US Mission Geneva

We recognize that climate change is an urgent, complex, and far-reaching global challenge. Addressing climate change requires cooperation among all nations.

Today’s resolution at the Human Rights Council takes a significant step toward accountability and laying the groundwork for ending impunity.

The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms the brutal assassination in Benghazi of prominent Libyan political thinker and human rights activist Salwa Bugaighis.

We do not believe that a State’s regulation of the purely domestic acquisition, possession and use of firearms is an appropriate topic for international attention.

We are pleased that this resolution recognizes that members of minority groups may be at increased risk of violence.

The IGWG will not benefit from the necessary and important voices of key stakeholders, including the private sector.

The United States strongly supports this resolution’s call to end gender discrimination and to promote women’s participation in all spheres of life.

Roma persons, just like all persons, possess human rights that adhere to them as individuals.

The United States has had a long-standing commitment to international development, and has put substantial resources behind that pledge.