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1. “We can and must do more, including by renewing the United Nations authorization to deliver cross-border humanitarian assistance into Syria. The cross-border mechanism is a literal lifeline and the only route through which COVAX vaccines are reaching north-western Syria, home to more than 3 million people. Many of the crises that we face do not have an instant cure. We wish we could vaccinate the world from war, hunger and all forms of suffering. Unfortunately, it is not always that simple, but when it comes to COVID-19, if we can get vaccines into arms, it is that simple. We can save lives and end the pandemic. The challenge is ensuring that the world’s most vulnerable, especially those suffering in conflicts, get the COVID-19 vaccines they need. Aid organizations are prepared to do that difficult work.”

   2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9014 (2022) · source

2. “Aid organizations deliveringhumanitarianassistance, including COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, must be given unfettered access in Ukraine, in Syria, in Burma — in every single country, in every single conflict. The United States is already working with the international community to expand access through our global vaccination initiative. Thanks to the COVID-19 Prioritized Global Action Plan for Enhanced Engagement, we have been able to bolster supply chains, address information gaps, support health-care workers and strengthen the global health security architecture. But the Security Council has a central role to play here as well. The Council has taken some important steps by adopting resolution 2532 (2020) and 2565 (2021), but those resolutions need to be implemented, as we have just heard from Ted Chaiban.”

   2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9014 (2022) · source

3. “In Haiti and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, that number is less than 1 per cent. Tragically, that list goes on and on. It is not an issue of supply. We have enough doses. It is an issue of access. Aid organizations face steep barriers to delivering humanitarian assistance, including COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, to conflict zones. Ukraine is a prime example. Russia’s unprovoked brutal invasion has meant that COVID-19 vaccine distribution and routine immunizations have come to a sudden halt. Since the start of the war, COVID-19 vaccinations have plummeted from more than 52,000 a day to less than 1,000 a day. Why? Because Russia’s senseless violence has damaged the infrastructure necessary to get aid and vaccines to people. Safe passage through humanitarian corridors is sporadic, at best. Let me be absolutely clear.”

   2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9014 (2022) · source

4. “Of course, having safe and effective vaccines and getting shots into arms are very different things. The United States recognized early on that we could play a crucial role in vaccinating the world. Working with the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) Facility and other partners, we have provided over 518 million doses to 114 countries, with no strings attached. We are committed to donating 1.2 billion doses in total. Thanks in part to those efforts, nearly 6 in 10 people around the world have had at least two shots of the vaccine. That is encouraging, but we know that we still have work to do and we know that too many countries lack far behind, especially countries in the midst of conflict and instability. In Yemen, for example, just 1.3 per cent of the population is fully vaccinated.”

   2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9014 (2022) · source

5. “I thank you, Sir, for bringing us together today for this very important discussion. I also thank the briefers for their insights. I think we all remember where we were when we realized that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was not a minor outbreak, but a highly contagious virus that would change our lives. That was a little over two years ago, but it feels like much longer than that. During the past two very long years, COVID-19 has caused immense hardships around the world. There have been 500 million confirmed cases and 6 million people have died. So many of us have personally lost loved ones to the virus. However, while COVID-19 represents a darker chapter, there is reason for hope. After all, the scientific community was able to develop, test and start to roll out life-saving vaccines in under a year — a historic feat.”

   2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9014 (2022) · source

6. “Let us ensure women are a robust part of that peace process, and let us hope that the day they have dreamed of comes soon.”

   2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9013 (2022) · source

7. “Some women are valiantly defending their homes, their communities, their country — including many women who have been serving in the Ukrainian military since 2014. Others are protecting their families and their children, bringing them to safety. And still others are the ones supplying food and shelter, water and medicine to those in need. Women are the ones who will get Ukraine through this humanitarian catastrophe, and women must be consistently and meaningfully involved as active participants and leaders in securing long-term sustainable peace. When I met with women in Moldova and Romania, they all had different stories, but they all had the same dream: to return to a peaceful Ukraine where they have a say in their own and their children’s future.”

