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Haley

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first: 2017-02-02
most recent: 2018-12-18
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“The world is united against North Korea. There is no doubt about that. It is time for the North Korean regime to recognize the danger it is putting itself in. The United States will not allow its lawlessness to continue, and the rest of the world is with us.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8034 (2017) · source
“We called for this meeting tonight knowing that we had to come away unified. I personally appreciate your commitment and willingness, Sir, to move quickly. Once again, all 15 members of the Security Council have spoken in unison. All of us - the United States, Japan, China, Russia, Europeans, Africans and South Americans - we are all together. And what are we saying? We are all denouncing North Korea's outrageous act against another United Nations Member State, Japan. We are all demanding that North Korea stop any future missile launches. We are all demanding that North Korea abandon its nuclear weapons. North Korea has violated every single Security Council resolution, and it has violated international law. We are all calling on every nation to strictly, fully and immediately implement all Security Council sanctions on North Korea.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8034 (2017) · source
“The goal is the integration of United Nations resources into a plan focused on supporting a political solution. The second and bigger challenge is that the United Nations efforts will only be successful if the South Sudanese parties have the political will to engage in regional processes and end the violence. The Secretary-General's reform agenda gives us a historic opportunity to institute long-overdue changes at the United Nations. The United States shares his commitment to using the considerable resources of the United Nations to achieve lasting sustainable peace.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“Every situation is different, but just as Liberia represents a potential peacebuilding success, South Sudan represents a significant peacebuilding challenge. When South Sudan started as a country, we sent a mission to help build peace. But when conflict started a few years later, the peacekeeping mission justifiably needed to change its focus. The United Nations has many necessary components there to get the country back on its feet: a United Nations special envoy helping mediate a solution to the conflict, a peacekeeping mission mandated to protect civilians, a United Nations country team and various non-governmental organizations all working on different parts of the puzzle. One challenge is to put together the pieces of the puzzle to make sure they all fit.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“The Security Council did this when it mandated that the United Nations devise a peacebuilding plan in Liberia in preparation for the withdrawal of the United Nations Mission there early next year. The United Nations devised that plan in close coordination with the Government and with the participation of civil society. The result was something that all of the different parties could buy into. The Liberian Government has committed to working with the peacekeeping mission, the United Nations country team, local stakeholders and international partners to implement the steps laid out in this first-of-its-kind plan to sustain peace in years to come. This is the model for plans in similar transition situations in future.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“To help clarify the Mission's role, earlier this year the Security Council made some changes to its mandate. First, we established clear metrics for mission effectiveness, and secondly, we specifically outlined support for the political process as a strategic priority. These were good positive changes that will bring us closer to the goal of a sustainable peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In that same spirit, I welcome Egypt's focus in today's meeting on making sure that there is a clear exit strategy for our peacekeeping missions. This is one of the United States's principles for reform. Security Council mandates must include plans for a viable transition from peacekeeping to peacebuilding.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“When we fail to use all the tools in the United Nations toolbox or fail to use them correctly we risk creating United Nations missions like the one in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Democratic Republic of the Congo Mission has existed for years with no end in sight - one of the reasons is that the Mission has lost its way. The Security Council has piled on new responsibilities over the years, diverting resources and attention from its core mission of civilian protection and stabilization. To make matters worse, the Mission must work with an uncooperative and, sometimes, hostile Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Further complicating matters is the fact that it is clear that credible elections will not be possible in the Democratic Republic of the Congo without the Mission's logistical and technical support.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“We all need to make it a priority to find value in what the United Nations does, not simply financial value but value for the people that the United Nations serves and value for the people who pay the bills. That means true reform must be more than the reshuffling of entities and departments. It must be more than generating jargon-filled reports. It must be about solving the problems that prevent the United Nations from achieving sustainable political solutions. The United Nations has many tools with which to maintain peace and security. Are we using these tools cooperatively and cohesively? Are all of them necessary to achieve a political solution? Are we creating independence or dependence?”