Russian has always defended and will
continue to defend the interests of international justice, including fairness, impartiality and honesty.
Recent events concerning the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), together with the report of the Tribunal (see S/2012/592) containing r…
There continues to be a great need for consolidated work on the Yemeni settlement with the active involvement of the United Nations. It demonstrates the advantages of a comprehensive engagement model in which outside players pursue a coordinated policy and send identical signals to the parties to th…
First of all, we would like to thank the Indian presidency and the delegation of Guatemala for organizing today’s meeting. We are grateful to all who have spoken for their assessments and useful information.
Much has changed in the 12 years since the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000). The major pr…
The Russian Federation voted in favour of resolution 67/19 to raise the Palestinian status in the United Nations to that of non-member observer State. That step is in keeping with the position of principle of our country. As is well known, Russia decided, in 1988, to recognize the declaration of Pal…
We thank the Secretary-General for his informative report on the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and recommendations for advancing the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015 (A/67/257).
The report stresses support for gradual and comprehensive economic growth and job creation…
The Russian Federation highly commends the work of the United Nations in promoting international sport cooperation and contributing to enhancing mutual understanding among peoples and achieving understanding among civilizations. We are witnessing a difficult period in international relations in term…
My delegation would like to thank Mr. Zarif for presenting the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (S/2012/818). We welcome the participation of Mr. Ivan Mrkić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, in today’s meeting and agree with his as…
We attach particular importance to today’s debate on the working methods of the Security Council. The fact that it is being held in an open format for the fifth year in a row now shows the unswerving attention that the Council pays to Member States’ proposals on improving the procedural aspects of t…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the States members of the Eurasian Economic Community — the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Russian Federation — to introduce draft resolution A/67/L.9/Rev.1, entitled “Cooperation betwee…
We are grateful to the delegation of India for its initiative in holding a meeting of the Security Council on the issue of combating piracy in the context of maintaining international peace and security. We are also grateful to Mr. Eliasson for his briefing.
The Russian Federation is concerned abou…
The question of Security Council reform is central to the general reform agenda of our global Organization. That particular reform deals with one of Organization’s principal bodies, which, according to the Charter, bears the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and secur…
At the outset, allow me to thank Ms. Laura Dupuy Lasserre, President of the Human Rights
Council, for presenting the report on the work of the Council (A/67/53).
Today, it can be confidently said that in the period since the Council’s establishment, that body has become one of the key elements of …
We thank the Permanent Representatives of Germany, India and South Africa for their briefings on the work of the Council’s subsidiary committees.
Despite the best efforts of the international community, terrorism remains one of the main threats to international peace and security. We are reminded o…
We listened with interest to the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Inzko. Regrettably, his report to the Security Council is again written in alarmist tones and is critical of the Bosnian Serb leadership (see S/2012/813). To create a more balanced impression of the processes under …
We thank the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Finn Reske-Nielsen, for his briefing on the final stage of the work of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) and the situation in the country. We welcome the successful conclusion of the Mission’s work, w…
First of all, Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. We would like to tell you, Sir, that you can count on our full support. We also wish to thank the delegation of Guatemala for its successful leadership in October.
We thank Ms. Bens…
We thank the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Sang-Hyun Song, for his report (see A/67/308), and we welcome Ms. Fatou Bensouda to her position as Prosecutor of the Court.
Today’s meeting coincides with the tenth anniversary of the founding of the ICC. We therefore have more …
We would like to thank the President of the International Court of Justice, Mr. Peter Tomka, for his briefing.
The Organization’s calendar year began with the holding of the landmark High-level Meeting on the Rule of Law at the National and International Levels, held on 24 September. That was a com…
We have carefully studied the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the General Assembly (see A/67/152). Russia highly commends the work of the Agency aimed at improving and strengthening the global non-proliferation regime and at guaranteeing the widespread and safe use of nucl…
I would like to thank Ambassador De Alba, Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council, for presenting the Council’s report (A/67/3), and to express my gratitude to the Secretariat for having supported the work of the Council this year.
The Russian delegation has consistently advocated the str…