   2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9013 (2022) · source

8. “For example, we are highly supportive of UNICEF’s mobile child-protection teams, and we are working in conflict zones, such as Ukraine, to deliver life-saving supplies and provide emergency social-work services. Those horrific acts also remind us that we must support efforts to prevent them from happening in the first place, which means ensuring that women’s voices and rights are always respected and elevated. And it means ensuring that abusers against them and against children are held to account. There must be pathways to healing and access to justice for survivors. Finally, I want to remind us all that women are far from passive victims in this war. As we just heard from the Executive Director of UN-Women, women are playing critical leadership roles in Ukraine to address the impact of the war.”

   2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9013 (2022) · source

9. “Given everything we know about gender-based violence in conflict and the accounts we are hearing, we cannot wait for a lengthy assessment. We should not hold up resources with the excuse of incomplete data. This is an active crisis that grows worse by the day. We need to start interventions immediately to prevent and respond to gender-based violence now. For the United States, the humanitarian efforts that it is funding in and around Ukraine lift up networks for survivors of gender-based violence in the country and in neighbouring countries. We are supporting programmes for child protection as well as for advocacy. We will continue to support our partners in these efforts.”

   2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9013 (2022) · source

10. “We know that anyone at risk before a war is at a heightened risk of being targeted for physical and sexual violence during a war, and that includes women and children, religious and ethnic minorities, LGBTQI+ individuals and people living with disabilities. The Deputy Mayor of Ivankiv told reporters that some girls are cutting their hair short in hopes of avoiding rape by Russian troops. Family separations leave girls in particular at increased risk for sexual exploitation and trafficking. We have heard sobering reports of traffickers targeting women as they seek protection abroad. All of that is why the United States initiative, Safe from the Start, calls on all humanitarian actors to prioritize resources and programmes to address gender-based violence from the onset.”

    2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9013 (2022) · source

11. “When I was in Moldova and Romania, I saw with my own eyes some of the human toll of Russia’s brutal war. I met with a few of the 11.6 million people who are now displaced from their homes, representatives of the largest refugee crisis in Europe since the Second World War. The mass displacement includes over half of all of Ukraine’s children — half of Ukraine’s children have left behind their homes, their schools and often at least one of their parents. Meanwhile, 90 per cent of refugees from Ukraine are women and children, and, as our briefers made clear today, being a woman or a child adds additional risk. Women in Ukraine are at an increased risk for gender-based violence, including rape, sexual assault and sexual exploitation.”

    2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9013 (2022) · source

12. “Since the start of Russia’s unprovoked war against Ukraine, Russia has bombed orphanages and maternity hospitals. We have seen mass graves with dead children stacked on top of each other. On Friday, a train station being used for civilian evacuations, mostly women and children, was struck by a Russian missile. Reporters from The Washington Post saw at least 20 dead, including children. Limbs and luggage were scattered everywhere. A maimed dog shivered next to one of the dead. According to the reporters, a large piece of missile on the scene had chilling words written on the side. In Russian it said, “for the children”. That is what Russia’s war looks like. What is happening to women and children in Ukraine is horrific beyond comprehension.”

    2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9013 (2022) · source

13. “We are honoured by your presence here with us today, Mr. President, and are thankful to the United Kingdom for leading today’s debate. I thank our briefers from UN-Women and UNICEF for their remarks and for the work that their teams are doing on the ground. I, too, visited Romania and Moldova and saw their teams on the ground working with vulnerable people. And I would especially like to thank Ms. Cherepakha for being with us today and for sharing the voices of women and children in Ukraine. She is the first civil society briefer that we have had brief us on this issue in an official Council meeting. When men such as President Putin start wars, women and children get displaced, women and children get hurt, women and children get raped and abused, and women and children die.”

