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1. “Finally, this dialogue today is about the humanitarian needs of Ukrainian civilians and the humanitarian needs of people around the world who, as David Beasley said so eloquently, are going from feeding hungry children to feeding starving children. It is about, as he said, going from a breadbasket to a breadline. We must all do whatever we can, of course, to stop war. But there is an easy choice here. And it is a choice that can be made today in Istanbul by President Putin — and that is to stop the war. Let us all then — more than 140 countries around the world — continue to stand with Ukraine.”

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2. “Last week, former United States Secretary of State and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and one of my most cherished personal friends, Madeleine Albright died. She loved representing the United States here. She would have been outraged by the words of the Russian Federation today. Later in her life, she learned that her parents raised her as Catholic to protect her from the Nazis because her family was Jewish. She learned that three of her grandparents died at the hands of the Nazis while in concentration camps. She knew that the Jewish President of Ukraine was certainly not a Nazi and that the citizens of Ukraine being slaughtered, starving, without food or medicine, and the subject of this humanitarian dialogue today are not, and never were, Nazis.”

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3. “This is about support for the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity and the right of all countries — all countries — to choose their political orientation and foreign policy. Secondly, I myself was engaged directly with Russian counterparts to find a peaceful way forward to meet the concerns of the Russian Federation. I sat opposite Russian counterparts and put on the table many options to address the concerns. We provided, as did NATO, a paper of very specific ways in which we could reciprocally and mutually address security concerns. President Putin chose an invasion, not diplomacy. Thirdly, in response to the representative of Russia, as a Jewish American, I cannot help but say, with all due respect, that this is not about Nazis in Ukraine.”

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4. “I thank you, Madam President, very much for giving me this opportunity today. It is much appreciated. I feel that I must make four critical points. First, I want to be clear that the conflict that is being suffered by the Ukrainian people is not about the Russian Federation versus the West. Just last week, the representatives of 140 countries spoke in support of ending the conflict and the need to end the humanitarian crisis; 141 countries supported the initial resolution in the General Assembly (resolution A/ES-11/1) to say that the invasion by Russia should stop. I would say to the Russian representative, with all due respect, that this is not about Russia versus the West.”

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5. “And ultimately, the only way to end this humanitarian catastrophe is through a durable ceasefire and the complete withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukrainian territory and away from Ukraine’s borders. That decision, like the decision to begin this unprovoked, unjustified war in the first place lies with one man, and one man only. Vladimir Putin started this war and created this global food crisis — and he is the one who can stop it.”

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6. “But the fact remains that so long as Putin continues his war, so long as Russian forces continue to bombard Ukrainian cities and block aid convoys, so long as besieged civilians are unable to get to safety, this humanitarian crisis will only get worse — in Ukraine, for the Russian people and around the world. Russia must abide by its obligations under international humanitarian law on the protection of civilians, including those who are fleeing conflict and those who are providing humanitarian assistance. We hope — we really hope — that President Putin will commit seriously to the peace talks under way. But we are focused on what Russian forces do, not what Russia says or what Putin says.”

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7. “Last week, President Biden announced that the United States is prepared to provide more than $1 billion in new humanitarian assistance for the Ukrainian people, those fleeing to neighbouring countries and those around the world feeling the effects of Putin’s war, including rising food insecurity. The United States is also committed to providing more than $11 billion over the next five years to address food-security and nutrition needs around the world, including in countries where food prices are rising as a result of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.”

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8. “And Russia’s own food and agricultural exports are not under sanction by the United States or by our allies and partners. The responsibility for waging war on Ukraine and for the war’s effects on global food security falls solely on President Putin. The international community must come together to meet this moment to provide food, water, shelter and medicine for the Ukrainian people, to support Ukraine’s neighbours who have taken in millions of refugees, and to bolster global food security and protect the world’s most vulnerable from hunger — as a result of Putin’s war. The United States is committed to doing our part to ease the human suffering caused by this war in Ukraine — and elsewhere around the world.”

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9. “As we heard from Executive Director Beasley, the World Food Programme is already feeding 138 million people in more than 80 countries, from Ethiopia to Afghanistan, South Sudan to Yemen, Nigeria to Syria. But now Putin’s war is driving up the costs of providing food assistance, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that as many as 13 million more people worldwide may be pushed into food insecurity as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Many of us have heard the Russian Government blame United States, allied and partner sanctions for increasing food costs around the world. But the facts — the facts — are clear. Sanctions are not preventing grain from leaving Ukraine’s ports. Putin’s war is.”

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10. “Already, food prices are skyrocketing in low- and middle-income countries, as Russia chokes off Ukrainian exports. Across the Middle East and Africa, already high prices for staple commodities, including wheat, have risen between 20 and 50 per cent so far this year. We are particularly concerned about such countries as Lebanon, Pakistan, Libya, Tunisia, Yemen and Morocco, which rely heavily on Ukrainian imports to feed their populations. The world, as we have heard, was already facing a food-security crisis well before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The coronavirus disease pandemic and the resulting economic crisis pushed millions of families into poverty. Countries around the world are grappling with drought and other disasters made worse by climate change.”

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11. “They are reportedly preventing approximately 94 ships carrying food for the world market from reaching the Mediterranean. It is no wonder that many shippers are now hesitant to send vessels into the Black Sea, even to Russian ports, given the danger posed by Russian forces. Russian missiles and bombs have damaged and destroyed Ukrainian airports, rail lines, train stations and highways that are critical for getting humanitarian aid to those who need it and for exporting wheat, corn and other commodities. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba has told his counterparts that Russia is actively targeting grain silos and food-storage facilities. All of those actions by Russia are creating a food crisis in Ukraine and well beyond Ukraine’s borders.”

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12. “It was, in fact, a bustling port city — a grain exporter that helped feed the world. Today its residents are dying because of President Putin’s war of choice. The impacts of Putin’s war are being felt far beyond Ukraine’s borders as well, with some of the most immediate and dangerous implications for global food security. As has been said, Ukraine and Russia are both major agricultural producers. Thirty per cent of the world’s wheat exports typically come from the Black Sea region, as does 20 per cent of the world’s corn and 75 per cent of sunflower oil. But Russia has bombed at least three civilian ships carrying goods from Black Sea ports to the rest of the world, including one chartered by an agribusiness company. The Russian navy is blocking access to Ukraine ports, essentially cutting off exports of grain.”

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13. “Now the World Food Programme warns that 45 per cent of the people in Ukraine — nearly half of the people of Ukraine, living in one of the world’s greatest breadbaskets — are concerned about having enough to eat. Russia’s ceaseless bombardment of Ukraine’s cities and critical infrastructure has created one of the fastest- growing humanitarian crises in recent decades. Russian forces have laid siege to cities such as Mariupol, where citizens have been left without food, water, heat and electricity in the depths of winter. People have resorted to melting snow for drinking water. One mother told reporters that she could feed her three daughters only a spoonful of honey a day as they hid from Russian bombs. Now city officials say people are beginning to die of starvation. Think about that. Mariupol was at peace five weeks ago.”

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14. “I thank you, Madam, for welcoming me as I represent the United States at the Security Council today. I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Msuya and Executive Director Beasley for their briefings today and welcome Deputy Executive Director Abdulla. Of course, I also welcome the Ambassador from Ukraine. It has been five weeks — although it feels like a lifetime — since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his premeditated, unprovoked, unjustified and brutal invasion of Ukraine. In just five weeks, nearly a quarter of Ukraine’s population has been displaced, including more than half of the nation’s children. In just five weeks, nearly 4 million Ukrainians have fled their country as refugees.”

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