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One of the enduring truths of the last 75 years is that the United Nations rarely lives up to its own ideals, and far too…

The United States introduced a resolution to extend the 13-year old arms embargo on Iran. Our commonsense resolution proposes a clean rollover of the existing…

Today the United States introduced a draft Security Council resolution to extend the existing embargo on conventional weapons sales to and from Iran. The resolution…

We adopted Resolution 2532 a little over a month ago, supporting the Secretary-General’s call for a global ceasefire to secure a respite for countries and…

The Lebanese people are among the most generous in the world. Over the last decade they have welcomed over 1 million refugees from Syria. And…

It is clear that in some cases and some regions, terrorist and organized criminal groups exploit and benefit from weak democratic institutions and law enforcement…

The continuing Russian military presence in the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as well as Russia’s recognition of the so-called independence of these…

The Council’s adoption of Resolution 2533 provides a lifeline and hope to millions of internally displaced persons in northwest Syria, who have relied on the…

It is important the parties de-escalate the tensions on the ground and recommit to a UN-mediated political settlement. Cross-border Houthi attacks undermine efforts toward a…

We know that Afghan women, for far too long, have borne the brunt of this lengthy conflict and that they have been regularly excluded from…

The United States reaffirms our commitment to working with our global partners to enhance resilience to the impacts of climate change and prepare for and…

We need to see a real, genuine progress and negotiations. Not staged photo opportunities and elections that are far from being free and fair. The…

A number of factors contribute to the desperate situation in Gaza, however, the oppressive rule of a terrorist organization, Hamas, is at the center. Today,…

Over the course of many decades, Nelson Mandela strove for justice in words and deeds. In addition to playing a leading role in defeating Apartheid…

We cannot discuss sexual violence in conflict without acknowledging the very serious impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls. When we discussed the…

This landmark report describes the American rights tradition and how we have evolved as a nation based on our founding principle of life, liberty and…

Since March of 2015, the Safer oil tanker has been under Houthi control, and Houthi inaction has turned the Safer and its million-plus barrels of…

The illegal exploitation of the DRC’s natural resources impacts nearly everyone at every level in the country, from people whose lives and livelihoods are directly…