    2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9013 (2022) · source

14. “As we have made clear to members of the Security Council, including the Russian Federation, the meeting under today’s agenda item was proposed without prejudice to the agenda items in relation to the 2014 letters, specifically, the 2014 letter from the Ukrainian Permanent Representative (S/2014/136) and the 2014 letter from the Russian Permanent Representative (S/2014/264). While the scope of the situation in Ukraine has grown far beyond the circumstances in 2014, it is important to recognize its history, and it is possible that Member States will wish to focus on Crimea during future meetings. Accordingly, against this backdrop, the earlier agenda items must remain in place. I now ask that we continue with the meeting.”

    2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9013 (2022) · source

15. “I would like President Zelenskyy to know that we stand with the people of Ukraine as they face down this brutal attack on their sovereignty, democracy and freedom.”

    2022-04-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9011 (2022) · source

16. “It is — and it is also the responsibility of United Nations leaders and leaders around the world — every single Member State with a voice in the General Assembly. No one can be a shield for Russia’s aggression. Suspending Russia from the Human Rights Council is something we collectively have the power to do in the General Assembly. Our votes can make a real difference. Russia’s participation on the Human Rights Council hurts the Council’s credibility. It undermines the entire United Nation. And it is just plain wrong. Let us come together to do what is right and do right by the Ukrainian people. Let us take this step to help them start to rebuild their lives. Let us match the courage of President Zelenskyy, who we are so honoured to have with us today.”

    2022-04-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9011 (2022) · source

17. “I will not dignify those lies with a response, only to say that every lie we hear from the Russian representative is more evidence that Russia does not belong on the Human Rights Council. One hundred and forty Member States voted to condemn Russia over its unprovoked war and the humanitarian crisis it has unleashed upon the people of Ukraine. Here is my message to all those in the Chamber: now is the time to match those words with action and show the world that we can work responsibly. I share President Zelenskyy’s view that this moment requires responsible world Powers and global leaders to show some backbone and stand up to Russia’s dangerous and unprovoked threat against Ukraine and the world. The Secretary-General said that confronting this threat is the Security Council’s charge.”

    2022-04-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9011 (2022) · source

18. “Every day we see more and more how little Russia respects human rights. And that is why I announced yesterday that the United States, in coordination with Ukraine and many other States Members of the United Nations, will seek Russia’s suspension from the Human Rights Council. Given the growing mountain of evidence, Russia should not have a position of authority in a body whose very purpose is to promote respect for human rights. Not only is this the height of hypocrisy, but it is also dangerous. Russia is using its membership on the Human Rights Council as a platform for propaganda to suggest that Russia has a legitimate concern for human rights. In fact, we will hear some of that propaganda here today. I know it.”

    2022-04-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9011 (2022) · source

19. “Even before seeing the images from Bucha, President Zelenskyy, along with others in the region, reported that children were being abducted, and we heard him say that again today. Also being abducted are mayors, doctors, religious leaders, journalists and all who dare defy Russia’s aggression. Some of them, according to credible reports, including by the Mariupol city council, have been taken to so-called filtration camps, where Russian forces are reportedly making tens of thousands of Ukrainian citizens relocate to Russia. Reports indicate that Russian federal security agents are confiscating passports and identification cards, taking away cell phones and separating families from one another. I do not need to spell out what the so- called filtration camps are reminiscent of. It is chilling, and we cannot look away.”

    2022-04-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9011 (2022) · source

20. “We will continue to assist humanitarian efforts to help the people of Ukraine and all those fleeing Putin’s violence. Nonetheless, as heart-wrenching as the stories I heard in Moldova and Romania, there are some stories we will never hear — those of the people we saw in the images out of Bucha. We have all seen the gruesome photos of lifeless bodies lying in the streets, apparently summarily executed, their hands tied behind their backs. As we work to independently confirm the events depicted in those images. I would remind the Council that, based on currently available information, the United States has assessed that members of Russia’s forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine.”

