The United States firmly supports efforts to promote interreligious and intercultural dialogue and cooperation. We are pleased to have joined consensus on resolution 70/19. The United States strongly believes in encouraging a culture of peace through the promotion of freedom, justice, democracy and …
As we have noted previously, the United States of America remains committed to the stability of the international financial system and to the development of its partners around the world. We respect the views of other Member States on this complex issue and acknowledge that the current sovereign deb…
The United States commends the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and partner Governments on the tremendous progress outlined in the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HI…
The United States wishes to thank the Mongolian delegation
in its capacity as facilitator and sponsor of the resolution just adopted (resolution 69/268).
We wish to recognize the vital work that the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) is doing to support democracy and human rights around the wor…
The United States joins the consensus on the decision just adopted. We are pleased to welcome the report of the Secretary-General, entitled “Towards ending the AIDS epidemic: meeting the 2015 targets and planning for the post-2015 era” (A/68/825). We also wish to acknowledge the progress achieved an…
My delegation would first like to acknowledge the continued, excellent work of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) under the leadership of Michel Sidibé. UNAIDS is a critically important partner at the headquarters, regional and country levels. We also welcome the report of the S…
The United States welcomes the report (see A/68/650) outlining progress in realizing the commitments made in the 2011 Political Declaration on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (resolution 66/2, annex) and recognizes the continued need for urgency in addressing such diseases gl…
The United States welcomes the Secretary-General’s
reports, which describe the accomplishments and continuing challenges in international humanitarian assistance.
We would like to acknowledge the tremendous pressure that national and international humanitarian staff are under and the great sacrifi…
The United States is pleased to speak to the item “Global health and foreign policy”. Our collective work in global health is based on partnerships, whether bilateral or multilateral. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was just successfully replenished, on 3 December, with outst…
The United States strongly supports the goal of increased connectivity and the need to bridge the digital divide, and has spoken out in favour of many of the initiatives that we understand resolution 67/298 intends to further. The process and timing of the resolution are, however, less than ideal. R…
