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Pompeo

lines on the record: 43
first: 2018-09-27
most recent: 2019-08-20
sittings or episodes: 4
sources: un-security-council

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“We call for all nations, which have been invited, to attend the initial meetings of the first five of those groups this fall, and we express our gratitude to Bahrain, Romania and South Korea for joining Poland and the United States in hosting them. No one country will be the subject of those discussions. All nations will be heard and all voices will be respected. As we continue to work through the Warsaw process, we will look to reconvene nations in 2020 for a follow-up to the Warsaw Ministerial. I hope that those present will all be there.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“That is why Poland and the United States have created the Warsaw process and its working groups, which were recently announced. The Warsaw process is the product of this year's Warsaw Ministerial to promote a future of peace and security in the Middle East. The creation of the working groups is another iteration of the United States mission to take on Middle East challenges with our friends, allies and partners. The seven new working groups will focus on cybersecurity, human rights, maritime and aviation security, energy security, missile proliferation, counter- terrorism and humanitarian issues and refugees.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“On another Iran-related note, we are already tracking very closely the provisions of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action that are expiring in October 2020, namely, the United Nations arms embargo and the travel restrictions on Qasem Soleimani. The whole world is able to track them, too. We now have a countdown clock on the State Department's Iran web page. Time is drawing short to continue the activity of restricting Iran's capacity to foment its terror regime. The international community will have plenty of time to see how long it has until Iran is unshackled to create new turmoil and figure out what it must do to prevent that from happening. Clearly, from Aleppo to Aden and Tripoli to Tehran, greater cooperation in the Middle East is needed more than ever. We need fresh thinking to solve old problems.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“On 10 July, the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unsuccessfully attempted to seize a United Kingdom tanker as it passed through the Strait of Hormuz. On 14 July, the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized a Panamanian- flagged, United Arab Emirates-owned, tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. On 19 July, the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized a British tanker, the Stena Impero, in the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran continues to detain that ship and its crew. On 19 July, the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps also seized the Liberian-flagged, British-owned, tanker, Mesdar. On 25 July, Iran test-fired a ballistic missile, in defiance of resolution 2231 (2015).”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“Since the United States declared our intention to bring all Iranian oil purchases to zero in April, the Ayatollah has gone all in on a campaign of extortion diplomacy. Here is just a short list of what the regime has done since July. On 1 July, Iran surpassed its 300-kilogramme limit on its low-enriched uranium stockpile, in defiance of its nuclear commitments. On 2 July, the Iran-backed Houthis attacked Abha airport in Saudi Arabia, and they have continued to do so since that time. On 8 July, Iran reached levels of enrichment of about 4.5 per cent, breaching its nuclear commitments, which cap enrichment at 3.67 per cent. Iran continues to threaten further expansions of its nuclear programme, in defiance of its international commitments.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“They are meaningful and effective, and they reflect the values of freedom- loving societies, which the Council should be working to uphold. But now is our opportunity to do more. Just look at the challenges facing the region. Conflict in Libya still rages. More than 5.5 million Syrian refugees and nearly 6 million internally displaced Syrians have yet to return to their homes because of continuing violence. The Gulf Cooperation Council rift has not fully healed. Many countries fail to honour their people's basic human rights, and radical Islamist terrorists and their financial benefactors are looking for new weaknesses to exploit. Of course, the Islamic Republic of Iran and its proxies continue to foment terror and unrest in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen, with devastating humanitarian consequences.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“We are facilitating new links between Israel and its Arab neighbours through the Warsaw Ministerial and follow-up meetings, which the President just discussed. We organized the Bahrain workshop in June to bring together Government, the private sector and civilian leaders to help improve the lives of the Palestinians. We hosted the second-ever ministerial to advance religious freedom last month; protecting religious minorities in the Middle East was the centrepiece of that event. Most recently, the United States launched our effort to protect international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. We have welcomed the United Kingdom and Bahrain as partners and look forward to other nations joining that mission to protect the freedom of the seas. Those are precisely the kinds of multilateral efforts that the United States supports.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“I thank Ms. Ribeiro Viotti for her briefing. I also thank our Polish friends for using their Security Council presidency to confront the complex challenges in the Middle East. As I argued in January in Cairo, the Trump Administration is reviving America's leadership role in the region by building and supporting coalitions to tackle regional challenges. These are not talkfests; we care about outcomes, not gestures. We should consider what has been accomplished in just seven months. We helped dismantle the physical caliphate of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham (ISIS), and we continue to work with 79 partners in the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS to help the region recover from that menace. We are working closely with United Nations Special Envoy Martin Griffiths to help bring peace to Yemen.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“We cannot ignore the suffering or tyranny taking place in that proud nation, and neither should other countries that care about freedom and prosperity. Today, we call on all members of the Security Council to support Venezuela's democratic transition and interim President Guaido's role in it.”