    2022-04-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9011 (2022) · source

21. “Those 4 million people have relied on the big-heartedness of countries such as Moldova, Romania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and others across the region and the world, to welcome and support them and all those leaving Ukraine in search of safety. Ukraine’s neighbours are bearing the brunt of Europe’s most significant refugee crisis since the Second World War. I would like those countries to know that they have a committed partner in the United States. That is why the United States announced recently that we are prepared to provide more than $1 billion in new funding towards humanitarian assistance for those affected by Russia’s war in Ukraine and its severe impact around the world. It is also why we are welcoming to the United States up to 100,000 Ukrainians and others fleeing Russia’s aggression.”

    2022-04-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9011 (2022) · source

22. “The father, whom they had left behind, told them there was shelling right next to their apartment that very night. They very well could have died had they not left. A third woman I met told me that she used to love to travel but never expected her next trip would be to flee for her life. When I asked her where she was from, she started to respond and then stopped, with tears in her eyes. Then she said, “I’m sorry. I do not know how to say it — whether I live in Kyiv or whether I used to live in Kyiv”. She was realizing in the moment just how dramatically her life had changed because of this senseless war. Those are three stories of those of more than 10 million people — 6 million internally displaced and 4 million who have left Ukraine altogether.”

    2022-04-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9011 (2022) · source

23. “I spoke to refugees who indicated to me their desire to return to their homes. We have all seen the images on television of bombed-out buildings. However, what we have not seen is that behind those destroyed buildings are lives and families that have been destroyed. I met with women and children who had fled Ukraine. They had stuffed their lives into backpacks and left the only home they had ever known. Those were sobering conversations. One young woman with whom I spoke came with her 6-year-old brother, who had autism and is struggling with cancer. Their single mother helped them escape to save their lives, but Russia’s war has interrupted the care that her brother desperately needs. Another woman with whom I spoke fled with her 8-year-old from Odesa.”

    2022-04-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9011 (2022) · source

24. “Let me also start by thanking the United Arab Emirates and Ambassador Nusseibeh for her successful presidency during the month of March. As you, Madam President, begin your Security Council presidency, I want to thank the United Kingdom for its leadership and for organizing this vital discussion on Ukraine today. I also want to thank the Secretary- General for his remarks, as well as the other briefers. I would like to extend a warm welcome to President Zelenskyy. I was so moved by the address that he made recently to the United States Congress, and we are truly honoured by his presence here under the circumstances that he and Ukraine face today. Last night, I returned from a trip to Moldova and Romania. I saw with my own eyes the refugee crisis caused by Russia’s unconscionable war.”

    2022-04-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9011 (2022) · source

25. “Fourthly, and finally, within the MONUSCO context, we must not lose sight of a fight we continue to wage across United Nations field operations, that is, ending sexual exploitation and abuse. In 2021 alone, MONUSCO received reports of 23 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse perpetrated by United Nations personnel. I know the Mission’s conduct and discipline team is hard at work processing and investigating those allegations. And I hope the countries whose personnel stand accused are working just as hard to hold perpetrators accountable when allegations are substantiated. Between the recent attacks, the illegal mining and the December 2023 elections, MONUSCO’s role is as important as ever. We look forward to continuing to discuss that role and track all progress in the weeks to come.”

    2022-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9007 (2022) · source

26. “Thirdly, we welcome the ongoing coordination among MONUSCO, the Democratic Republic of the Congo Government, and all partners, including provincial authorities, to operationalize MONUSCO’s transition plan. And as we think about the future, I know many eyes are looking at the elections set for December 2023. To that end, the United States supports strengthened protections for the freedom of expression, which is critical to a credible electoral process. And we stand ready, with the Council, to ensure that our Democratic Republic of the Congo Government partners have all the tools they need to plan and hold free, fair, transparent, timely, secure and inclusive elections.”

    2022-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9007 (2022) · source

27. “Instead, those resources ought to be used to build a future for the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo. We are concerned by the finding in the Secretary-General’s report that, in areas of South Kivu, there is an increased presence of the armed groups that are connected to the regional criminal groups orchestrating illegal mining. We must put an end to that, which is why we remain committed to working with Member States to make robust use of the resolution 1533 (2004), concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo sanctions regime. The United States sanctions on Alain Goetz and his network demonstrate our commitment to unearth and disrupt the networks of those who would profit at the expense of the country’s security and development and of their people.”

