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thank you very much
the 8360 second meeting of the Security
Council is called to order
the agenda for this meeting is
maintenance of international peace and
security non-proliferation of weapons of
mass destruction the agenda is hereby
adopted
I am honored to be here today to chair
this meeting of the United Nations
Security Council it is also my privilege
to welcome the distinguished heads of
state heads of government ministers and
other leaders and representatives here
with us thank you
I also wish to warmly welcome
secretary-general Antonio Guterres for
joining us thank you very much mr.
secretary-general the Security Council
will now consider item 2 of the agenda
I will make a statement in my capacity
as president of the United States of
America it is a great honor to be here
today at this UN Security Council
briefing to discuss a matter of urgent
importance concerning and countering the
proliferation of deadly chemical
biological and nuclear weapons and the
means to deliver them the nations of the
world have long recognized that certain
weapons are so dangerous and can inflict
so much suffering that all of us have a
vital interest
preventing their further development
spread and use since my inauguration the
United States has taken bold action to
confront these sinister threats many of
us are rightly focused on the dangers of
nuclear weapons but we must never forget
the risk posed by biological and
chemical weapons the United States was
one of the first nations to unilaterally
renounce the use of biological weapons
and since World War one we have led
international efforts against the
scourge of chemical warfare most
recently in Syria we have twice imposed
severe consequences on the Assad regime
for using chemical weapons against
innocent civilians
I want to thank Prime Minister Mei and
president McCrone for their country's
close partnership in those efforts last
April the Syrian regime's butchery is
enabled by Russia and Iran the Iranian
regime exports violence terror and
turmoil it illicitly
procure sensitive items to advances
ballistic missile program and
proliferate s-- these missiles all
across the Middle East the regime is the
world's leading sponsor of Terror and
fuels conflict across the region and far
beyond a regime with this track record
must never be allowed to possess a
nuclear weapon for this reason I
announced earlier this year that the
United States would withdraw from the
Iran nuclear deal this horrible
one-sided deal allowed Iran to continue
its path towards a bomb and gave the
regime a cash lifeline when they needed
it the most
they were in big big trouble they needed
cash we gave it to him in the years
since the deal was signed Iran's
aggression only increased the regime
used new funds from the deal to support
terrorism build nuclear capable missiles
and foment chaos following America's
withdrawal the United States began
reimposing nuclear-related sanctions on
around all US nuclear-related sanctions
will be in full force by early November
they will be in full force after that
the United States will pursue additional
sanctions tougher than ever before to
counter the entire range of Iran's
malign conduct any individual or entity
who fails to comply with these sanctions
will face severe consequences I ask all
members of the Security Council to work
with the United States to ensure the
Iranian regime changes its behavior and
never acquires a nuclear bomb with all
of this said I want to thank Iran Russia
and Syria for at my very strong urging
and request substantially slowing down
their attack on Eid Lib province and the
three million people who live there in
order to get 35,000 targeted terrorists
get the terrors but I hope the restraint
continues the world is watching thank
you also to Turkey for helping to
negotiate restraint anything the USA can
do to help resolve this problem in order
to say perhaps even hundreds of
thousands of lives maybe more we are
willing and able we are available to
help in my remarks yesterday to the
United Nations
General Assembly I laid out my
administration's commitment to building
a more just and peaceful future
regrettably we found that China has been
attempting to interfere in our upcoming
2018 election coming up in November
against my administration they do not
want me or us to win because I am the
first president ever to challenge China
on trade and we are winning on trade we
are winning at every level we don't want
them to meddle or interfere in our
upcoming election as I also mentioned
yesterday we have seen the results of
historic efforts to open new pathways to
peace on the North Korean Peninsula on
the Korean Peninsula and that's
something we are extremely proud of I am
pleased to say that North Korea has not
conducted a missile test since last
November it has not conducted a nuclear
test since last September and the
hostages have been returned to us and
very importantly the remains of American
heroes are now returning home in June I
held a historic summit with chairman Kim
jong-un in Singapore where he reaffirms
his commitment to complete
denuclearization last week chairman kim
reiterated that commitment to president
moon at their third summit and to me in
a very strong letter form i think we
will make a deal but unfortunately to
ensure this progress continues we must
enforce existing UN Security Council
resolutions
until denuclearization occurs however we
have detected
that some nations are already violating
these UN sanctions this includes illegal
ship-to-ship transfers which must end
immediately
the safety of the Korean Peninsula the
region and the world depends on full
compliance with UN Security Council
resolutions very very important but most
importantly I believe that Chairman Kim
jong-un a man I have gotten to know and
like wants peace and prosperity for
North Korea many things are happening
behind the scenes away from the media
which nobody knows but they are
happening nevertheless and they are
happening in a very positive way so I
think you will have some very good news
coming from North Korea in the coming
months and years I also very much
appreciate what President moon of South
Korea had to say about me last night in
television interviews working with
president moon has been my great honor
and likewise working with President Xi
of China and Prime Minister Abbey of
Japan has been a pleasure and an honor
each of us follows in the footsteps of
countless world leaders diplomats and
public servants who came here to the
United Nations with the same noble goal
to build a future worthy of the Patriots
true true patriots who sacrifice their
lives for our nation and for our future
to be successful we need a commitment of
every nation represented in this chamber
acting together we can replace the
horrors of war with the blessings of
safety and the beautiful promise of
peace
thank you very much I now resume my
function as president of the Security
Council and give the floor to the
president of France