For Russia, the central topic of the Security Council’s discussion in August was the situation in Ukraine. Unfortunately, we are forced to conclude that the Security Council, due to the destructive efforts of a number of its members, was unable to play the kind of role in resolving that crisis that …
We welcome the participation in today’s
meeting of the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
The Russian delegation voted in favour of resolution 2171 (2014) to prevent armed conflict, taking into account how important this issue is in the context of maintaining internation…
We are grateful to the Deputy Secretary- General, Mr. Jan Eliasson, to the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mr. Maurer, and to Mr. Karokhail for their participation in today’s meeting and their substantive briefings.
The protection of humanitarian personnel is an im…
The Russian Federation supported resolution
2170 (2014), adopted today, on the basis of its consistent position on the need for an uncompromising fight against terrorism and for united efforts to that end. We have repeatedly called on the Security Council to condemn the terrorists running rampant i…
I should like to start with two introductory comments.
First and foremost, it would be remiss of me not to note that we deem completely wrong the engineering decision that was taken during the reconstruction of the Security Council Chamber. Mr. Šimonović should not cover up the historical picture b…
We welcome the international community’s active efforts to normalize the situation in the Great Lakes region, namely, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. That constructive commitment is demonstrated, among other things, by the decisions taken at the July summit of Ministers for Foreign Affairs …
Unfortunately, a number of members of the Security Council have not heeded our call to reject
any politicizing of this discussion of the humanitarian situation in the eastern part of Ukraine on the provision of humanitarian assistance to the population in need. Someone, as always, has protected the…
We thank the Director of the Coordination and Response Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Mr. John Ging, for his briefing on the situation in eastern Ukraine. We think that OCHA and other humanitarian agencies should regularly inform the Security Council of t…
We are grateful to you, Mr. President, for your leadership of the Security Council during this past month.
The Council’s work in July took place against the backdrop of a number of regional crises. Unfortunately, the Security Council was not able to play the role that the international community ri…
We thank you, Sir, for organizing today’s open debate. We also thank the Secretary-General for
his very informative briefing. We listened carefully to the representatives of the African Union and the European Union.
For the past few years, the Security Council has repeatedly drawn attention to the…
Our meeting today underscores the fact that it is unacceptable, against the backdrop of the upheavals in the Middle East, to relegate the Israeli-Palestinian, and the Arab-Israeli settlement more generally, to the back burner. They are key to the stability, well- being, prosperity and flourishing of…
On behalf of the Russian Federation, allow me once again to convey our condolences to the families of all of those who lost their lives and to the Governments of those countries whose nationals were aboard the plane that went down in Ukraine on 17 July.
There is the need for a full, impartial, inde…
One cannot simply remain unfazed by what is happening. Since the beginning of the Israeli ground military operation, the situation around Gaza has entered a dangerous new spiral of tension. We are extremely alarmed by this turn of events. There is every reason for concern that the scale of the blood…
First, we would like to express our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and friends of the passengers and crew of the Malaysia Airlines flight that
crashed in Donetsk, as well as to the Governments of the countries whose citizens were on the list of victims of the tragedy.
An open and i…
I thank the delegation of Rwanda for organizing today’s meeting on peacebuilding. I am grateful to the former and current Chairmen of the Peacebuilding Commission, Ambassadors Drobnjak and Patriota, for their informative briefings and skilful leadership of the Commission.
It is clear to all that th…
Today the Security Council has adopted a resolution that once again reminds the Syrian parties of the need to stop the violence and immediately implement the Geneva communiqué (S/2012/522, annex) and requires them to complly with their obligations under
international humanitarian law and internatio…
In 2013, Russia completed a two-year health sector modernization programme, which, at a total cost of $19 billion, was unprecedented for our country in scale and financial support. The priorities for modernizing the health system were to strengthen primary health-care services and to develop prevent…
I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the Russian Federation.
I must note first and foremost that, yet again, during today’s discussions some members of the Security Council did not attempt to objectively evaluate the situation in Ukraine and its root causes. They
ma…
We naturally fully repudiate the words and imaginative accusations flung against the Russian Federation. We would only like to exhort the representative of Ukraine not to mask the criminality of actions being taken against his own people by labeling them “combating terrorism”. Sooner or later he wil…
Russia repudiates the fabricated accusations of territorial occupation and terrorism addressed to it. It is entirely unacceptable when, under the flag of combating terrorism, as currently taking place in Ukraine, activities to suppress protests are implemented with external support and blessings fro…
