As an expression of our deeply-held conviction that this bias must be addressed in order for the Council to realize its legitimate purpose, the United States decided not to attend the Council's Item Seven General Debate session.

Mark Toner

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The United States remains 100% committed to NATO. by Mark Toner

The United States remains 100% committed to NATO.

There's no equivalence between North Korea's illegal missile and nuclear activities and what is our lawful, longstanding joint security exercises with our allies in the region.

It is a grim anniversary…It is hard not to assess that they have succeeded in bolstering the regime.

They were Russian aircraft that carried it out, these strikes, we're pretty confident in our assessment that this was Russia that carried out these strikes.

We can say, without speaking to specifics, that the inert training missile has been returned with the cooperation of the Cuban government, the department is restricted under federal law and regulations from commenting on specific defense trade licensing cases and compliance matters, so we cannot provide further details.

These actions undermine China's claim to be a rule-of-law society, run contrary China's human rights commitments and hinder its attempts to build a more transparent and effective justice system.

We have at times in the past six months to a year seen Russia play a more positive or more constructive role in the political side of resolving the Syrian conflict.

We reject outright the premise that the Turkish Government is in league with ISIL to smuggle oil across its borders, and we frankly see no evidence – none – to support such an accusation.

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