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“It recognizes that peacekeeping missions alone cannot produce lasting peace. They can help create space for peace to take hold, but they must be a part of a larger strategy of coordinating the resources of the United Nations to prevent conflict in the first place and to address its causes. Critically, sustainable peace recognizes that Governments must also hold up their end of the deal. There can be no sustained long-term peace without political solutions on the ground. I welcome this opportunity to consider our peacekeeping operations in the larger context of a sustaining peace. I am a former accountant - alarms go off when I hear ambiguous terms like synergize or holistic. We need to see things we can measure; we need to see accountability.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“I would like to thank the Deputy Secretary-General and the briefers that we have had today on this very important topic. My time as United States Ambassador to the United Nations has coincided by just a matter of weeks with the Secretary-General's leadership of this institution. It was a nice coincidence. I share the Secretary-General's vision of reform for the work of the United Nations, particularly in peacekeeping. At the heart of that vision for reform are the civilians we are meant to serve. Our near-term goal must be their security and their safety, but our long- term goal must be their independence. In peacekeeping, the United Nations must strive to ensure the ability of people to live in peace and security without a United Nations presence. The idea of sustaining piece tracks very closely with the goal of lifting up civilians.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“Until then, this resolution and prior ones will be implemented to the fullest to maximize pressure on North Korea to change its ways. Today is a good day at the United Nations. We will need many more such days in order to peacefully resolve the crisis that has been created by North Korea's dangerous and illegal actions. As I have said before, time is short, but today we have taken one step in the right direction. I again thank my colleagues and their teams for their action and support towards sending a strong message to the North Korean regime.”
2017-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8019 (2017) · source
“The step we take together today is an important one, but we should not fool ourselves into thinking we have solved the problem. We are not even close. The North Korean threat has not left us. It is rapidly growing more dangerous. We have seen two intercontinental ballistic missiles fired in just the past month. Further action is required. The United States is taking and will continue to take prudent defensive measures to protect ourselves and our allies. Our annual joint military exercises, for instance, are transparent and defence-oriented. They have been carried out regularly and openly for nearly 40 years. They will continue. Our goal remains a stable Korean peninsula, at peace and without nuclear weapons. We want only security and prosperity for all nations, including North Korea.”
2017-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8019 (2017) · source
“The North Korean regime continues to show that widespread violations of human rights go hand in hand with threats to international peace and security. I thank each and every one of my colleagues who worked so hard to bring this resolution to a vote. I have previously pointed out that China has a critical role to play on matters related to North Korea. I want to personally thank the Chinese delegation for the important contributions it made to the resolution. While the Security Council has done good work, the members of the Security Council - and all United Nations Member States - must do more to increase the pressure on North Korea. We must work together to fully implement the sanctions we imposed today and those imposed in past resolutions.”
2017-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8019 (2017) · source
“Even as famine looms on the horizon; even as the regime continues to ask for international assistance to cope with devastating floods and a possible drought later this year, its displays of aggression take precedence over its own people. Even as we respond to the North Korean nuclear threat, the United States will continue to stand up for the human dignity and rights of the North Korean people. It is the continued suffering of the North Korean people that should remind the Security Council that, while resolution 2371 (2017) is a significant step forward, it is not nearly enough. The threat of an outlaw, nuclearized North Korean dictatorship remains. The unimaginable living conditions of so many of the North Korean people are unchanged.”
2017-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8019 (2017) · source
“Today's resolution is the single largest economic sanctions package ever levelled against the North Korean regime. The price which the North Korean leadership will pay for its continued nuclear and missile development will be the loss of one-third of its exports and hard currency. This is the most stringent set of sanctions imposed on any country in a generation. These sanctions will cut deep, and in doing so will give the North Korean leadership a taste of the deprivation it has chosen to inflict on the North Korean people. Nuclear and ballistic missile development is expensive. The revenues which the North Korean Government receives are not going towards feeding its people. Instead, the North Korean regime is literally starving its people and enslaving them in mines and factories in order to fund these illegal nuclear programmes.”
