The vote that just took place should not have taken place at all. The sponsors of the draft resolution just rejected (S/2012/538) were well aware that it simply stood no chance of being adopted. The Russian delegation had very clearly and consistently explained that we simply cannot accept a documen…
Allow me to thank Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon, the Permanent Representatives of Rwanda and Bangladesh and the representative of the World Bank, who have shed light on developments in peacebuilding and on problems and prospects in that area.
Peacebuilding assistance is one of the key factors for …
The Georgian draft resolution before us (A/66/L.50), as was the case with previous resolutions, is extremely politicized and not in line with reality. Furthermore, it has nothing to do with its authors’ apparent concerns about the situation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees and so-…
We are grateful to Mr. Moussa and Mr. Madeira for their briefings.
We share the assessments and conclusions contained in the reports of the Secretary-General (S/2012/365 and S/2012/421). We note some progress in consolidating democratic processes in a number of States in the subregion, including th…
The Russian Federation is a strong proponent of intensifying effective international counter-terrorism
cooperation and strengthening the central coordinating role of the United Nations in that process. Thanks to the efforts of the United Nations, we have a successfully functioning, broad-based infr…
We are grateful to Mr. Ladsous and Mr. Fedotov for their comprehensive briefings. We look forward to renewing the tradition of personal presentations by the heads of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and meetings of the Security Council. We reaffirm our support for the work of Mr.…
We thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Ms. Amos, Mr. Šimonović and Mr. Spoerri for their briefings.
The issue before us today remains extremely relevant in view of the difficult situation that prevails with respect to the protection of civilians in many of the world’s hot spots. Despite the effort…
We are pleased to welcome the Force Commanders back to this meeting of the Security Council, which has now become a regular event. Lest we forget, it was first held in August 2010 during the Russian presidency of the Security Council (S/PV.6370). It gives us a chance to better understand the current…
We are grateful to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), Mr. Néstor Osorio, Permanent Representative of Colombia, for his briefing on the Committee’s work.
During the reporting period, the Committee continued to actively carry out its assigne…
Russia supported the adoption at the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly held in June 2011 of the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS (resolution 65/277, annex). We consider it to be a key framework for the strengthening of international cooperation to combat the epidemic in the coming year…
We would like to thank the Presidents and the Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their reports (see S/2012/354 and S/2012/349) and their briefings. Today’s briefings were of special importa…
We are grateful to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Moreno-Ocampo, for his fifteenth report to the Security Council and for his briefing today. As he is the first ICC Prosecutor and he is preparing to step down, we would like to recognize Mr. Moreno-Ocampo’s work in that…
The Russian Federation attaches great importance to international parliamentary cooperation. The Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation is an active participant in universal and regional structures and is in constant cooperation with the United Nations. The extensive programme of international w…
We would like to thank Mr. Moreno-Ocampo for his briefing and his third report on the situation in Libya pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011).
We support the efforts of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate all those who participated in illegal acts during the events in Libya. There i…
We welcome High Representative Inzko. We must unfortunately note that his analysis today and on previous occasions has not been objective. His analysis of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is still tainted by a biased criticism of the leadership of the Bosnian Serbs.
For a more objective pict…
We would like to welcome the President of the Transitional Federal Government of the Somali Republic, Mr. Ahmed. We are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Mr. Mahiga, for his assessment of the situation in Somalia.
In view of the impending conclusion of the…
We thank Mr. Zarif for presenting the Secretary-General’s report (S/2012/275) on the work of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We welcome the participation in this meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Serbia, Mr. Jeremić. We share his assessments. We list…
We express our gratitude to the Permanent Representatives of Germany, India and South Africa for their reports on the work of the Committees under their leadership. We see the work of the Committees and their increased cooperation as significant preconditions for strengthening the effectiveness of t…
At the outset, I should like to thank you, Sir, and the Azerbaijani presidency for your initiative to convene this high-level meeting of the Security Council on the very urgent theme of strengthening international cooperation in combating the global threat of terrorism.
Terrorism knows no borders. …
The Russian Federation voted today to adopt resolution 2046 (2012) in view of the need to deal speedily with the dangerous state of relations between the Sudan and South Sudan. We proceeded from the opinion that the text aims to support the road map, adopted on 24 April by the Peace and Security Cou…
