We would like to thank Guatemala and its Minister for Foreign Affairs for having taking the initiative to convene this Council meeting on the promotion and strengthening of the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security, with a special focus on the interaction between the Sec…
African countries today face complex challenges associated both with internal transformations as well as with the need to respond to external threats, including shocks on financial and commodities markets, climate change and associated natural disasters.
Russia welcomes the efforts of African count…
We are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Mr. Augustine Mahiga, for his briefing on the situation in that country. We were pleased to see the completion of the transition period in Somalia and the implementation of a number of important political tasks, incl…
We thank the Presidents of the Tribunals for the presentation of their reports. We appreciate the updated information on the progress of the work of both bodies in the current final stage of their mandate, largely within the perspective of the opening in July of the Rwanda branch of the Internationa…
We are deeply disturbed by the present momentum of affairs in the Middle East peace process, or, rather, the lack of it. Trust between Palestinians and Israelis is close to zero. Israel’s settlement activities are reaching alarming levels. Acts by Jewish extremists in the West Bank, including in Eas…
We are grateful to the President for convening today’s meeting.
The Russian delegation intends to continue to participate constructively in the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly at this session. We hope that the work of this Group will be balanced, reali…
At the outset, we would like to thank the President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the Prosecutor and the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Sierra Leone for their briefings on activities.
Today’s briefings have been of particular importance in summing u…
We would like to join the other delegations that have congratulated you, Sir, and the Guatemalan delegation on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the first time, and to wish you every success in your forthcoming tasks.
We are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary…
For over a year and a half, the situation in the Middle East and North Africa has been the nerve centre of global politics. The deep changes that have swept over the region intertwine with the key problems of modern international relations and require everyone to take a comprehensive approach and to…
I join other speakers in expressing my appreciation to you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting, which deals with a very important issue.
The Arab world is living through radical and painful transformations. Their impact is already being felt and will be felt for quite a long time, both…
We thank Mr. Kubiš for his analysis of the situation in Afghanistan. We listened carefully to the statement of the Afghan Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Rassoul. Russia is interested in seeing Afghanistan become a peaceful, stable, democratic nation. Naturally, we hope that the threats posed by t…
We thank the Chairman of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006),
Mr. Néstor Osorio, for his briefing on the work of the Committee. We are pleased to note that the Committee has acted in a balanced and objective manner, not overstepping its mandate. Such work must continue in t…
We thank our German colleagues for organizing today’s meeting, and we are grateful to the guest speakers for their useful briefings and assessments of the state of the protection of children in armed conflict.
It is clear that, despite the measures that have been undertaken at the international and…
The delegation of the Russian Federation joined in the consensus on the adoption of the draft resolution contained in document A/66/L.61. We would like to thank the Permanent Representative of Mexico, Mr. De Alba, for his efforts to coordinate the difficult negotiating process on this document.
The…
I wish to draw the Assembly’s attention to
a mistake in the Russian-language text of the draft resolution.
The phrase “and the contribution” is missing from the first line of the fifth preambular paragraph.
(spoke in English)
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the cross- regional group that…
The Russian Federation did not join in the consensus adoption of resolution 66/290, on human security, because the text does take many of our proposals into account.
Moreover, we are not convinced of the need for the very concept of human security or its added value for the work of the United Natio…
We welcome France’s initiative in convening today’s meeting. We thank Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson for the assessments he provided. Mr. Guterres also shared critical information with us. We have paid particular attention to the statements made by the Ministers representing Syria’s neighbouring …
We are grateful to Mr. Zarif for presenting the report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) (S/2012/603). We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Prime Minister of Serbia, Mr. Ivica Dačić, and we share his vi…
The Russian delegation deems regrettable the adoption by the General Assembly of resolution 66/253 B, which only exacerbates the confrontational approach to resolving the Syrian crisis and in no way helps to bring the parties to a platform of dialogue, with a view to finding peaceful ways to resolve…
No one here doubts that the transformative processes that have engulfed the Middle East are serious and long-term in nature. Their impact is often difficult to predict and will continue for a long time to
come. Russia, which has unswervingly supported the yearning of the peoples of the region for a…
