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The United States voted to renew the UN 2140 Yemen sanctions regime and the Panel of Experts mandate. Over the past four months, the Houthis have fired on commercial ships, threatened the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, and struck airports and energy sites across the region.
On October 10, a terrorist Houthi missile attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 300. These were civilians: travelers and families.
The Iran-backed Houthis cannot build ballistic missiles and long-range drones from scratch. Cut off the parts, and you cut off the missiles. The Council has committed to set up a list of banned dual-use items by January. We will hold it to that deadline.
We condemn the Houthis' unjust detention of UN, NGO, civil society, and diplomatic personnel, and call for their immediate and unconditional release.
The United States will use every tool available, including sanctions, to protect our people, our partners, and global commerce. @AmbUNReform
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Congratulations to American @DoreenBogdan on her re-election as @ITU Secretary-General!
From satellite communications to the networks powering our economy, the ITU helps shape the future of global connectivity. Strong U.S. leadership is critical to driving innovation, growth, and prosperity!
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Very moving to participate in today’s Remembrance Day ceremony at the @UN alongside many of our partners. A poignant reminder of our fight to secure peace and end conflict.
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Under the leadership of @POTUS @SecRubio and @USAmbUN, we have cut $1.1 Billion from the UN assessed budget (saving U.S. taxpayers over $250 Million per year), eliminated over 4000 bureaucratic posts, and started the drawdown of endless peacekeeping missions. And there is more to come.
Israel's candidate for the UN audit committee (IAAC) was uncontested on a clean slate. Forcing a last-minute vote based solely on this candidate’s nationality reveals that some of our colleagues remain wedded to an ancient hatred that has infected the UN’s work for decades. After a year of working with all of you, I believe that we are better than this and ask that you demonstrate this with your vote. @AmbUNReform
The work we do here in New York, Member States and Secretariat alike, must respect the brave women and men in the field, the people they work to feed and protect, and the taxpayers who fund all of this work. Today’s vote does not honor this commitment, and the United States therefore disassociates from Cuba's election to the UN budget oversight committee (ACABQ).
After a year of historic cuts and reform, the Fifth Committee just handed a Cuban regime crony who assaulted an American diplomat a $180,000 tax-free stipend to scrutinize UN spending. The hardworking taxpayers who fund this organization deserve better. @AmbUNReform
For 15 years, the Security Council has accepted slow, incremental steps by the parties. What have they produced? No final status. No demilitarization. No Abyei Police Service. No deployment of the full authorized UN police ceiling.
UNISFA’s mandate gives the Council a chance to change this through improved benchmark language that will hold the parties and the UN accountable for real progress.
We urge the Council to support these benchmarks as the people of Abyei need results, not another mandate renewal that changes nothing. @AmbUNReform
The International Criminal Court’s ongoing actions set a dangerous precedent, threaten to infringe on the principle of state sovereignty, and undermine our critical national security and foreign policy work.
The United States votes NO on the General Assembly’s resolution on the ICC annual report and encourages others to do the same. @AmbUNReform
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The @ITU sets the global frameworks for spectrum and satellite communications that power modern networks and the economy.
Strong U.S. leadership there drives innovation and growth. That's why it’s absolutely CRITICAL to re-elect American @DoreenBogdan as ITU Secretary-General.
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Congrats to Ambassador Pavluta-Deslandes and the entire Latvian Mission to the UN as they assume the presidency of the UN Security Council this month.
I look forward to continuing our strong partnership in pursuit of the UN’s fundamental mission: ending wars and preventing conflict.
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Great meeting with Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis!
Grateful for our strong U.S.-Greece partnership and especially for Ambassador Aglaia Balta and her team’s outstanding leadership and hard work during Greece’s presidency of the UN Security Council last month. 🇺🇸🇬🇷 @GRUN_NY
The United States welcomes the reauthorization of EUFOR Operation Althea, which continues to play a valuable role in the security and stability of the Western Balkans.
After Bosnia and Herzegovina’s peaceful elections in early October, the hard work now begins. We encourage elected representatives to form authorities at all levels without delay. Voters entrusted you to deliver stability and prosperity. Prove them right. @USUNDeputy
The United States voted to renew the UN Verification Mission in Colombia.
A year ago, we would not support this mission's mandate. That has changed. Colombia asked to refocus the mission on its core function, and the Council delivered. UN missions should focus on core peace and security objectives, not doing everything for everyone. @USUNDeputy
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Blunders? Your entire 67-year communist experiment has been one colossal blunder.
Blackouts. Breadlines. 800+ political prisoners. Millions fleeing Cuba while the communist elite—like you—live like kings.
Your boss just presided over your worst UN vote in 20 years.
The only fiction here is that communism works.
A piece of free advice for .@USUN
If .@AmbUNReform, instead of spending his time reading trashy novels, used that time to educate himself—and at least read the General Assembly’s rules of procedure and the United Nations delegate’s handbook—perhaps he could advise his boss to make fewer blunders in front of the international community.
#CubaIsNotAThreat, the Blockade is
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Russia just vetoed a U.S. resolution, backed by 11 Security Council members, that would have taken historic steps toward ending the 50-year Western Sahara conflict.
We must not fall back on a status quo that condemns refugees to another five decades in the camps—especially when there is a real path to peace on the table and viable alternatives for a better future for the Sahrawi people.
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The Iranian regime can point fingers all it wants, but it cannot explain away its failure to cooperate with the UN’s IAEA for inspections.
The world needs to hear this loud and clear: The United States and our partners will NEVER allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. Period. End of story.
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Former Cuban political prisoner José Daniel Ferrer asks exactly the right question:
How can the regime’s officials justify being so fat while their political prisoners waste away in confinement?
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It’s very clear what the Cuban regime must do. Don’t take it from me—hear what brave Cuban dissidents José Daniel Ferrer and Orlando Gutierrez-Boronat say:
The regime simply has to free all political prisoners, legalize civil society, and schedule free and fair elections.
Emerging technologies, such as super intelligence and remotely operated and autonomous surface, aerial, and underwater systems, can strengthen maritime security.
The United States supports innovations that advance security, economic prosperity, and freedom of navigation—while confronting the risks of misuse.