2019-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8452 (2019) · source
“We hope that the international community will support the people of Venezuela and the transitional Government led by Juan Guaido. On 23 January, Guaido declared himself interim President of Venezuela, in accordance with Venezuela's own Constitution. He made that declaration with the full support of the National Assembly and the Venezuelan people. Our nations must stand up for the rule of law and support the leader whom the Venezuelan people have affirmed as their legitimate interim President. It is our hope that free and fair elections happen as soon as possible. Back in 1961, President Kennedy spoke in Caracas. He declared, "We will be partners in building a better life for our people". America's ambition has not changed since that day. We stand with the Venezuelan people as they seek to build a better life for themselves.”
2019-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8452 (2019) · source
“On Wednesday, the Venezuelan people chose to take their country back on the anniversary of the day that the dictator Marco Perez Jimenez was forced out of power back in 1958. We call for Venezuelans to now work together to peacefully restore the constitutional Government and return the country to a secure, democratic and prosperous path. As we read reports of peaceful Venezuelan protesters being killed or wounded, we also repeat our insistence that Venezuelan security services show restraint. I want to be 100 per cent clear. President Trump and I fully expect that our diplomats will continue to receive the protections provided for under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Venezuela must not test the United States resolve to protect its own people.”
2019-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8452 (2019) · source
“But no regime has done more to sustain the nightmarish condition of the Venezuelan people than the regime in Havana. For years, Cuban security and intelligence thugs, invited into Venezuela by Maduro himself and those around him, have sustained this illegitimate rule. They have trained Maduro's security and intelligence henchmen in Cuba's own worst practices. Cuba's Ministry of the Interior even provides former President Maduro's personal security. Members of this body often use their microphones here to condemn foreign interference in internal affairs. Let us be crystal clear. The foreign Power that is meddling in Venezuela today is Cuba. Cuba has directly made matters worse. The United States and its partners are the true friends of the Venezuelan people.”
2019-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8452 (2019) · source
“Just this morning, we tried to find a way for the Council to speak with one voice in support of the Venezuelan people and the democratic ideals through a presidential statement of the Council. But our Russian and Chinese colleagues refused to let this move forward. It is not a surprise that those who rule without democracy in their own countries are trying to prop up Maduro while he is in dire straits. Nor are these countries supporting international norms, as they cynically claim. China and Russia are propping up a failed regime in the hopes of recovering billions of dollars in ill-considered investments and assistance made over the years. This money was never intended to help the Venezuelan people; it lined the pockets of the Maduro regime, its cronies and its benefactors.”
2019-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8452 (2019) · source
“The time is now to support the Venezuelan people, recognize the new democratic Government led by interim President Guaido and end this nightmare. There are no excuses. The United States stands with the Venezuelan people. So far, many other nations have chosen to do the same and they, too, have recognized the legitimate Government of interim President Guaido. The United States stands proudly with him as we stand together in support of Venezuela. He knew the Venezuelan people did not have a moment to spare. Now it is time for every other nation to pick a side. There can be no more delays and no more games. Either a nation stands with the forces of freedom or it is in league with Maduro and his mayhem. Some countries have publicly taken former President Maduro's side; China, Russia, Syria and Iran arejust four ofthem.”