    2022-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9007 (2022) · source

28. “To that end, the United States welcomes the initial steps taken by the Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo (FARDC), the Ugandan People’s Defence Force (UPDF) and MONUSCO to achieve effective communication and deconfliction. We urge all parties to fully implement the agreed coordination. We also continue to urge Member States to maintain adherence to Security Council sanctions resolutions and all relevant obligations under international law in the conduct of all cross-border operations in the east. Secondly, everyone sitting here in this Chamber and tuning in today knows full-well that illegal natural resource trafficking in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and cross-border regions directly fuels and finances activities that threaten the lives of Congolese people every single day.”

    2022-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9007 (2022) · source

29. “There, in the late hours of 1 February, CODECO assailants slaughtered more than 60 people, mostly women and children, before MONUSCO intervened jointly with the Democratic Republic of the Congo armed forces to repel the assault. The United States holds in high regard the work of non-governmental organizations and advocates who go to great lengths to shine a light on those kinds of attacks and abuses against civilians, which often target particular ethnic groups. And we are glad to see the Special Representative and her team thinking critically about how to bolster MONUSCO forces, including through enhanced use of standing combat deployments, to best protect the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s vulnerable populations.”

    2022-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9007 (2022) · source

30. “First and foremost, the United States strongly condemns continued attacks by armed groups, including the Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), and the Coopérative pour le développement du Congo (CODECO). We are concerned by the grave threats to civilians posed by armed groups with networks across the region. As the report of the Secretary-General (S/2022/252) notes, those also include a potentially reconstituted Mouvement du 23 mars (M-23) and Burundian armed groups. We are particularly disturbed, as others have mentioned, by the recent attacks in Plaine Savo internally displaced persons camp, in Ituri providence.”

    2022-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9007 (2022) · source

31. “I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Keita for his briefing and for her commitment to her mission. I would also like to welcome our colleague the Permanent Representative from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the Chamber today. Also, let me express concerns about the report of the downed helicopter and my condolences for any loss of life. This is just one more bit of evidence of the extraordinary danger that the troops of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) face in working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I would like to use my time today to discuss the recent attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, our efforts to disrupt illicit resource networks, transition planning, the 2023 election and peacekeeper conduct.”

    2022-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9007 (2022) · source

32. “We condemn the violence in Darfur and elsewhere in the Sudan, express our concern for its impact on the people of the Sudan and urge the Sudan’s authorities to implement the Government of the Sudan’s own national plan for civilian protection. Lastly, I hope that the Council’s Panel of Experts on the Sudan can continue its vital work to report on the situation in Darfur, including to document the violence and its drivers. We heard the Special Representative of the Secretary-General say how high the stakes are here. We must therefore work to find the solution and we must end the violence in the Sudan.”

    2022-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9006 (2022) · source

33. “All people in the Sudan must be able to express their opinions and peaceably demonstrate without threat of violence or arrest. Our action demonstrates the United States continues to implement the tools at our disposal to stop the violence and press for a restoration of the Sudan’s democratic transition. Restoring a transitional Government that is legitimate in the eyes of the Sudanese people will require demonstrable steps towards a reassertion of genuine irreversible civilian authority. In the meantime, we will continue to press for sustained and unhindered humanitarian access to all conflict-affected and displaced populations to facilitate life-saving assistance. In Darfur, security forces and former armed opposition groups continue to clash and exacerbate the intercommunal violence.”

    2022-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9006 (2022) · source

34. “The authorities must allow media outlets to reopen and end communications blackouts. And State actors must stop the terrible violence perpetrated against peaceful protesters, including reported sexual violence and attacks on patients in medical facilities and on medical personnel. We also call for the authorities to hold accountable without delay those responsible for human rights abuses and violations, including the excessive use of force against peaceful protesters. The United States stands with the Sudanese people in their pursuit of a democratic human-rights-respecting and prosperous Sudan. That is why, on 21 March, the United States designated Sudanese Central Reserve Police for serious human rights abuses committed during protests calling for democracy.”