2017-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8019 (2017) · source
“Exactly one month ago, I came before members of the Security Council and declared that it was a dark day for the world because of the dangerous and irresponsible actions of North Korea. Almost one week ago, I said that the days of talking were over and that it was time to act. Today, the full Security Council has come together to put the North Korean dictator on notice, and this time, the Council has matched its words and actions. Resolution 2371 (2017), which we have adopted today, is a strong, united step towards holding North Korea accountable for its behaviour. Today, the Security Council increased the penalty of North Korea's ballistic-missile activity to a whole new level. North Korea's irresponsible and careless acts have just proved to be quite costly to the regime.”
2017-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8019 (2017) · source
“That is the threat that we face today in Iran and it is a threat that no amount of technical cooperation or security upgrades will diminish. As long as we allow the Iranian regime to violate the Council's prohibitions with impunity, Iran will be a source of weapons to terrorist groups that will only grow in volume and destructive capability. The United States will continue to raise the issue of Iraninan non-compliance with international obligations at every opportunity.”
2017-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8017 (2017) · source
“The United States first designated Iran a State sponsor of terrorism in 1984. Its training, funding and arming of terrorists has continued unabated to this day. Terrorist proxies are doing the Iranian regime's will in Iraq and Syria. Iran also supports Hamas and Bahraini terrorist groups. Through its partner Hizbullah, Iran is engaged in preparing for war in Lebanon. It is building an arsenal of weapons and battle-hardened troops. We applaud the message at the heart of today's resolution that says that the international community must work together and do more to prevent weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists. But I encourage the Council to be aware that weapons do not always just "fall" into the hands of terrorists. Too often, they are pushed.”
2017-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8017 (2017) · source
“For some Member States, this is an issue of extreme hypocrisy. For all ofus, it is an unacceptable stain on the Council's authority that must be removed. It is true that in recent months we have made great progress against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) and Al-Qaida. We are pleased that regional partners have taken steps to improve their ability to cut ISIS off from financial and material support. But it is not merely some members' failure to take action that is enabling weapons to find their way to terrorists. One country stands out for its deliberate and systematic contributions of arms, training and funding to terrorist groups. One country uses its support to terrorist proxies as a way to conduct its foreign policy and compensate for its own weakness. That country is Iran.”
2017-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8017 (2017) · source
“It highlights the importance of enhancing the physical security of weapons and stockpiles and of establishing tracing programmes for them. It trains a spotlight on the murderous potential of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). It encourages cooperation between the public and private sectors in preventing the transfer of IEDs, drones and light weapons to terrorist organizations. Most importantly, it calls attention to the obligation of all nations, particularly those that profess concerns about weapons falling into terrorists' hands, to enforce United Nations arms embargoes. The Security Council has been clear in prohibiting arms transfers to Yemen, Somalia and other places. And yet we know that weapons continue to flow across borders in open violation of the Council's resolutions.”
2017-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8017 (2017) · source
“I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on Egypt's presidency of the Council for the month of August, and on starting it off in a very good way, especially for your negotiations on something that draw attention to an important issue such as this one, for which we thank you. We know that terrorists have many ways to get their hands on dangerous weapons. They divert legal arms transfers, take advantage of poorly secured stockpiles, seize weapons on the battlefield and get them through criminal networks. The Council's adoption today of resolution 2370 (2017) is meant to address the many ways in which terrorists acquire arms. It calls on Member States to do more to strengthen export controls and assist other countries in destroying excess weapons.”
2017-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8017 (2017) · source
“Simply acknowledging this and saying it aloud would be a significant step forward, but we must do more than that. We must begin to get serious about enforcing our own resolutions that have been routinely violated by Iran and Hizbullah.”
2017-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8011 (2017) · source
“There are reports of UNIFIL not fully investigating alleged violations. Sometimes it fails to report what its investigators have found. If UNIFIL cannot acknowledge illegal weapons that Hizbullah parades in front of the media, one wonders what else it is missing. We will have more to say about UNIFIL when its mandate is up for renewal next month. The American people sympathize with the challenges facing the Lebanese people. We will continue to support them as they combat the Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham and host over a million refugees. We understand that the issues in the Middle East are complex, but we also understand right and wrong, and we expect our leaders to know the difference as well. Hizbullah is a destructive terrorist force. It is a major obstacle to peace and the dangers it poses are getting larger, not smaller.”
