United States of America
Ambassador Susan Rice
The United States has been a member of the United Nations (UN) since October 24, 1945. It is a permanent member of the UN Security Council. Susan Rice has served as the U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN since January 2009. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Rice’s statement during UN Security Council debate on June 9, 2010. Today, the council has responded decisively to the grave threat to international peace and security posed by Iran’s failure to live up to its obligations under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). The treaty is the principal international legal…