    2022-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9006 (2022) · source

35. “The United States fully supports the collaborative efforts of UNITAMS, the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to facilitate a Sudanese-led political process, one that will restore a civilian-led transition to democracy. The Sudan needs a transitional framework that is civilian- led, moves the country towards free and fair elections, reworks the role of security services as participants of the Government, and is broadly acceptable to the Sudanese people. In order for this process to be effective, the military and security services need to take concrete steps to create an environment where all actors can safely participate in negotiations. The Sudanese authorities must immediately end the unjust detentions of civil society activists, politicians, journalists, cultural figures and humanitarian workers.”

    2022-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9006 (2022) · source

36. “I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Perthes for his comprehensive briefing and reporting. The United States fully supports the efforts of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan (UNITAMS) to monitor and report on the situation in the Sudan, including on the human rights situation, as it has been mandated to do by the Security Council (resolution 2579 (2021)). We agree with our colleague from the United Kingdom that it is essential for UNITAMS to be able to provide a full and balanced representation of the situation in the Sudan in its reporting to the Council.”

    2022-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9006 (2022) · source

37. “And, finally, on the new enhanced trilateral security partnership known as AUKUS, although I do not want to stray from the serious matter at hand, I do want to correct the erroneous claims about it. The AUKUS initiative is to provide conventionally armed nuclear-powered submarines to Australia. It does not include nuclear-armed submarines. The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) does not prohibit naval nuclear propulsion, and Australia does not and will not seek nuclear weapons consistent with its NPT obligations as a non-nuclear-weapon State. We take our NPT commitments very seriously, which also drives our strong support for the complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.”

    2022-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9004 (2022) · source

38. “The draft resolution that China and Russia have proposed is predicated on their assessment that Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is showing goodwill through a moratorium, as understood by the People’s Republic of China and Russia, on intermediate-range ballistic-missile and intercontinental-ballistic-missile (ICBM) and nuclear tests. In addition to its 30 January launch, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has now ignored its own moratorium on ICBM tests three times, with the 27 February, 5 March and 24 March ICBM launches. In the light of these escalating provocations and a return to testing long-range systems, the purported impetus for the draft resolution is no longer valid. We need quickly to return to strengthening the sanctions regime established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006), and not to considering sanctions relief.”

    2022-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9004 (2022) · source

39. “We have also continued to support the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006) in its swift processing of sanctions exemptions to aid organizations and it is why we are now working closely with the Secretariat to establish a reliable banking channel. We call on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to commit to the well-being of its own people by respecting human rights, defunding its unlawful weapons-of-mass-destruction and ballistic-missile programmes and prioritizing the needs of vulnerable North Koreans.”

    2022-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9004 (2022) · source

40. “Some of our colleagues are trying to frame this as a United States-Democratic People’s Republic of Korea problem; it is a threat that impacts all of us and it is our collective responsibility to respond. In terms of the humanitarian impact of sanctions, the experts have repeatedly told us that the primary barrier to sending humanitarian assistance into the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is the country’s self-imposed border closures, not international sanctions, as some of our colleagues have alleged. The United States remains committed to addressing the humanitarian situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which is why we have offered to discuss those issues with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea directly. However, we have yet to receive a response.”

    2022-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9004 (2022) · source

41. “Instead, we must come together, just like we did in 2016 and 2017, to send an unequivocal message to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea that the Security Council and the international community will not ignore its flagrant violations of Security Council resolutions and its wilful disregard for regional and global stability Let us act now before the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea escalates further to send the message that the Security Council will not waver in its responsibility to protect the world from weapons of mass destruction and maintain international peace and security.”

    2022-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9004 (2022) · source

42. “I therefore call on all my fellow Council members to approach the negotiations on a text constructively towards our shared goal of denuclearization. This is not a bilateral issue. It is not a regional issue. It is an issue for all of us. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and its ballistic-missile delivery system pose a threat to every member of the global community. History, especially recent history, has shown us that Council silence and sanctions relief do not work.”

