1oBLOGG - admespipp.blogspot.com: Highlights | usun.state.gov United States Mission to the United Nations Logo HIGHLIGHTS REMARKS MAJOR SPEECHES ABOUT LEADERSHIP HOMEHIGHLIGHTS Highlights Share Month / Year Month Year Select a date to filter the results Filter Results Reset 2015 December 12/16/2015 Security Council Consultations on the Middle East “The United States will continue to work with both the Palestinians and Israelis to quell the violence and get back to the negotiating table, which is not likely to happen unless both sides curb inflammatory rhetoric, exercise restraint, and take concrete steps to reduce tension. We, too, are encouraged by the Quartet process and are hopeful it will produce some progress in moving toward critically needed negotiations.” - Ambassador Samantha Power 12/16/2015 UNSC Holds First-Ever Meeting on Human Trafficking “This Council is built on the premise that the peace and security of our nations is bound up in one another’s… Our freedom, our dignity, is bound up with the fates of millions of victims of trafficking like Nadia – victims who possess tremendous dignity and courage. We ensure our freedom by fighting to give them their freedom.” - Ambassador Samantha Power 12/16/2015 UNSC Briefing on Iran Sanctions “The Security Council itself – we here, we 15 – must take responsibility to respond to violations of our resolutions. This will be a long-term challenge. After JCPOA Implementation Day, there will still be measures imposed under Article 41 of Chapter VII of the UN Charter – this is part of the JCPOA – these measures, enforced by the UN Security Council, will remain for many years; this includes restrictions relating to arms transfers and ballistic missile-related items. 12/15/2015 Security Council Resolution on South Sudan “This resolution reflects the fact that ensuring accountability for crimes and abuses, and providing access to justice for victims, represents a central part of building peace – not an obstacle to maintaining peace… This is really important – it’s important because impunity must end if peace and security are both to take hold, and to endure.” - Ambassador Samantha Power 12/14/2015 Security Council Meets on Ukraine "Let us be clear about why we are gathered again and what continues to drive this crisis. We are here because Russia continues to occupy Ukraine’s autonomous region of Crimea, in defiance of international law, in defiance of its treaty obligations, the Helsinki Final Act, and the resolution passed by 100 members of the UN General Assembly that rejected the phony Crimea referendum and that called for Ukraine’s territorial integrity to be respected…" - Ambassador Samantha Power 12/11/2015 Ambassador Power on Human Rights in North Korea “Our continuing spotlight on this situation sends a clear message that we hope will reach the North Korean people, tight as the regime’s control over information may be: We will not turn a blind eye to your suffering. You, like all human beings, deserve to be treated with dignity. And we will continue to press for the nightmare you are living to end. To the regime, our message is just as clear: We are documenting your crimes, and one day you will be judged for them.” - Ambassador Samantha Power 12/09/2015 UN Security Council Meets on Central Africa “In the Central African region, we’re very concerned about growing political instability. And this is an important moment to solidify the gains we’ve made in combating armed groups, and one of the disturbing trends that we’ve seen is a desire for leaders to extend their tenure in office in a variety of ways. As President Obama spoke to eloquently in Addis, no leader is indispensable.” - Ambassador Samantha Power 12/07/2015 Security Council meets on Syria and South Sudan “On South Sudan…parties to the conflict have to demonstrate more commitment and more political will than they have shown up to this point to follow through on a peace agreement… UNMISS is not going to be the make or break issue in terms of whether this peace agreement is implemented. It is the parties in South Sudan who are going to need to show more political will and more urgency in terms of following through on the commitments that they have made.” - Ambassador Samantha Power 12/01/2015 December Program of Work for the UN Security Council “We have a very busy schedule, especially for December, and there’s a lot of work on the Council’s agenda that needs to be addressed. The situation in Syria will continue to be a critical part of the work of the Council in December.” - Ambassador Samantha Power 2015 November Amb Samantha Power 11/23/2015 Ambassador Power Visits Sri Lanka When people speak about the future of Sri Lanka, they often speak about the importance of sending a message of inclusiveness from the top down, and making sure that all communities feel as though their voices are being heard. It is true that governments have a crucial role to play in making our societies more inclusive. 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