2017-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8011 (2017) · source
“Many here are happy to name Israel time after time, but Hizbullah is somehow off limits. It is absurd; worse than that, it is dangerous. The least the American people expect from the Council is to acknowledge the obvious threats that are right in front of us. How can I explain to them that there is a terrorist organization preparing its men and its arsenal for war, but that the United Nations refuses to even say its name. That must change. We must show Hizbullah that it cannot get away with its illegal weapons. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has an important role to play. The United States supports UNIFIL, but there is much more that UNIFIL should do to help prevent another conflict. It can begin by acknowledging what is happening right under its nose.”
2017-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8011 (2017) · source
“It is no secret where the United Nations stands either. It has adopted multiple resolutions calling on Hizbullah to disarm. It has called on the Lebanese State to exercise control over its territory. But neither of these things has happened. The trend is very much in the opposite direction. Hizbullah openly defies these resolutions and impedes the Lebanese Government's ability to exercise full control over its territory. For too long, the Security Council has chosen to pretend that the status quo is acceptable to the people of Lebanon. It is not. Hizbullah's illegal weapons build-up is putting the people of Lebanon in great danger. Remarkably, the Council has not even been able to bring itself to use the word "Hizbullah" in recent resolutions or statements on Lebanon.”
2017-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8011 (2017) · source
“For a glimpse of Hizbullah's true nature, we need look no further than its work on behalf of the Syrian dictator. From its base in Lebanon, Hizbullah sends its men into Syria. There, they have been responsible for some of the bloodiest campaigns of a very bloody war. They are returning to Lebanon battle-hardened and their presence in Syria keeps open their supply route of sophisticated weapons from Iran. Simply put, Hizbullah has grown stronger. It is preparing its men and its arsenal for a future war. None of this is secret. The leader of Hizbullah boasts about the destruction that his group of capable of. He talks openly about the support Iran provides. Hizbullah even takes journalists on tours of its military operations on the border that Lebanon shares with Israel - operations that are in defiance of the Council.”
2017-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8011 (2017) · source
“It obsesses over Israel, and it refuses to acknowledge one ofthe chief sources of conflict and killing in the Middle East. That is Iran and its partner militia, the Lebanese Hizbullah. Hizbullah is a terrorist organization. In its own words, it is "dedicated to the destruction of Israel". It has the blood of hundreds of Americans and thousands of others on its hands. Together with its Iranian patron, Hizbullah seeks to cause destruction throughout the Middle East. Some regard Hizbullah as having two wings: a terrorist wing and a political and social wing. This is a convenient excuse for Hizbullah, but it is dangerous fiction. Just because a terrorist group also promotes political candidates for office does not make it any less a terrorist group.”
2017-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8011 (2017) · source
“I thank Mr. Mladenov for his briefing. The United States shares everyone's concern about the heightened tensions in Jerusalem. All parties should work to reduce these tensions, and we offer whatever assistance we can in helping to do that. At the holy sites, it is vital that both access and security be ensured. In keeping with Mr. Mladenov's recommendation, I am going to refrain from further comment on this sensitive issue in the hope that wisdom will prevail over emotions. This is our monthly gathering to discuss the Middle East. The complicated and seemingly unending conflict there is frustrating to many Americans. It is frustrating to me. But truth be told, the Security Council often makes the Middle East more complicated than it actually is.”
2017-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8011 (2017) · source
“It has the potential to be an asset to the men, women and children suffering in Africa today, but it can play that role only if its membership consists of nations committed to promoting and upholding universal human rights. That, in turn, depends upon African States putting forward credible candidates with strong human rights records. The nomination of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is an inexcusable failure of that process. My hope is that we can all summon the political will and courage to change the trajectory of the ongoing political and humanitarian crisis in Africa. Famine should not exist in 2017. Our duty is to hold those responsible to account. The United States will continue to do its part.”
