Linda Thomas-Greenfield: “China is a strategic competitor and poses challenges to our security, and to our prosperity, and to our values.”

The truth is that this war was one man`s choice, and one man alone -- President Putin. It was his choice to force hundreds of thousands of people to stuff their lives into backpacks and flee the country.

I can tell you that the Russians were making every effort to intimidate and press those countries away from supporting this General Assembly resolution.

In our resolution, we clearly condemn the new settlements in both in the West Bank and as well in Gaza.

basic humanitarian assistance should never be held hostage to political disagreements.