briefing today on the ongoing investigations and prosecutions of the International Criminal Court (ICC) with regard to the situation in Darfur. We appreciate his dedication and the unwavering commitment of the judges, attorneys and staff of the Internat…
The United States supports the retention of agenda item 65 on the provisional agenda of the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session. It is entirely appropriate for the General Assembly to continue its deliberations on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, including its ongoing violations of Ukr…
The United States thanks Liechtenstein and the core group for their initiative. The General Assembly needs to be prepared to take central operational decisions in the event that it is unable to hold in-person meetings in the future. We hope that day will not come again. But it is important to ensure…
We find it a little ironic that, in decrying the lack of consensus with respect to the inclusion of the responsibility to protect, several delegations are breaking consensus on the inclusion of the item on the agenda. We also find it a little ironic that, in opposing the inclusion of that item on th…
The United States supports retaining this item on the agenda of the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session. It is entirely appropriate for the General Assembly to continue its deliberations on Russia’s aggressive acts against Ukraine, including its ongoing violations of Ukraine’s sovereignty …
The United States would like to clarify its views on several elements in resolution 74/304 and state for the record its dissociation from consensus on two paragraphs.
The United States dissociates from the sixth preambular paragraph and operative paragraph 6 and does not concur with the references …
The United States proposes the following amendment to draft resolution A/74/L.85, entitled “Interaction
between the United Nations, national parliaments and the Inter-Parliamentary Union”. The United States proposes that the sixth preambular paragraph be deleted in its entirety.
We recall that the General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of including the responsibility to protect on the provisional agenda of the seventy-fourth session at its meeting on the morning of 16 September (decision 73/572). We were pleased that, at its meeting yesterday morning, the General C…
The United States supports the inclusion of the responsibility to protect on the provisional agenda of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session. Debate in this Hall of this important issue is healthy. If there are differences of view and a lack of consensus, they can be discussed here in t…