2017-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8006 (2017) · source
“To its credit, the African Union has established a Hybrid Court for South Sudan to investigate and prosecute individuals who have violated human rights laws during the conflict. The establishment of that Court and the message that it will send are important and necessary, if there is to be lasting peace in South Sudan. However, the commitment to promoting human rights must precede conflict and take precedence over politics in order to secure peace and security. When the nations of the Group of African States put forward a country like the Democratic Republic of the Congo to be a member of the Human Rights Council it does more than just weaken that body, it adds to the conflict that is causing so much suffering on the continent. This is a pivotal time for the Human Rights Council.”
2017-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8006 (2017) · source
“Moussa Faki Mahamat, spoke for many of us when he said, "I cannot hide my deep frustration at the silence and inaction of Africans in the face of the terrible tragedy of famine in these regions." We must continue to look for ways to bolster the capabilities of Member States to promote peace and security. The African Union must work with subregional organizations and individual States to confront peace and security challenges with one voice. African nations must also work constructively with the United Nations to address an underlying cause of the conflict that is driving the risk of famine in Africa. I have spoken many times about the relationship between human rights violations and conflict.”
2017-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8006 (2017) · source
“The crisis would be much worse if it were not for neighbours like Uganda, which is taking in hundreds of South Sudanese every day. But the patience and generosity of humanitarians are being severely tested. Their efforts to lessen the suffering in South Sudan are being actively obstructed by the Government and other parties. Such famines are a sign of a collective failure, and any effective response must begin with the nations of Africa themselves. African Union (AU) member States must ramp up their response to this crisis. AU Commission Chair, Mr.”
2017-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8006 (2017) · source
“More than half of the population in Somalia is in need of humanitarian assistance; but ongoing violence, including deliberate attacks on aid workers, is preventing people from getting the assistance they need. Al-Shabaab's terrorist attacks, as well as logistical and administrative obstacles, are cutting off access to hard-hit rural areas. We urge the Federal Government of Somalia and the leadership of the interim federal member states of the country to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian goods. We also strongly call for an end to the use of illegal checkpoints by Government- affiliated entities. The man-made crisis in South Sudan has created the greatest number of refugees in Africa since the Rwandan genocide.”
2017-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8006 (2017) · source
“We thank all the donors and communities hosting displaced persons for their incredible generosity; but our ability to provide real relief is hampered by one inescapable fact: armed conflict is the primary cause of food insecurity in South Sudan, Nigeria and Somalia. Famine in Africa is an issue of peace and security. People are dying of hunger, not because of acts of God, but because of acts of man. It is the parties to those conflicts that bear direct responsibility. They are responsible for the lack of access to people in need of food, water and health services. They are responsible, as well, for the millions of refugees and internally displaced persons suffering in Africa today.”
2017-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8006 (2017) · source
“But true progress cannot be achieved unless the efforts of the United Nations and others are accompanied by accountability on the part of the Governments involved in conflict. The developing famines in Africa are a tragic example of that. More than 14 million people are at risk of famine today in north-east Nigeria, Somalia and South Sudan. That is a crisis that should be leading every newscast and should be on the front page of every newspaper. The United States will continue to lead in bringing together resources to overcome that crisis. On 8 July we announced an additional $446 million in humanitarian assistance to suffering people from South Sudan, Nigeria and Somalia, bringing the total for fiscal year 2017 to $1.4 billion.”
2017-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8006 (2017) · source
“I thank our briefers. I also thank China for organizing this very important debate. Over the past couple of decades, a welcome shift has occurred in the international community's relationship with Africa. The United States regards itself as a partner to Africa and looks to build on that relationship and strengthen it. In a relationship of equals, responsibility falls on both parties to contribute to solutions. We applaud and encourage the increasing leadership that the African Union and African Member States have exercised in contributing to peace operations and battling terrorist and insurgent groups. Today we reaffirm the African Union's role as an indispensable partner to both the United States and the United Nations in promoting peace and security in Africa.”
2017-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8006 (2017) · source
“But if they see this as a threat and for what it is - North Korea showing its muscle - they should stand strong and vote with the international community to strengthen sanctions on North Korea. If they choose not to, we will go our own path. But it makes no sense not to join together on this threat from North Korea. That country has had no care for Russia or China in this. It has not listened to anything that they have said, and it is not going to listen to anything that they say. So it is time that we all stood together and said that we will not put up with this action. Anyone who sits there and opposes sanctions, or goes in defiance of a new resolution, is holding the hands of Kim Jong-un.”
