The theme of today’s meeting is directly related to the growing and ever-diversifying challenges and threats from terrorism, drug trafficking and cross- border organized crime. Porous borders are one factor encouraging the illicit trafficking of weapons and drugs and the movement of terrorists and t…
The widespread transformational processes taking place in the Middle East region in no way diminish the fundamental importance of the issues of a
Palestinian-Israeli, and in general an Arab-Israeli, settlement. Unless these issues are resolved, it will remain impossible to imagine any dramatic impr…
Russia presented the initiative to swiftly adopt a Security Council resolution on establishing the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria, in order to pave the way for a United Nations presence with a
stabilizing influence in that country. Resolution 2043 (2012) is of fundamental importance in…
As one of the more advanced nations from the standpoint of developing nuclear energy technologies, the Russian Federation attaches great importance to ensuring the maintenance of a high level of nuclear security, not only in our country but also worldwide. We are fully implementing our international…
Road safety continues to be one of the most
pressing challenges for large cities. The problem is of no less importance for towns and urban settlements. The international community’s recognition of the seriousness of road safety issues provided a strong impetus to active measures undertaken by natio…
For many months now, the situation in Syria
has, understandably, been the subject of the constant attention and alarm of the international community. There have been to many casualties and too much suffering for the Syrian people, with too many destructive consequences if the crisis continues to ra…
We thank the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), Permanent Representative of Colombia Néstor Osorio, for his briefing on the Committee’s work.
In the reporting period, the Committee pursued its active work addressing the tasks facing it. In view of the heightened …
We welcome Mr. Ján Kubiš and thank him for his extensive briefing.
The achievement of an effective and long-term Afghan settlement is a key task for the international community. The conferences in Istanbul, Bonn and Vienna have confirmed our joint commitment to achieving the aims of the Kabul proce…
Peacebuilding support is one of the key factors in effective conflict resolution, in stabilizing post-conflict situations and in preventing crises from re-erupting. A great deal of work is being done by the United Nations through peacekeeping missions, through the Peacebuilding Support Office and th…
The transformation processes that have agitated the Middle East and North Africa reflect the understandable aspirations of the peoples of those countries, which deserve our support, for a better life, increased opportunities for self-expression, participation in political life and greater economic a…
We are grateful to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Fernández for his briefing on the situation in Haiti and the work of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). We have listened with interest to the briefing and have taken note of the Secretary-General’s report (…
We would like to welcome the Prime Minister of Libya to the Security Council Chamber. He faces great challenges, and we would like to wish him every success in overcoming them. In the presence of the Prime Minister, we would like to mention three issues that were not raised in the briefing.
The fir…
We are pleased to welcome you, Mr. President, to the Security Council Chamber. We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his report (S/2012/74) and to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Mahiga for his assessment of the situation in Somalia. Above all, we would like to congratulate o…
We would like to thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe for presenting the Secretary-General’s report (see S/2012/45) on the outcome of the United Nations assessment mission’s visit to the Gulf of Guinea region. We would also like to thank Mr. Abdel Fatau Musah and Mrs. Florentina Adenike Ukonga for the information …
On behalf of the delegation of the Russian Federation and the group of sponsors, I have the honour to introduce the draft resolution contained in document A/66/L.37. This initiative is interregional in nature. In addition to the Russian Federation, the sponsors also include Algeria, Belarus, the Plu…
We wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened today’s meeting. We are grateful also
to Ms. Wallström, Mr. Ladsous and Ms. Megheirbi for the useful information they presented today.
The very nature of violence during armed conflict requires that due attention be paid to all of its manife…
We would like to welcome the participation of Mr. José Ramos-Horta, President of Timor-Leste, in this meeting. We would also like to express our condolences on his recent loss and his determination to attend this Security Council meeting in person despite the sad circumstances. We are also grateful …
We thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting to discuss this most important issue.
This is the second day that the Council has been seized of the issue of threats to international peace and security emanating from transnational organized crime. Yesterday we spoke of West Africa and…
Allow me at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, and your country for taking the initiative to hold a meeting of the Security Council on such an urgent issue. We are also grateful to the Secretary- General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crim…
In order to resolve the Syrian crisis, there is a need to uphold two principles to which no one seems to object. The violence must be stopped by all sides, and the necessary solutions can be found only through an inclusive, Syrian-led political process.
Resolution 66/253, “The situation in the Syri…