2019-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8452 (2019) · source
“Maduro's prisons are full of political prisoners, unjustly behind bars, and the graveyards hold dissidents and protesters who have been killed by that regime. I want to talk to the Council about just one of them - a member of the City Council of Caracas named Fernando Alban Salazar. Just four months ago, he came here to this city to meet with the world's representatives, who gather here every year during the general debate of the General Assembly. He came here to speak about the failures of the Maduro regime and about his hopes for a more democratic and more prosperous future for his country. After that, he went home to the country that he loved. Maduro's secret police arrested him at the airport as soon as he landed. He died in their custody three days later and the pathetic explanations for this death have convinced absolutely no one.”
2019-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8452 (2019) · source
“She now says that their whole future has been taken away. That future - for her and for all Venezuelans - did not magically disappear on its own. The Maduro regime's failed policies, oppression and corruption stole that future. The United States is helping to recover a brighter future for Venezuela. We are here to urge all nations to support the democratic aspirations of the Venezuelan people as they try to free themselves from former President Maduro's illegitimate mafia State. The humanitarian situation demands action now; it demands action today. Today, 9 out of 10 citizens live in poverty. Millions lack access to drinking water and food. Three out of four hospitals have been abandoned. Three million Venezuelans have been forced to flee their homeland, thereby flooding the region and threatening international peace and security.”
2019-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8452 (2019) · source
“Stories like this are well documented by our press corps. We can read about men like Carlos every day. People like him are why the United States called for this meeting. We are here because Maduro has reduced ordinary Venezuelans, who once lived in prosperity, to rooting through dumpsters to find something to eat. We are here because scores of Venezuelan women - some of them teenagers - have fled Maduro's madness to other countries and, in desperation, turned to prostitution to survive. We are here because of Maria Vielma, a school psychologist who said, through tears, "We have a Government that is dedicated to destroying, not constructing". Another man - a farmer named Vladimir Sequera, who never got more than a sixth grade education - hoped that his stepdaughter Gabriela could fulfil her dreams of being a lawyer.”
2019-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8452 (2019) · source
“On behalf ofPresident Trump and the American people, I first want to thank Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado of the Dominican Republic, the current President of the Security Council, for scheduling this meeting. My former colleague, Ambassador Haley, lobbied for a year to get the Council to address Venezuela, but her pleas fell on deaf ears. This meeting is long overdue and Council members all know why it is overdue. Take Carlos Aquino, a 37-year-old construction worker weeping over the tiny coffin of his deceased infant son, who died of starvation. Such scenes of misery are now the norm in Nicolas Maduro Moros's Venezuela, where millions of children are suffering from malnutrition and starvation thanks to a socialist experiment that caused the economy to collapse. This human misery is not a secret.”
2019-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8452 (2019) · source
“Last week, we all received a letter under Article 54 of the Charter of the United Nations from OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro Lemes, which specifically described the destabilizing impact ofthis crisis on the region. And yet, despite this tragedy and despite the calls from regional bodies for it to be given more attention, the United Nations has yet to hold a formal meeting on this subject. We now have a new leader, Juan Guaido, in Venezuela, who has promised to bring elections and constitutional order back to Venezuela and security back to the region. We cannot delay this critical conversation, which has the world's attention. For the sake of Venezuela and the region, we must support the Venezuelan people and do so right now.”
2019-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8452 (2019) · source
“The focus of the Security Council is to safeguard international peace and security. The former Maduro regime oppressed its people for years, forcing millions of Venezuelans to flee the country merely to gain very basic access to food and water. That has overwhelmed the capacity of regional countries to adequately address the urgent humanitarian needs. Former President Maduro bears full responsibility for that tragedy, allowing Venezuelans to languish without food and humanitarian assistance. On 10 January, the Organization of American States (OAS) passed a resolution that refused to recognize the illegitimate Maduro regime and called for further attention to address the suffering of the Venezuelan people.”