2017-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7996 (2017) · source
“I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for making this a public meeting and enabling all of us to voice our concerns. I would first like to tell my Russian friends that not only has the Secretary-General said that the launch was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), and the United States has said it was an ICBM, North Korea itself has said that it was an ICBM. If Russia is in need of any intelligence showing that the rest of the world sees it as an ICBM, I am happy to provide it. Secondly, with regard to being opposed to sanctions on North Korea, the entire Security Council knows that we have repeatedly adopted resolutions after which nothing has happened. If members are happy with North Korea's actions, they should veto those sanctions. If they want to be North Korea's friend, they should veto it.”
2017-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7996 (2017) · source
“If we act together, we can still prevent a catastrophe, and we can rid the world of a grave threat. If we fail to act in a serious way, there will be a different response. Much of the burden of enforcing United Nations sanctions rests with China; 90 per cent of trade with North Korea is from China. We will work with China. We will work with any and every country that believes in peace, but we will not repeat the inadequate approaches of the past, which have brought us to this dark day. We cannot forget the multiple missile tests of this year or yesterday's escalation. We cannot forget Otto Warmbier and others whom North Korea continues to hold. We cannot forget the threats to our friends and allies around the world. We will not forget, and we will not delay.”
2017-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7996 (2017) · source
“The international community has spoken frequently against the illegal and dangerous actions of the North Korean regime. For many years, there have been numerous United Nations sanctions against North Korea, but they have been insufficient to get it to change its destructive course. If we are to have an impact on and move North Korea off its military escalation, we must therefore do more. We will not look exclusively at North Korea. We will look at any country that chooses to do business with that outlaw regime. We will show no patience for stalling or talking our way down to a watered-down resolution. Yesterday's ICBM. escalation requires an escalated diplomatic and economic response. Time is short. Action is required. The world is on notice.”
2017-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7996 (2017) · source
“Our attitude on trade changes when countries do not take international security threats seriously. Before the path to a peaceful solution is entirely closed, however, there remains more that the international community can and must do diplomatically and economically. In the coming days, we will bring before the Security Council a draft resolution that raises the international response in a way that is proportionate to North Korea's new escalation. I will not detail the draft resolution here today, but the options are all known to us. If we are unified, the international community can cut off the major sources of hard currency to the North Korean regime. We can restrict the flow of oil to its military and its weapons programme. We can increase air and maritime restrictions. We can hold senior regime officials accountable.”
2017-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7996 (2017) · source
“The United States is prepared to use the full range of its capabilities to defend itself and its allies. One of our capabilities lies with our considerable military forces. We will use them if we must, but we prefer not to have to go in that direction. We have other methods of addressing those who threaten us and of addressing those who supply the threats. We have great capabilities in the area of trade. President Trump has spoken repeatedly about that. I spoke with him at length about it this morning. There are countries that are allowing - even encouraging - trade with North Korea in violation of the relevant Security Council resolutions. Such countries would also like to continue their trade arrangements with the United States. That is not going to happen.”
2017-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7996 (2017) · source
“We seek only the peaceful denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and an end to the threatening actions of North Korea. Regrettably we are witnessing just the opposite. Make no mistake - North Korea's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a clear and sharp military escalation. The North Korean regime openly states that its missiles are intended to deliver nuclear weapons to strike cities in the United States, South Korea and Japan, and now it has greater capacity to do so. In truth, it is not only the United States and our allies that are threatened. North Korea's destabilizing escalation is a threat to all nations in and beyond the region. Its actions are quickly closing off the possibility of a diplomatic solution.”
2017-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7996 (2017) · source
“Otto Warmbier is but one person out of the millions who have been killed, tortured or deprived of their human rights by the North Korean regime. To Americans, the death of one innocent person can be as powerful as the death of millions because all men and women are created in God's image. Depravity towards one is a sure sign of willingness to do much more harm. The nature of the North Korean regime is clear. Only the scale of the damage that it does could become different. That is why yesterday's escalation is so alarming. If North Korea treats an innocent young student the way it treated Otto Warmbier, we should not be surprised if it acts barbarically on a larger scale. The United States does not seek conflict. In fact, we seek to avoid it.”
