We are pleased to see you, Sir, in the chair of the President of the Security Council.
We thank the Secretary-General for his briefing.
In recent times, we have heard about the issue of water here at the Security Council with enviable regularity. We agree that the issues of access to water resourc…
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Aichatou Mindaoudou, for her comprehensive briefing on the internal political situation in the country and the conclusion of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI).
We welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Re…
Russia supported today’s adoption of the new resolution 2356 (2017), concerning sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The resolution we have just adopted demands that Pyongyang stop its inappropriate behaviour and submit to the legitimate demands of the international community. Mis…
We thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/71/864), which provides ample food for thought about ways to step up efforts to counter the spread of HIV and support its carriers. We welcome the recent results achieved in combating HIV, including expansion of the scaled application of antiretrovira…
For the tenth time, the Georgian delegation has submitted for consideration by the General Assembly a draft resolution on the problem of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia (A/71/L.71). Despite the active campaign of the …
We are grateful to Mr. O’Brien for his briefing. We highly value the work being done conscientiously by humanitarian workers in fulfilment of their mandate.
As a result of the memorandum of understanding concluded in Astana on 4 May on the de-escalation zones, the intensity of the armed clashes in …
We are grateful to the Secretary-General and the briefers for participating in today’s meeting.
The issue of the protection of civilians has longbeen inscribed in the Security Council’s agenda. We believe that it is justified for that issue to remain the focus of the Council’s attention. As the nat…
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Shearer, for the information he provided on the situation in South Sudan. We pay due tribute to our colleagues from the Secretariat, who have yet again presented a balanced assessment of the situation in their monthly report.
We note…
Unfortunately, terrorist attacks using suicide bombers brainwashed by hatred continue across the globe in many cities. Last month, the casualties of these bloody crimes included citizens in Saint Petersburg, and Copts and Orthodox Christians in Egypt were attacked. Recently, concert-goers in Manches…
We would like to thank Under-Secretary- General Jean-Pierre Lacroix for his assessment of the current state of affairs in United Nations peacekeeping operations. We thank the Force Commanders of the United Nations peacekeeping from the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, the United Nations …
We listened carefully to Special Representative Kubiš’ briefing. We welcome the active and dynamic efforts made by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).
Russia is tied to Iraq historically. Because of our friendship, we support with political and practical steps those of the Iraqi…
We listened very carefully to the briefing by the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Valentin Inzko. We also thoroughly reviewed his report (S/2017/379, annex) and must say once again, as was the case on other occasions, that the document does not provide an objective narrative of t…
We are grateful to the briefers for their comprehensive presentations.
The successful conclusion of an electoral cycle in Somalia, including the election of a new bicameral Parliament and a President, are an important milestone in the history of the country. We expect that the new authorities will …
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Minister of Justice of Serbia, Ms. Nela Kuburović, and share the serious concerns she has expressed with regard to the state of affairs in Kosovo. We are also grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Zahir Tanin, and …
We would like to thank the briefers for their participation in today’s meeting and for
their contributions to the discussion. We note with appreciation the work of Ms. Zainab Bangura, who recently completed her term as Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, …
The Russian delegation supported the adoption of compromise resolution 2352 (2017), on extending the mandate of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) . It is our view that, even if working at limited functionality, the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism remains…
We are grateful to the Chairs of the Security Council Committees for their detailed briefings on counter-terrorism activities.
To a great extent, the performance of Security Council subsidiary bodies determine the credibility and effectiveness of the Security Council as the key coordinating platfor…
We thank Ms. Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, for her detailed briefing.
I would first like to congratulate everyone on today’s seventy-second anniversary of the victory over fascism, an extraordinary event that changed the world…
First and foremost, we would like to join the expressions of heartfelt congratulations to the United States on presiding over last month’s deliberations and to Uruguay for assuming this month’s presidency.
We read the thirteenth report of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor on the inv…
The Russian delegation voted in favour of resolution 2351 (2017), which extends the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara. The Security Council’s unified position should serve to send to the sides in the Western Sahara conflict a very strong signal with regard to…