2019-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8452 (2019) · source
“If Iran makes a fundamental strategic shift and honours those demands, we would be prepared to ease our pressure campaign and support the modernization and reintegration of the Iranian economy into the international economic system. But relief from our pressure will come about only when we see tangible, demonstrated and sustained shifts in Tehran's policies.”
2018-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8418 (2018) · source
“But, in the finest traditions of American leadership, the United States will continue to unite sovereign nations in their responsibility to work for the peace and security of their own people and a stable international order. The United States is going to continue to be relentless in building a coalition of responsible nations that are serious about confronting the Iranian regime's reckless ballistic missile activity, as well as the way it treats its own people. That type of malign activity is something that the United States will continue to stand side by side with the people of Iran. They have been the worst victims of the regime for nearly 40 years, and they have the unwavering support of the United States. Finally, in May the Trump Administration clearly defined the 12 areas on which we are demanding change from Iran.”
2018-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8418 (2018) · source
“Indeed, America's own President said that "ideally we would see a situation in which Iran, seeing sanctions reduced, would start focusing on its economy, on training its people, on re-entering the world community, to lessening its provocative activities in the region." But what we actually see is that, to date, the JCPOA has without a doubt shielded the Islamic Republic of Iran from being accountable for the risks it presents to the world. The Iranian regime is pursuing the same destructive, revolutionary goals that it has for the past 39 years, except now it has more money to achieve them thanks to the nuclear deal. I am here today first and foremost in my capacity as the Secretary of State of the United States of America. Under President Trump, the security of our people and our allies comes first.”
2018-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8418 (2018) · source
“We also call on the Council to establish inspection and interdiction measures in ports and on the high seas to thwart Iran's continuing efforts to circumvent the existing arms restrictions. Some have questioned our decision to withdraw from the JCPOA. We reply that it is self-evident why we did so: they are based on the very conversation we are having here today. Prior to the deal, Western leaders made grand claims about how the JCPOA would usher in a new era of moderation from the Iranian regime.”
2018-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8418 (2018) · source
“Beyond addressing Iran's ballistic missile activities, the Council should not lift the arms embargo on Iran in 2020. That country is in non-compliance with multiple Security Council resolutions, including those related to Al-Qaida, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Yemen and Somalia. Even as we sit here today, Iran is harbouring Al-Qaida, supporting Taliban militants in Afghanistan, arming terrorists in Lebanon, facilitating illicit trade in Somali charcoal to benefit Al-Shabaab and training and equipping Shia militias in Iraq, even as we sit here today. It is also stoking conflict in Syria and Yemen. The Council must address those malign activities; it cannot reward Iran by lifting the arms embargo.”
2018-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8418 (2018) · source
“We must now ask ourselves which steps we must take to confront that malign Iranian activity. If Iran continues stocking up on ballistic missiles, the security of our people will be at risk. If we fail to restore deterrence, we will run the risk of conflict escalating in the region. If we do nothing, we will convey to all other malign actors that they, too, can defy the Security Council with impunity. As all members of the Council know well, the Charter of the United Nations bestows upon the Security Council the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. We all take that responsibility seriously. The United States seeks to work with all other members of the Council to reimpose on Iran the ballistic missile restrictions outlined in resolution 1929 (2010).”
2018-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8418 (2018) · source
“I would like to thank France, Germany and the United Kingdom for raising concerns about Iranian missile proliferation to the Secretariat. I would also like to thank our partners from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, who are working with United Nations inspectors to recover material debris of the Iranian-supplied missiles, rockets and unmanned aerial vehicles launched into their countries by Houthi forces in Yemen. Our Israeli allies have brought further evidence to the Security Council about Iran's continued launches ofballistic missiles that are inherently capable of carrying nuclear weapons. Israel has also given evidence to the Secretariat of Iran's transfer of weapons systems to its proxies all over the Middle East - in defiance of what we have insisted that they should do.”