2017-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7996 (2017) · source
“To my friends on the Security Council, I must say that today is a dark day, because yesterday's actions by North Korea made the world a more dangerous place. Its illegal missile launch was not only dangerous but also reckless and irresponsible. It showed that North Korea does not want to be part of a peaceful world. It has cast a dark shadow of conflict on all nations that strive for peace. Yesterday's act came from the same vicious dictator who sent a young college student home to his parents unresponsive and in a coma. For Americans, the true nature of the North Korean regime was painfully brought home with the images of two guards holding Otto Warmbier up as they transported him from a prison, in which he should never have been.”
2017-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7996 (2017) · source
“A continuance of the Iranian regime's destructive, destabilizing behaviour will prevent it from ever having a normal relationship with the United States or the rest of the world, and its continued oppression of its own people speaks volumes about its true nature. At a military parade last September, the Iranian Government first displayed the missile that it fired into Syria last week. The new missiles were accompanied by a banner that read "If the leaders of the Zionist regime make a mistake, the Islamic Republic will turn Tel Aviv and Haifa to dust". Those are not the words ofa peace-loving regime or a responsible member of the international community. They are the words of a scorpion. The Security Council must recognize that and act accordingly.”
2017-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7990 (2017) · source
“For its part, the United States will not continue to turn a blind eye to the Iranian regime's behaviour. In its national capacity, the United States will do its part to enforce resolution 2231 (2015). We will work with our global partners to interdict cargo that it prohibits, and we will continue to impose our own sanctions on those who abet violations of it. With regard to the parts of the resolution that address the nuclear deal, as we have said previously, the United States is now undertaking a comprehensive review of that policy. Until the review is completed, we will comply with our commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and we expect Iran to do the same.”
2017-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7990 (2017) · source
“And that is not the first time he has openly travelled to other countries. This is a violation of the Security Council's authority, plain and simple. Furthermore, it is one that is occurring out in the open for the entire world to see. The Secretary-General's report makes clear that Iran is in violation ofresolution 2231 (2015). And so the question becomes: what is the Security Council going to do about it? What will we do to make Iran understand that resolution 2231 (2015) means something? We as the Security Council must stand behind the provisions of resolution 2231 (2015). We must strictly enforce them and show Iran that we will not tolerate its egregious flouting of United Nations resolutions. Those measures are there for a reason, and the Council should be able to enforce them.”
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“But, just as alarming as the actions ofthe scorpion, is the gullibility of the frog. It has been almost two years since the Council unanimously adopted resolution 2231 (2015), a resolution that this report confirms has been repeatedly and deliberately violated by the Iranian regime. And yet the Security Council has failed to even take minimal steps to respond to the violations. What is more, these violations are not occurring in secret; they are being covered in the media, and yet the Council has done nothing. Let me give an example. Resolution 2231 (2015) banned Iranian Major General Soleimani from travelling outside of Iran. It gave all Member States a clear and unambiguous obligation to deny him entry. Nonetheless, the Secretary-General's report cites multiple press photos and reports of the General travelling to Syria and Iraq.”
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“In paragraph after paragraph it documents the Iranian Government's actions in defiance of resolution to 2231 (2015): repeated ballistic missile launches; proven arms smuggling; illicit procurement ofballistic- missile-related technology. Iran's destructive and destabilizing role in the Middle East goes far beyond its illicit missile launches. From Syria to Yemen and Iraq to Lebanon, Iran's support for terrorist groups continues unabated. Iran's weapons, military advisers and arms smugglers stoke regional conflicts and make them harder to solve. Iran's leaders abuse their own people. The Iranian people deserve better. The Iranian people know the horror of chemical-weapon attacks, and so it is sad and horrifying * the irony that the Iranian regime now supports a dictator in Syria who uses the same evil weapons against his own people.”
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