With regard to today’s topic, I would like to draw attention to the fact that many delegations have referred today to the need for a political track in settling conflicts to prevent asymmetrical threats. In that regard, I would like to refer to the Minsk agreements, which, for almost two years now, …
We thank Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson and the other briefers for their valuable contributions
to the discussion on this issue of vital importance to the Organization.
Peacekeeping is an essential tool in the United Nations arsenal of measures to maintain international peace and security, reso…
I would like to exercise the right of reply to respond to the statements made by the representatives of Georgia and Ukraine.
With regard to the statement made by the representative of Georgia, we would like to call upon that country to finally recognize the new political reality, namely, the existe…
International cooperation in the field of human rights over the past years has been of increasing importance. The United Nations has the unique and important task of ensuring the conditions for a truly equitable dialogue among States. That dialogue should allow for the fullest possible realization o…
During the Assembly’s debate on resolution 58/318 on cooperation between the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Russian delegation laid out a detailed account of our understanding of the problems within and around the Court, which have unfortunately been increasingly comp…
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for having drafted the report (A/71/91) on the need to end the economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba that was imposed by the United States of America. The position of the Russian Federation in that respect remains unchanged.
The embargo…
Let me congratulate the African Union and the United Nations system on a successful Africa Week. The activities held during the event have clearly shown the enormous potential and desire of the countries of Africa to achieve sustainable development. They have already gone far in implementing the Mil…
It is an honour for me, in my capacity as President of the Security Council for the month of October, to address the General Assembly in order to convey the recommendation of the Security Council for the appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
At its 7782nd meeting, held in priv…
We welcome today’s meeting of the General Assembly on the revitalization of its work. We support realistic initiatives to increase the effectiveness of the Assembly’s work in many ways that can be achieved by improving its working methods and streamlining its agenda, which is now seriously burdened.…
I merely wish to briefly clarify the fact that, as I understand it, the interpretation of my statement was not entirely accurate. My reference to the fact that the suffering of civilians in Syria must come to an end was interpreted incorrectly. In that respect, we would ask members to refer to the c…
We are grateful to the Secretary-General and to the briefers for their participation in this meeting.
The issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict unfortunately continues to be an urgent one. We share the briefers’ concerns about the reports of casualties among civilians and humanitar…
This is the sixth year that the Syrian people have endured a terrible tragedy. In 2011, in Washington, D.C., and various other Western capitals, the decision was made to continue reshaping the geopolitics of the Middle East and North Africa, a process that had started with the criminal invasion of I…
Last year, from this same rostrum, at the seventieth anniversary session of the General Assembly, much was said concerning the critical turning point in world development. The keynote was the recognition that humankind is moving from a bipolar and monopolar world order towards multipolar and democra…
The Russian Federation is committed to the implementation of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), which, as is well-known, our country ratified as early as 2001. We hope that resolution 2310 (2016), adopted today, will help a maximum number of States, especially those listed in annex 2 …
I would like to respond very briefly to the delegation of Ukraine. This is a serious event. We are discussing the fight against terrorism — real terrorism, not that of which he is attempting to accuse the inhabitants of the eastern part of his country. I call on him to join this very important work,…
There can be no doubt as to the urgency of today’s topic. Civil aviation has been and will remain a highly attractive target for terrorists. At the outset, we would like to once again express our condolences to the families and friends of all those who have lost their lives as a result of air transp…
It is clear that the region of the Middle East and North Africa is undergoing a period of serious upheaval as a result of the conjunction of inter-ethnic and inter-religious clashes with the unprecedented eruptions of terrorism and extremism that have enveloped Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Syria and have dis…
We thank the Secretary-General for his substantive statement. Despite some reduction in tensions on the ground, the Palestinian-Israeli situation remains problematic. Various incidents in the West Bank and Jerusalem, as well as the sporadic aggravation of tensions around the Gaza Strip show that the…
We are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto, for his comprehensive briefing on the situation in Afghanistan. We wish him every success in his new important post. We carefully listened to the remarks of the Ambassador of the Islamic R…
The Russian delegation supported resolution 2307 (2016) and hopes that it will lead to a final settlement in Colombia.
The agreement reached in Havana between the Government of Colombia and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia — Ejercito del Pueblo (FARC-EP) is key to the pacific settlem…