2018-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8418 (2018) · source
“We have hard evidence that Iran is providing missiles, training and support to the Houthis and that the Iranian-Houthi missile arsenal is fully engaged. That poses a threat to innocent civilians, including Americans living in Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, as well as people of all nationalities who travel on civilian aircraft in that region. Iran is also transferring ballistic missile systems to Shia militias in Iraq. Just look at the past two weeks. The Iranian regime test-fired a medium-range ballistic missile that is capable of carrying multiple warheads. Our goodwill gestures have been futile in correcting the Iranian regime's reckless missile activity and its destructive behaviours. No nation can dispute that Iran openly defies resolution 2231 (2015). The United States is not alone in raising these concerns.”
2018-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8418 (2018) · source
“Its suspected range also approaches 2,000 kilometres, which is far enough to target Athens, Sofia, Bucharest and other major European cities. If the Commander of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is telling the truth and Iran does have capabilities beyond a 2,000-kilometre range, other European capitals are at risk as well. In July 2017, when United States was still a party to the JCPOA, Iran tested a Simorgh space-launch vehicle. The United States, France, Germany and the United Kingdom all assessed that the launch was inconsistent with resolution 2231 (2015) because space-launch vehicles use a technology similar to intercontinental ballistic missiles. Iran has exported ballistic missile systems as well - most recently to Yemen.”
2018-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8418 (2018) · source
“Iran's pace of missile activity, including its missile launches and tests, has not diminished since the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was adopted. In fact, Iran's missile testing and proliferation is growing. Today Iran has the largest arsenal of ballistic missiles in the Middle East. It has more than 10 ballistic missile systems in its inventory or in development. It has hundreds of missiles, and they pose a threat to our partners in the region. More recently, in 2016, while the JCPOA was in effect, Iran unveiled two new short-range ballistic missiles that it claims are capable of striking targets between 500 and 700 kilometres. In January 2017, while the JCPOA was in effect, Iran launched a medium-range missile that was designed to carry a payload greater than 500 kilograms and that could be used to carry nuclear warheads.”
2018-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8418 (2018) · source
“In fact, the level of accountability in Iran has diminished, while the risk has increased. In connection with the Iranian regime's engagement in nuclear talks and at the Obama Administration's urging, the Security Council replaced resolution 1929 (2010) with resolution 2231 (2015). The latter calls upon Iran not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons. Notwithstanding that change in language, the world's concerns remain. When we collectively call on Iran to cease its ballistic missile activity, we must agree to stop it now. But Iran is as defiant of the world's insistence as ever - because here we are, for the twelfth year in a row, meeting about Iran's ballistic missiles and addressing an incredibly problematic data set.”
2018-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8418 (2018) · source
“In that resolution, the Security Council decided that Iran shall not undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including launches using ballistic missile technology, and that States shall take the necessary measures to prevent the transfer of technology or technical assistance to Iran related to such activities. That provision of resolution 1929 (2010) imposed a legal prohibition on Iran's ballistic missile activity. There was the force of law behind those words. Nevertheless, Iran conducted multiple ballistic missile launches between 2010 and 2015, in flagrant violation of that resolution. What did we do in response? Did we increase accountability in Iran for serial violations of international law? We did quite the opposite.”
2018-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8418 (2018) · source
“Iran has exploited the goodwill of nations and defied multiple Security Council resolutions in its quest for a robust ballistic missile force. The United States will never stand for that; no nation that seeks peace and prosperity in the Middle East should either. The Council has been telling Iran to stop testing and proliferating ballistic missiles in one form or another since 2006. From 2010 to 2015 Iran was subject to resolution 1929 (2010), the strictest resolution addressing the Iranian ballistic missiles to date.”
2018-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8418 (2018) · source
“I thank representatives for the kind words. I appreciate them. Just two days ago, the Head of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Amir Hajizadeh, boasted that Iran is capable of building missiles with a range beyond 2,000 kilometres. He said, "We have the ability to build missiles with broader ranges. We don't have limitations from a technical perspective." He also said that there are many enemy bases within 800 kilometres of Iran - in other words, within striking distance of Iranian missiles. He bragged that Iran carries out 40 to 50 tests per year. As I will talk about further, it is clear that the Iranian regime ballistic missile activity has grown since the nuclear deal.”
