The members of the Council have continued to provoke me. We are not interpreting anything. We are taking the Minsk agreements and interpreting them word by word, and we think that everyone should read the document word by word and implement it.
I would very much like to have left the last word to my Lithuanian colleague; I would have loved to, if I could. I am probably abusing my speaking time, but after what she said I cannot help but respond with a couple of words. “Capitulate one’s territory.” Has the full meaning of the Minsk agreement…
If Ukraine needs to find a way for dialogue it should do so at last. But they are unable to do so. That is why we keep saying, let us establish dialogue with the people in the east. But Ukraine says that we are interfering. They are asking us: What do the people in the east want? We say that the peo…
I am glad to hear that the United States is not going to prevent the implementation of the Minsk agreements. With regard to the implementation of the Minsk agreements and the statement about Russia repeating certain previous arguments, we are not pretending anything. We proposed a certain course of …
We are grateful to the members of the Council for the unanimous adoption of the Russian Federation’s draft resolution in support of the arrangements to settle the Ukrainian crisis reached in Minsk on 12 February.
The events that have taken place during the yearlong conflict in the territory of that…
The Russian Federation supported the adoption today of resolution 2201 (2015), which encourages all parties in Yemen to pursue dialogue, intensify their efforts to resolve the political crisis, and strive to implement the arrangements reached in the context of the Gulf Cooperation Council Initiative…
We would like to convey our gratitude to our colleagues in the Security Council for the constructive approach and effective cooperation they demonstrated during their work on resolution 2199 (2015), which was just adopted. We would also like to thank all the delegations that sponsored the resolution…
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia. We share the views and concerns he expressed. We have taken note of Mr. Thaçi’s statement, and we thank Mr. Zarif for his presentation of the Secretary-General’…
I would like very briefly to respond to the statement made by the representative of Ukraine.
Such attempts yet again to place all of the blame for what takes place in that country onto the Russian Federation come as a surprise to no one. Even the reports regarding the shelling by the Ukrainian army…
We thank the Chilean presidency for its proposal to once again take up the issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. We are grateful to the briefers for their assessments and their very useful information.
The situation in the area of the protection of civilians in armed conflict cont…
I would like to personally thank you, Mr. President, and the entire delegation that you head for the skilful and effective completion of the role of President in the month that is ending, which has once again been characterized by a very heavy agenda. I will focus on a number of key issues.
One foc…
The Russian Federation supports the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, which plays an important role in maintaining peace and stability on the island. That is why we voted in favour of resolution 2197 (2015).
At the same time, we would like to note that the…
I am a little surprised at our Ukrainian colleague has begun to argue using concepts that I did not voice during my comments in the Council today. But it is good that he he has remembered them and that he deems it necessary to continue to argue about things that are simply not subject to argument, c…
I would like to make a number of substantive comments. However, by way of introduction, I would like to again revisit the topic of what took place in Mariupol and the fact that the Security Council was not in a position to condemn or speak to that tragedy.
A number of my colleagues have referred to…
The Russian Federation is seriously concerned about the escalation of the situation in Ukraine. Cities in south-east Ukraine have been subjected to indiscriminate shelling by heavy weaponry for countless days, resulting in hundreds of civilian casualties. We resolutely condemn such actions against t…
I understand that Ms. Power decided that she had not been eloquent enough in setting out the American position, and that her Deputy needed to repeat some portions of her statement. I regret that Ambassador Power has decided not to continue this principled discussion with us on matters of internation…
Before the beginning of today’s meeting, we were supposed to hold closed consultations to consider whether or not the Security Council could make a contribution to settling the Ukrainian crisis. However, as colleagues have complained to us, the delegation of the United States showed its hand, and we…
The Security Council holds a large number of meetings on a number of worthwhile topics in this Chamber. We use many beautiful words about the need to peacefully settle political crises, about the impossibility of a military solution, about the rule of law, democracy and the inclusiveness of politica…
Madam President, we are very pleased to welcome you at the helm of the Security Council. We would express our gratitude to the Chilean delegation for the convening of today’s meeting as well as for the preparation of the presidential statement just adopted (S/PRST/2015/3). We also thank the Secretar…
At the outset, I wish to welcome you, Sir, as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Chile to preside over the Security Council today. As this is the first time I have taken the floor in the Council this year, I would
also like to welcome all new non-permanent members of the Council and to express our hop…
