United States of America
Ambassador Alejandro Wolff
TheUnited Statesis a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Alejandro Wolffserved as acting U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN from December 9, 2006,to March 29, 2007. The following is excerpted from remarks by Ambassador Wolffduring the January 12, 2007, debate on the situation in Myanmar duringthe 5,619th meeting of the UN Security Council. The United Statesis deeply disappointed by the failure of the Council to adopt this draftresolution. The draft resolution would have been a strong and urgently neededstatement by the Security Council about the need for change in Burma, whosemilitary regime arbitrarily arrests, tortures, rapes, and…