Today another important collective step has been taken towards achieving a political solution to the conflict in Syria. The Security Council, in the resolution that it has just adopted — resolution 2268 (2016) — endorsed the joint statement of the Russian Federation and the United States of America …
We are grateful to you, Sir, and the Venezuelan delegation for the skilful and effective way in which you have fulfilled presidential functions in February. This month was extremely busy because of the heavy work programme proposed by the presidency and because of events developing quickly around th…
I would like to thank you, Sir, for having convened today’s meeting. This is a timely exchange of views that we hope will help us find a common denominator during the current talks on a draft resolution in the General Assembly and in Security Council on the reform of the United Nations peacebuilding…
We would like to thank you, Mr. President, for the briefing on the activities of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea, which you, Sir, chair.
We are worried about the recent intensification in the various terrorist tactics of Al-Shabaab thr…
We welcome the convening of today’s discussion at the initiative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Madam President, as well as your personal presiding over this Council meeting. A useful discussion on the same theme took place a year ago on the initiative of China (see S/PV.7389). It demonstr…
I would like to begin by expressing my gratitude to the President of the General Assembly for organizing this meeting and for the opportunity to exchange views on the Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism presented by the Secretary-General (A/70/674), which we have studied carefully. We will c…
We would like to thank you, Mr. President, for
convening today’s meeting. We note that the delegation of Venezuela is making an important contribution to the work of the Security Council in the area of sanctions. We listened closely to the statements delivered by the representatives of Sweden and C…
The Russian delegation voted in favour of resolution 2265 (2016), guided by its main objective to promote a political settlement in Darfur. In particular, we continue to consider targeted limitations as an important tool for bringing pressure to bear on rebels who refuse to join the talks on the bas…
We would like to thank you personally, Mr. President, and the whole Uruguayan delegation for your skilful and effective presidency of the Council for January.
This month saw a full agenda. We had a thorough consideration of a number of African topics: Mali, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côt…
The Russian Federation voted in favour of resolution 2263 (2016), on extending the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, which plays an important role in the maintenance of peace and tranquillity on the island. We are in favour of intercommunity relations and negotiations.
How…
In recent years, we have seen an increase in the potential for conflict in the vast expanses of the Middle East and North Africa — from Libya to Iraq. Against that backdrop, an unprecedented increase in the terrorist threat has also occurred. But in that
context we must not underestimate the explos…
We are pleased, Sir, to see you presiding over the Security Council today. We also welcome the participation in today’s meeting of Foreign Minister María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar.
We note the major significance of the agreements signed in Havana on 23 September 2015 by Colombia’s President, Juan Manu…
We, too, are grateful to the Uruguayan presidency for its initiative to return to the issue of the protection of civilians in times of armed conflict. We thank the Deputy Secretary-General and the other speakers for their assessments and useful information.
The issue of protection of civilians is o…
We are concerned by the very complex
humanitarian situation in Syria, which has arisen as a result of the continuing internal armed conflict. We note the efforts that have been undertaken by the humanitarian agencies of the United Nations and by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent. It is of critical impor…
The Russian Federation supported the adoption today of resolution 2259 (2015), guided by the need to find an immediate way to restore the sovereignty, unity, independence and territorial integrity of Libya.
We thank our partners for having taken into account concerns about ensuring the broadly repr…
The Russian Federation is grateful to the Permanent Representative of Spain, Mr. Román Oyarzun Marchesi, for his briefing on the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004). We would like to thank him personally and all of his Spanish team for their successf…
We thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Yemen, Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed; the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein; and the Assistant Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, for their briefings on the situation in Y…
As in previous years, my delegation abstained in the voting on resolution 2256 (2015), for we were unable to find the situation with regard to the implementation of resolution 1966 (2010) and the conclusion of the activities of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia as satisfactory. Th…
The Russian Federation supported the adoption of resolution 2258 (2015) because we believe that it is important to maintain the cross-border provision of humanitarian assistance. It allows us to access people in hard-to-reach areas who cannot be
reached by other means. However, we regret that in th…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Nicholas Haysom, who has been carrying out a very important mission. We would also like to welcome the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, Mr. Mahmoud Saikal, to whom we are grateful for his substantive, in-depth and objective sta…