    2022-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9004 (2022) · source

43. “The United States calls on all Member States to fully implement the existing Security Council resolutions, and, because of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s increasingly dangerous provocations, the United States will be introducing a draft Security Council resolution under Chapter VII to update and strengthen the sanctions regime. In resolution 2397 (2017), which we adopted unanimously, the Council decided that we would take further action in the event of an ICBM launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, This is precisely what happened, so now is the time to take that action. No matter what sanctions regimes require regular updating and maintenance to be effective, now is the time to make these critical updates.”

    2022-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9004 (2022) · source

44. “Offering sanctions relief without substantive diplomatic progress would only funnel more revenue to the regime and accelerate the realization of its weapons- of-mass-destruction and ballistic-weapons goals. It also sends the wrong message to other proliferators of weapons of mass destruction, namely, that the Security Council will reward them for repeatedly undermining the non-proliferation regime. Meanwhile, the sanctions regime has undeniably restricted the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea unlawful weapons advancements, so now is not the time to end our sanctions; now is the time to enforce them.”

    2022-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9004 (2022) · source

45. “We have also heard recent calls for sanctions relief for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, but why should the Security Council reward bad behaviour? The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has broken its self-imposed moratorium on launching ICBMs and has repeatedly shown that it is more interested in advancing its unlawful weapons programme than in investing in the welfare of its own people. This is not my opinion, and it is not a secret. At its 2021 Party Congress, the regime itself openly outlined this strategy to develop increasingly sophisticated and advanced weapons-of- mass-destruction and ballistic-missile capabilities.”

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46. “It is therefore clear that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has escalated its provocations with impunity, while the Council has remained silent. And it is clear that remaining silent, in the hope that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea would similarly show restraint, is a failed strategy. We must pivot to a successful one. The Security Council must speak publicly and with one voice to condemn the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s unlawful actions and encourage the country to return to the negotiating table. The United States remains committed to a diplomatic solution. We hope the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will accept our repeated offers of dialogue, but we also cannot stand idly by in the face of the Democratic People’s Republic’s repeated Security Council resolution violations.”

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47. “The United States and allies assessed that two of these previous launches were also of ICBM systems. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s long-range ballistic-missile system can threaten nearly every State Member of the United Nations. Although the Democratic People’s Republic tried to mask recent launches under the guise of supporting a reconnaissance satellite, the 24 March launch unequivocally demonstrates the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s intent to continue to advance its long-range ballistic-missile systems. Council members may have also seen media reports that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is reconstructing a nuclear-testing site that has been closed since 2018. The imagery and the analysis are alarming.”

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48. “I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing. The United States, along with Albania, France, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom, calls for today’s open meeting on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the first since 2017, because of the urgency of the escalating situation. Let me be crystal clear: the United States absolutely condemns the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s intercontinental-ballistic-missile (ICBM) launch on 24 March. This launch violated multiple Security Council resolutions. It was an egregious and unprovoked escalation and poses a threat to the global proliferation regime and the entire international community. This launch warrants an immediate response from the Council. This is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s thirteenth ballistic-missile launch this year.”

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49. “I hope that all parties protect the report until it is publicly released moving forward. The United States also asked that the Panel deliver the incident report requested by multiple Council members on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s unlawful ballistic missile launches earlier this year. I look forward to working with the Council to continue supporting the Panel’s mandate and fully implementing the international sanctions regime addressing the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programme.”

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50. “This is particularly essential in the light of the escalatory provocations of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea since the beginning of the year. There is more that we could and should do to empower the Panel and ensure that its work can be best leveraged by all Member States to fully implement the relevant Security Council resolutions. Although we were unable to come to an agreement on how to do that in the resolution we voted on today (resolution 2627 (2022)), I look forward to collaborating with my fellow Council members and all Member States towards our shared objective of holding the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea accountable for its unlawful behaviour. I want to end by expressing the United States concern over the report leakage — a concern I know many Council members share.”

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