During the course of our discussions, a number of my colleagues have given themselves poetic license. I am especially forced to return to the statement made by the representative of the United States. Ms. Powers started with a reference to Tolstoy and Chekhov and finished by lowering herself to the …
We would like to thank Deputy Secretary- General Eliasson, the Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission, Ambassador Patriota, and the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, Ms. Clark, for their informative briefings, in which they highlighted the peacebuilding efforts of the U…
Yesterday, a truly historic event took place — the reunification of Russia and Crimea, which our peoples have awaited for six decades. In strict compliance with international law and democratic procedure, without outside interference and through a free referendum, the people of Crimea have fulfilled…
The Russian Federation found it possible to support resolution 2146 (2014), which was prepared by the United States, given the seriousness of the problem faced by Libya’s central Government and its appeal to the Security Council. We agree that the illegal export of Libyan oil threatens to further je…
We are very grateful to Mr. Ján Kubiš for his briefing on the situation in Afghanistan and for presenting the report of the Secretary-General (S/2014/163). We are also grateful for Mr. Tanin’s presentation.
We support the efforts of the Afghan leadership to continue moving the country on the path o…
Some colleagues today have achieved high levels of rhetoric. I must mention that the Ukrainian colleague nevertheless went far beyond anything permissible. If one is to speak of blood, indeed the blood is not on our hands but on the hands of his friends the nationalist radicals — the blood of those …
Many times, we have put forth in this Chamber the essence of the Russian position regarding the cause and development of the internal crisis in Ukraine. That general context is important to understanding our view of the draft resolution submitted by the United States (S/2014/189) for the Council’s v…
I shall respond directly to the direct question put to me by Mr. Yatsenyuk. The Russians do not want war, and I am sure that the Ukrainians do not want it either. Furthermore — and this is something that I want to underscore in particular — we see no grounds for viewing the situation in such terms.…
Our delegation would like to thank the delegation of Luxembourg for its initiative to convene today’s meeting and its very professional chairmanship of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict.
We thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mr. …
Perhaps I should not comment on such trivial things, but the statement made by my colleague Ms. Power made it sound as if we oppose something that we do not oppose. We are not excluding the role of some international bodies, but I explained why that approach might not be enough.
More importantly, I…
First of all, I would like to welcome my Ukrainian colleague, Mr. Sergeyev, with whom I have been working for quite some time here at the United Nations. I congratulate him on the fact that today he spoke not only in English and French, but also in Russian. It was the first speech that I can recall …
The Russian Federation initiated the convening of today’s meeting of the Security Council because events in our brotherly neighbour Ukraine raise deep concerns for us. The crisis provoked by the State coup in Kyiv as a result of the armed takeover by radical extremists continues to deteriorate and g…
At the outset, I would like to express my sympathy to you, Madam President, because under your presidency we have just wasted two hours discussing the format for this meeting. We agreed that only three people would speak in an open format: Mr. Eliasson, my Ukrainian colleague Mr. Sergeyev, and the P…
We are pleased to welcome the President of Switzerland to the Security Council in his capacity as Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). We thank him for his comprehensive briefing.
The Russian Federation has consistently supported developing and im…
The Security Council decided relatively recently to consider the humanitarian situation in Syria, and only after it became clear that attempts to use the deterioration of the humanitarian situation to effect regime change were unsuccessful.
The Russian Federation supported the resolution just adopt…
First of all, allow me to thank the Lithuanian presidency for holding today’s meeting. We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his participation in the meeting and for his comprehensive briefing.
The Russian Federation is firmly committed to the rule of law at the national and international le…
We are pleased to welcome you, Mr. Minister, as President of the Security Council. The briefings by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union to the Security Council have become a good tradition. We would like to express our gratitude to Ms. Ashton for tod…
We would like to exercise our right of reply following the statement made by the representative of Georgia.
We get the impression that the insinuations made against Russia by the Georgian representative in the Security Council without any context are very tiresome. We have presented our position in…
We would like to thank the Lithuanian presidency for the initiative to return to the question of the protection of civilians during armed conflict. We are grateful to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Under-Secretaries-General for Humanitarian Affairs and for Peacekeeping Op…
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Serbian Prime Minister, Mr. Ivica Dačić. We share his views. We took note of the statement by Mr. Thaçi.
We are grateful to Mr. Zarif for introducing the Secretary-General’s report on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration …
