Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC Briefing on Nonproliferation and the DPRC

December 18, 2024 Point of order: Madam President, We wish to state for the record our principled disagreement with the Presidency’s decision to invite Ukraine to this...

Additional Remarks by Ambassador Dorothy Shea, Deputy Representative to the United Nations, at a UN Security Council Briefing on Threats to International Peace and Security

December 20, 2024 I shall now make a further statement in my capacity as the Representative of the United States. An aggressor cannot undertake an unprovoked...

Briefing by Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to the United Nations Security Council” Threats to International Peace and Security

20 December 2024 Thank you Mr President, More than 1,000 days have passed since the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, launched on 24 February 2022...

Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC Briefing on Western Arms Supplies to Ukraine

20 December 2024 Mr. President, Given that this is your last meeting at the Council, allow me too to be very frank and direct. However, we...

Statement by Mr. Jay Dharmadhikari, Deputy Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations, at the UN Security Council Briefing on Threats to International Peace and Security

December 20, 2024 Madam President, I would like to thank High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing. This umpteenth meeting on transfers of arms requested by Russia...

Statement by Fergus Eckersley, UK Minister Counsellor, at the UN Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security

23 December 2024 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) This is the seventeenth time in the last year that Russia has called a...

Ambassador Geng Shuang’s statement at the Security Council’s consideration of the issue of arms supply to Ukraine

20 December 2024 President: I thank Senior Representative Zhong Manquan for his briefing. At present, the Ukrainian crisis is still dragging on, and there is no sign...

Statement by Mr. IRIYA Takayuki, Minister of the Political Section of The Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, at the United Nations Security Council Briefing, Agenda item “Threats to International Peace and Security”

20 December 2024 Thank you, Madam President. I also thank High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing. On Monday, Council members once again condemned the humanitarian consequences...

Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the Month of December, at a UN Security Council Briefing on West Africa and the Sahel 

December 20, 2024 Let me start by thanking you, Special Representative Simão and Ms. Addae-Mensah, for your briefings and for your leadership. Colleagues, the UNOWAS mandate...

Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at the 10th Emergency Special Session of the UN General Assembly on the Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question

11 December 2024 Madam President, Even against the backdrop of the dramatic developments in Syria, we must not forget about the situation in Gaza, where Israel's...

Statement by H.E. Ambassador YAMAZAKI Kazuyuki, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations, at the Resumed Tenth Emergency Session of the United Nations General Assembly (EOV after the vote)

11 December 2024 Thank you, Mr. President. At the outset, let me extend our appreciation to Palestine for its initiative and flexibility during the negotiation of...

Remarks by President Biden in Statement to Press in Manaus, Brazil

November 17, 2024 Museu da Amazônia Manaus, Brazil THE PRESIDENT:  Thanks for all being here. Back in the late ‘80s, Chico Mendes, a Brazilian rubber tapper who turned...

A Friendship Spanning Vast Oceans: A Voyage Toward a Brighter Shared Future

November 17, 2024 Chinese President Xi Jinping published a signed article in Brazilian media outlet Folha de S. Paulo on Sunday under the title "A...

Remarks by President Biden and President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China Before Bilateral Meeting

November 16, 2024 Delfines Hotel & Convention Center, Lima, Perou PRESIDENT XI:  (As interpreted.)  Can you put on your earpiece?  We have simultaneous interpreting. PRESIDENT BIDEN:  I’ve...

Xi Jinping’s speech at the 31st APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting

Lima, November 16, 2024 Share the responsibilities of the times and jointly promote the development of the Asia-Pacific region Dear President Boruart, Colleagues: I am very happy to...

Remarks by President Biden, Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru of Japan, and President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea in Trilateral Meeting

November 15, 2024 Lima Convention Center Lima, Peru 2:44 P.M. PET PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Well, Mr. President and Mr. Prime Minister, welcome.  It’s good to be with all of...