2018-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8418 (2018) · source
“Our open proceedings will allow history to judge us fairly and truthfully and, we hope, with an understanding of the sincerity of our endeavours here. I therefore thank everyone once again. As we end our presidency, I wish the delegation of Bolivia good luck for the month of October. The meeting rose at12.25p.m.”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source
“Before adjourning this last scheduled meeting of the Council for the month of September, on behalf of the United States, Ambassador Haley and our entire delegation here in New York, Iwould like to express our sincere appreciation to the members of the Council, the Permanent Representatives, their respective staff, the Secretariat's staff, the interpreters, the recorders and security for the excellent assistance they have provided during this very busy but highly productive month. We also greatly appreciate members' support of our goal of transparency during this month, while keeping our briefings and discussions open and available to the world to see and hear. Ultimately, the Council is accountable to every citizen in the international community as we strive to foster stability, maintain security and preserve peace across the world.”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source
“I now give the floor to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source
“The United States is troubled by recent reports that Member States, including members of the Security Council, are hosting new North Korean labourers. That violates the spirit and letter of the Security Council resolutions that we all agreed to uphold. While sanctions remain part of the total approach we are pursuing to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons, I want to finish on a positive note. We are well into a diplomatic process and we hope - indeed, we want i to see this through to a successful end. I am pleased that, based upon recent exchanges between”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source
“The United States has made its assessment, and we can say in no uncertain terms, that the cap of 500,000 barrels has been breached this year. We continue to see illegal imports of additional refined petroleum using ship-to-ship transfers, which are clearly prohibited under the resolution. As Security Council members, we must convey to the captains of those ships, their owners and anyone else involved in those transfers that we are watching them and that they must cease their illicit activity. We must all be accountable for cutting off North Korea's illegal coal exports, which provide funds that go directly to its weapons of mass destruction programmes. We must be accountable, too, for curbing the number of North Korean labourers permitted within our borders.”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source
“We want to see that time come as quickly as possible, but the path to peace and a brighter future is only through diplomacy and denuclearization. That means that any other path that North Korea may choose will inevitably lead to ever- increasing isolation and pressure. It is imperative for Members of the United Nations to take that to heart. Enforcement of Security Council sanctions must continue vigorously and without fail until we realize the final, fully verified denuclearization of North Korea. The members of the Council must set the example on that effort and we must all hold each other accountable. Particularly, we must all be accountable for enforcing resolution 2397 (2017), which lowered the annual cap on refined petroleum imports to North Korea.”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source
“We also discussed the second summit between President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un. We must not forget what has brought us this far - the historic international pressure campaign that the Council has made possible through the sanctions that it has imposed. Until the final denuclearization of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is achieved and fully verified, it is our solemn collective responsibility to fully implement all Security Council resolutions pertaining to North Korea. President Trump has made it abundantly clear that if Chairman Kim follows through on his commitments, a much brighter future lies ahead for North Korea and its people, and the United States will be at the forefront of facilitating that bright future.”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source
“Since taking office, President Trump has led the international pressure campaign that has resulted in the first significant diplomatic breakthrough in decades. During President Trump and Chairman Kim's historic Singapore summit, Chairman Kim committed to working towards the complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. The two leaders share a common, personal understanding of what must take place for the transformation of the relations between the United States and Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The United States continues to engage with North Korea to implement the commitments made in Singapore. Yesterday, I had a very positive meeting with Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho to discuss how we can move forward on all four commitments in the Singapore joint statement.”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Japan and the Republic of Korea to participate in this meeting. I am pleased to welcome the distinguished Ministers and representatives gathered here this morning. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on the agenda. 1 shall now make a statement in my capacity as the Secretary of State of the United States of America. Time and time again, over the past quarter- century, the United Nations has made it clear that the world cannot accept a nuclear-armed North Korea. That is not just the United States position; that is the world's position. Past diplomatic attempts to halt North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile development were unsuccessful, but now we are at the dawn of a new day.”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source