1oBLOGG - admespipp.blogspot.com: usun.state.gov Flickr Icon US Mission to the UN Twitter Icon @AmbassadorPower @USUN Facebook Icon Ambassador Samantha Power U.S. Mission to the United Nations Instagram Icon USUN YouTube Icon USattheUN RSS United States Mission to the United Nations Logo HIGHLIGHTS REMARKS MAJOR SPEECHES ABOUT LEADERSHIP UN Photo U.S. Security Council Presidency "The United States assumes the role of President of the Security Council for the month of December. Follow along with us." × HIGHLIGHTS 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 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 REMARKS 12/19/2015 UN Security Council Press Statement on the Situation in Burundi 12/18/2015 Remarks at the United Nations Security Council Meeting on Syria; Secretary of State John Kerry 12/17/2015 Remarks at a Special Meeting of the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee on Preventing Terrorists from Exploiting the Internet and Social Media to Recruit Terrorists and Incite Terrorist Acts, while Respecting Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 12/17/2015 Remarks on 70th UN General Assembly Agenda Item 125, Global Health and Foreign Policy; Adviser for Economic and Social Affairs Laurie Shestack Phipps TWITTER View latest tweets FLICKR December 16, 2015 - 3:08pm - Ambassador Power delivers remarks at the first UN Security Council thematic meeting on human trafficking on December 16, 2015 in New York.December 16, 2015 - 3:31pm - On December 16, 2015 the UN Security Council hosts its first ever thematic meeting devoted exclusively to human trafficking. Courageous Yezidi trafficking victim, Nadia Murad Taha, speaks to the Council about the atrocities the Yezidi people suffer at the hands of ISIL.December 16, 2015 - 3:00pm - Ambassador Power meets with Yezidi trafficking victim Nadia Murad Taha before a historic UN Security Council thematic meeting on human trafficking on December 16, 2015.December 17, 2015 - 3:25pm - On December 17, 2015 the UN Security Council unanimously votes on a resolution to combat the financing of terrorism.December 17, 2015 - 4:00pm - Ambassador Power and Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon speak before a historic UN Security Council session on cutting off ISIL funds on December 17, 2015.December 17, 2015 - 2:56pm - Ambassador Power and Secretary Lew speak in the United States’ Security Council Presidency Office on December 17, 2015 prior to an unprecedented Security Council session of finance ministers in New York.December 17, 2015 - 4:03pm - On December 17, 2015 Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew chairs a meeting of finance ministers on combatting the financing of terrorism.December 17, 2015 - 4:05pm - On December 17, 2015 Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew chairs a meeting of finance ministers on combatting the financing of terrorism.December 18, 2015 - 12:17pm - Ambassadors Sison and Coleman meet with Pakistani Parliament Member Ayesha Gulalai Wazir and her sister, professional squash player Maria Toorpakai Wazir, in New York on December 10, 2015.December 10, 2015 - 6:32pm - Ambassadors Sison and Coleman meet with Pakistani Parliament Member Ayesha Gulalai Wazir and her sister, professional squash player Maria Toorpakai Wazir, in New York on December 10, 2015.December 10, 2015 - 11:21am - Ambassador Power and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein meet in New York on December 10, 2015.December 10, 2015 - 12:41pm - Ambassador Power meets with Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius in the UN Presidency office on December 10, 2015 in New York.December 10, 2015 - 2:51pm - Ambassador Power and U.S. Special Envoy Randy Berry speak with LGBTI rights leaders in New York on December 10, 2015.December 10, 2015 - 2:53pm - Ambassador Power and U.S. Special Envoy Randy Berry speak with LGBTI rights leaders in New York on December 10, 2015.December 9, 2015 - 11:31am - Ambassador David Pressman calls to order a December 9, 2015 UN Security Council briefing on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) in New York. 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