Frankly, we are amazed that the Ukrainian delegation has once again used any available opportunity presented by the United Nations platform for its rhetoric and insinuations and for raising issues that are not relevant to the agenda item. I do not wish to enter into polemics, but I need to make a fe…
The Russian delegation would like to express its appreciation to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Yukiya Amano, for introducing the report on the Agency’s work (see A/69/255). We commend the IAEA for its work and
advocate further strengthening of the Agency…
First of all, I would like to thank the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the report on the work of the Court for the period from 1 August 2013 to 31 July 2014 (see A/69/321).
The Russian Federation is firmly committed to combating impunity for the most serious crimes under in…
I could not resist the pleasure of taking
the floor one more time under your presidency, Madam President.
The representative of France just said that all members of the Council have called for the full implementation of the Minsk agreement on Ukraine. We should have liked that to be the case, but …
The Russian Federation greatly appreciates
the work of the International Court of Justice as the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. We would like to thank the President of the Court, Judge Peter Tomka, for his detailed report. The report of the Court (A/69/4) shows that States continue…
The activities of the Security Council in October have been marked by high intensity and productivity, to a great extent thanks to the initiatives and effective work of the Argentine presidency. I congratulate Ambassador Perceval and the entire delegation of Argentina on their success.
The Security…
We are extremely concerned about Israel’s declared plan to build thousands of new settlement units in East Jerusalem and the general exacerbation of the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, where renewed flare ups of violence have been noted. We regret that there have civilians casualt…
We have been compelled to take the floor again in connection with the statement made by the representative of Ukraine. Once again, colleagues are attempting to turn things around in order to put the blame on Russia for the consequences resulting from the unwillingness or incapacity of the Kyiv autho…
Allow me to thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. I would also like to express my gratitude to all the briefers for their detailed statements on this important topic.
Resolution 1325 (2000) was adopted 15 years ago and has lost none of its relevance. It provides guidance on increa…
I would ask our Ukrainian colleague to reread the text of my statement today, as well as the recent statements issued today by President Vladimir Putin in Sochi and by Minister for Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov, which clearly outline our position with regard to the peace settlement and the Minsk pro…
I will not comment on the statement made by the representative of Ukraine in all its details because we have already heard, in 24 previous meetings, the same politicized, often anti-Russian statements. But I will just focus on three aspects of his statement and the statements of several other collea…
This is about the twenty-fifth meeting to date in which we have discussed the internal Ukrainian crisis, which has basically been transformed into a civil war. Yet despite dense planning and significant international efforts carried out under various formats, over a period of months Ukraine’s slide …
The Russian delegation abstained in the vote on the comprehensive Security Council resolution prepared by the delegation of the United Kingdom on Somalia and Eritrea (resolution 2182 (2014)).
Like all other members of the Council, we are aware of how important it is to find a prompt and peaceful so…
Today’s meeting, the seventh the Security Council has held on the issue of its working methods, serves as yet another confirmation of the unswerving attention we give to proposals of States Members of the United Nations on improving the procedural aspects of the Council’s work, subject, of course, t…
We welcome the Secretary-General’s participation in today’s open debate and his report on his visit to the region. Perhaps the time has come to implement Russia’s proposal of four years ago to establish a Security Council mission to Palestine and Israel. If that initiative had not been blocked at th…
Sport is a universal language for human interaction. It promotes the strengthening of understanding among peoples and intercivilizational comity. International sporting cooperation can play an important role in overcoming national and religious enmity and in countering the ideologies of intolerance.…
Today Africa has embarked on the road to comprehensive modernization and economic growth. We are pleased to note that many countries of the region have seen significant positive change in recent years. The chief credit for that belongs to Africans themselves, and Russia welcomes the African communit…
Our delegation would like to thank the Presidents of International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for presenting to the General Assembly the annual reports on the activities of the Tribunals (see A/69/225 and A/69/206, respectively…
We are grateful for the convening of today’s plenary meeting. It is our view that the Cairo Programme of Action of 1994 remains the ground- breaking reference point for inter-State cooperation in the area of population and development. The priorities and strategic approaches agreed to 20 years ago a…
We thank Lieutenant General Maqsood Ahmed and the commanders of the military components of the United Nations missions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali and the Golan for their substantive briefings, which reflect some of today’s most pressing themes, not only for the missions that they …
