We regret that today’s meeting of the General Assembly has been convened with many procedural violations. Failure to follow procedure can seriously disrupt the work of the Organization.
It is essential that we not weaken diplomatic efforts to find a swift political solution to the Syrian crisis. Th…
We welcome the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland, Mr. Gilmore. The priorities of the Irish chairmanship presented to the Security Council establish a solid base for impl…
I would like to briefly address two issues.
First, I was intrigued by Minister Jeremić’s very interesting proposal that the Security Council visit Kosovo. As I understand, Mr. Hoxhaj also believes that such a visit to the province is important to obtaining an objective and correct understanding of …
We thank Mr. Mulet for introducing the Secretary-General’s report (S/2012/72) on the work of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We note the participation in this meeting, through the use of telecommunications technology, of the Head of UNMIK, Mr. Zarif. We welcome t…
The bloodshed and violence in Syria must be immediately ended. To that end, the Russian Federation has undertaken active diplomatic efforts in contacts with the Syrians, Syria’s Arab neighbours and other members of the international community. Today, it was announced in Moscow that, on instructions …
We welcome the initiative of the League of Arab States for the convening of today’s meeting with the participation of the Prime Minister of Qatar and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States.
Today we meet at a crucial moment, which is perhaps the last opportunity to break the vicious cir…
We thank Mr. Pascoe for his thorough briefing. We recognize the great significance of the assessment mission, and in particular, as the author of the report (see S/2012/42) said, the fact that the mission took place in cooperation with regional and subregional organizations.
We carefully analysed t…
We would like to thank Assistant Secretary- General Fernandez- Taranco for his briefing.
The region of the Middle East is undergoing sweeping transformations. We understand people’s yearning to take their destiny into their own hands by fundamentally changing the direction of their internal and soc…
We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his substantive report to the Council on the rule of law and justice (S/2011/634*). In today’s world, the rule of law sparks great interest, and that is not fortuitous. As the Secretary-General rightly pointed out in his report,
the political and structu…
Madam President, we are pleased to welcome you as you preside over today’s meeting of the Security Council. We welcome the participation at today’s meeting of President Jacob Zuma, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, African Union (AU) Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra, and the Chair of the AU Peace and Secur…
Allow me to welcome you, Madam, as President of the Security Council at today’s meeting.
We are grateful to Under-Secretary-General Pascoe and Mr. Lamamra, Commissioner for the Peace and Security of the African Union, for their briefings on the situation in Somalia. We listened carefully to the sta…
We did not hear the proposal to continue the meeting without simultaneous interpretation. As we understand it, interpretation services may be continued at the request of the President of the General Assembly.
We would like make a statement with regard to resolution 66/248, on the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2012-2013.
We note the importance and the necessity of adopting today’s resolution for the work of the Organization over the next two years. At the same time, we would like to state ou…
At the outset, I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on global economic governance and development (A/66/506*). In our view, its conclusions and recommendations should be duly taken into account in further work, especially within the General Assembly, to improve the system of i…
Recent natural disasters, technological accidents and armed conflicts have underscored the relevance of United Nations humanitarian assistance.
Strengthening the humanitarian response capacity, in particular at the national and local levels, is the basis for effective response to disasters. In that…
Russia welcomes the holding of the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development, which we continue to consider to be a central intergovernmental mechanism under the United Nations for the coordination of follow-up activities on the outcomes of the Monterrey and Doha Conferences.
Dialogue is an …
Russia greatly values the activity of the Kimberley Process, actively participates in its work and supports the dynamic development and growth of its authority internationally, considering it to be an effective tool for the collective prevention of entry into the world market of diamonds from areas …
Next year will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, of 1982. That treaty is of unique international importance, and its development, we believe, is one of the most important achievements of the twentieth century. Our country has done and will continu…
Concerning the adoption of resolution 66/45, “United action towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons”, for which Russia voted in favour, I would like to underline our principled position on settling the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula. We firmly believe that such settlement should be i…
Speaking for the delegation of the Russian Federation on agenda item 117, I would like to focus on a few issues mentioned by the Secretary-General in his report entitled “Strengthening the institutional arrangements for support of gender equality and the empowerment of women” (A/66/120), covering th…
