8 October, 2020 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, Ambassador Kelly Craft, and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Ghada Waly will provide opening…
8 October, 2020 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act and Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) were signed into law last March. In April, the Department…
8 October, 2020 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
ECOWAS and MINUSMA leadership have played vital roles in stabilizing the political situation created by the August 18 overthrow of Mali’s elected president. The United…
7 October, 2020 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
We are gravely concerned that authoritarian governments are using the COVID-19 pandemic to justify unwarranted crackdowns on their citizens and on civil society. You know,…
6 October, 2020 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
The United States is deeply troubled by rising levels of violence in North Kivu, South Kivu, and Ituri, which were characterized by clashes between armed…
6 October, 2020 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
We are gravely concerned about the human rights situation in Xinjiang and the recent developments in Hong Kong. In June 2020, 50 UN Special Procedures…
5 October, 2020 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
We have a consequential session before us in examining the functioning of the Secretariat and the reforms we have embarked upon in the management, peace…
5 October, 2020 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
Let me start by saying, that the United States is committed to forthright and transparent discussions in the Security Council. We have no interest in…
5 October, 2020 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
While the Haitian government's announcement of the members of the Provisional Electoral Council was a necessary step in that direction, there is much more work…
2 October, 2020 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
Our celebration this year of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations is an especially opportune moment to reflect on Mahatma Gandhi’s…
29 September, 2020 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
Taiwan has a trusted friend in President Donald J. Trump, and an administration that champions the international role that Taiwan holds. That’s why the Trump…
29 September, 2020 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
Last month, we opened our remarks by highlighting the most significant step towards peace in the Middle East in over 25 years – the agreement…
28 September, 2020 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
The United States welcomes these opportunities to expose to the world the hypocrisy and disinformation Russia continues to spread in its attempts to shield the…
25 September, 2020 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
The United States commends the efforts of the civilian-led transitional government, the Sudan Revolutionary Front, and the Sudan Liberation Movement – Minni Minawi, to reach…
24 September, 2020 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
The United States has been unrelenting in its efforts to combat COVID-19, both at home and abroad. President Trump noted in his address to the…
24 September, 2020 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
The already enormous challenge of responding to global humanitarian concerns has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. And as we speak, nearly 170 million…
23 September, 2020 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, We, the above listed signatories of the Universal Declaration of Human…
23 September, 2020 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
The United States has been a global champion for universal human rights since well before the Declaration was adopted in 1948 and every day since.