I thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for her briefing.
Civilian-led protests in April led to the removal of President Omar Al-Bashir, whose regime was synonymous with genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and human rights violations and abuses. For months, protes…
The United States welcomes the submission of the third report of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011. We…
The United States fully supports the addition of the agenda item entitled “The situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine”. The position of the United States on Ukraine is consistent and clear. We condemn Russia’s ongoing occupation of Crimea and call on Russia to release the appro…
I would like to thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for her briefing.
The United States strongly supports justice and accountability for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Although the best way to promote accountability for such atrocit…
I would like to thank President Meron and Prosecutor Brammertz for their informative briefings.
The United States would like to begin by recognizing President Meron. He has led the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals since 2012, overseeing the assumption of responsibilities from…
This explanation of vote pertains to draft resolution A/72/L.51 as a whole, not to the amendment just proposed.
The United States regrets that we have had to call for a vote on this draft resolution and that we will have to vote against it. There has so far been no transparent, open discussion amon…
I thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for her briefing on her Office’s work pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) to seek accountability for atrocity crimes committed in Libya.
As we have said many times before in these briefings, those responsible for crimes committed durin…
The United States supports the inclusion of the responsibility to protect in the agenda of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly. In general, the General Assembly has taken a permissive approach to the inclusion of items in the agenda. We note that there are many agenda items on the age…
The United States is pleased to co-sponsor the draft resolutions (A/70/L.19 and A/70/L.22) on oceans and law of the sea and on sustainable fisheries. This debate provides an opportunity for the global community to further commit to the conservation and sustainable use of the ocean and its resources,…
I thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for her briefing and efforts to promote accountability for atrocity crimes in Libya.
As we have heard, since the Prosecutor last briefed the Security Council on Libya in November (see S/PV.7306), the conflict has persisted, despite th…
I would like to begin by thanking Prosecutor Bensouda of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for her informative briefing on Libya, and especially for her contributions to ending impunity for the most serious crimes in Libya.
Three years ago, with the adoption of resolution 1970 (2011), the Secu…
We would like to thank President Song for his report (A/67/308) and for his service to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
As we stated last month in the Security Council’s open debate on the role of the International Criminal
Court (see S/PV.6849), strengthening accountability for those respo…
