United States Mission to the United Nations
Ting Wu
Deputy Political Counselor
New York, New York
July 24, 2025
AS DELIVERED
Thank you, Mr. President. I want to thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari and OIC Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Al Dobeay, for your briefings.
Mr. President, the United States supports the contributions of regional and sub-regional organizations and arrangements, including the OIC, to maintaining international peace and security, in cooperation with the UN and member states and consistent with Chapter VIII of the UN Charter.
We have seen regional organizations take leadership roles in areas including conflict prevention and peacekeeping, post-conflict stabilization, counter-trafficking, and counterterrorism.
Briefings such as this one can be an opportunity to strengthen this Council’s cooperation with regional organizations.
However, such engagements must remain focused on this Council’s responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. These engagements must also allow this Council to better understand how the work of regional organizations is consistent with the Charter and the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
Today, OIC member states represent over two billion people around the world.
Men and women across the OIC’s member states should be able to build a new era of prosperity for themselves and their fellow citizens. Children should be able to grow up free from fear and safe from violence. Every person, no matter their faith or ethnicity, should be able to enjoy a life of dignity and hope.
Unfortunately, war and terrorism have limited the opportunities of some people to enjoy the safety and prosperity to which we all aspire.
There are countless crises and challenges that regularly come before this Council which affect the lives and livelihoods of people across the member states of the OIC. Examples include the catastrophic war in Sudan that is the cause of the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, the violence and blatant disregard for human life perpetrated by terrorist groups in Mali and the region, and the actions of the Houthis that endanger the lives of seafarers and harm economies across the region.
In the face of these crises, we encourage the OIC and its member states to use their good offices to resolve tensions, end conflicts, and strive for peace.
We welcome OIC member states’ sharing of valuable experiences in countering terrorism and violent extremism. For example, the success of some OIC members in repatriating, reintegrating, and rehabilitating individuals susceptible to violent extremist ideology can benefit other OIC member states and the international community more broadly.
We encourage the OIC and its member states to be a force for cooperation and reconciliation across religious and national lines. This includes supporting Muslim groups facing repression, conflict, and humanitarian crises outside of the OIC, such as Uyghurs in China or Rohingya in Myanmar and beyond Myanmar’s borders. We would appreciate your sustained engagement with Beijing over the treatment of your fellow Muslims in China.
We welcome your efforts to bridge religious divides and encourage the normalization of ties with Israel. We have already seen countries who signed the Abraham Accords benefit from increased security and prosperity.
The United States and OIC member states have a common interest in enhancing regional and international security and growing our economies. We look forward to continuing our work with the OIC’s member states to deter threats and advance peace, stability, and prosperity throughout the world. We hope that greater cooperation between the UN and OIC can advance those goals.
I thank you.