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Ambassador Linda Thomas-GreenfieldU.S. Representative to the United NationsNew York, New YorkNovember 21, 2023 AS DELIVERED Thank you, Mr. President. And thank you to Assistant Secretary-General Jenca and WFP Country Director Hollingsworth, for your briefings today. This month, we mark the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor, which translates to “death by starvation.” Death by starvation. Millions […]
United States Mission to the United NationsOffice of Press and Public DiplomacyFor Immediate ReleaseOctober 18, 2023 Statement by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on the United States’ Continued Commitment to Counter Iran’s Proliferation of Ballistic Missile-Related Technologies Today, as United Nations restrictions on Iran’s ballistic missile-related activities and transfers under Security Council Resolution 2231 expire, the United States […]
WASHINGTON – The assailant’s gun was in her face, his finger on the trigger. Linda Thomas-Greenfield believed she was about to die. Thomas-Greenfield was staying, as a guest of a fellow U.S. official, in a house next door to Rwandan Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana. It was April 1994, and a militia uprising was about to […]
United States Mission to the United NationsOffice of Press and Public DiplomacyFor Immediate ReleaseSeptember 25, 2023 Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield to Lead U.S. Delegation at the Pacific Islands Forum in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, on November 10 Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, will lead the United States’ delegation to the Pacific Islands Forum […]
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield remarks at the UN Press Conference on UNGA Priorities Ambassador Linda Thomas-GreenfieldU.S. Representative to the United NationsNew York, New YorkSeptember 14, 2023 AS DELIVERED Thank you everyone for being here. Good morning. And, before I dive into all things UNGA, I want to provide a readout of my trip last week to […]
Ambassador Linda Thomas-GreenfieldU.S. Representative to the United NationsNew York, New YorkAugust 31, 2023 AS DELIVERED Good morning to all of you. I would like to make a statement in my national capacity, as I am still President of the Council. But this is in my national capacity. And that’s one of the last times this […]
Ambassador Linda Thomas-GreenfieldU.S. Representative to the United NationsNew York, New YorkAugust 24, 2023 AS DELIVERED Thank you, Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, for your briefing. And I thank you, Kateryna Rashevska and Mykola Kuleba, for speaking out today. On this day in 1991, Ukraine declared its independence from the Soviet Union. That same week, Ukraine notified the United […]
AMBASSADOR THOMAS-GREENFIELD: Say, Dmitry, I can’t hear that second question. You came in really broken. QUESTION: Yeah. So I would like, firstly, do you believe that the existing deal may be negotiated? Do you believe the existing grain deal may be saved? Or we need to negotiate a new one with the new players, by the […]
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield delivers remarks Security Council Briefing on Black Sea Grain Initiative Ambassador Linda Thomas-GreenfieldU.S. Representative to the United NationsNew York, New YorkJuly 21, 2023 AS DELIVERED Thank you, Madam President. And thank you, to Under-Secretary-General Griffiths and DiCarlo, for your sobering briefing. And I want to express our appreciation to Ecuador and France […]
A farmer checks wheat ripeness on a field in Donetsk region, Ukraine (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ambassador Linda Thomas-GreenfieldU.S. Representative to the United NationsNew York, New YorkMay 11, 2023 AS DELIVERED MODERATOR: Welcome to the New York Foreign Press Center. We’re honored to have two distinguished briefers with us today who will speak on the Black […]