Today’s meeting of the Security Council is taking place without the traditional participation of the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We know that Mr. Radmanović underwent an operation that prevented him from coming to New York. We would like to wish him a speedy recovery.
We l…
We thank Mr. Moreno-Ocampo for presenting his initial considerations about prospects for an investigation into the situation in Libya and for briefing us on the work carried out by his Office pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011). The Council adopted that resolution unanimously based on its serious con…
We thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe for his briefing.
Like other members of the Security Council, the Russian Federation views with great concern the increasing tension and manifestations of confrontation in Syria, which are claiming victims and causing suffering among the demonstrators, law enforcement perso…
Today marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which became the worst technological catastrophe of the twentieth century in terms of its scope and complexity.
Today, at a memorial ceremony held in Chernobyl in connection with the anniversary, Russian …
We are grateful to Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his briefing on developments in the Middle East. We have listened attentively to the statements by the representatives of Palestine and Israel.
As the Middle East is going through an unprecedentedly intense and historic period, with problem…
The worsening piracy off the coast of Somalia requires that the international community
adopt qualitatively new measures to combat it. Today, we have taken a great step forward in combating piracy. The resolution adopted on our initiative includes a broad array of qualitatively new measures aimed a…
Allow me first to share with the members of the Assembly an address by the President of the Russian Federation.
“I welcome participants in the special meeting of the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly devoted to the fiftieth anniversary of the first human space flight.
“Russia is rightly …
We are pleased to welcome the President of Colombia to the Security Council for our discussion of topical issues regarding the situation in Haiti. We also welcome the presence here today of President Préval.
Over the past year, Haiti has had to confront serious trials. The destructive earthquake wa…
We are grateful to the Permanent Representative of Germany and the Chairs of the country configurations of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), the Permanent Representatives of Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Jordan, Luxembourg and Sweden, for preparing the report on the work of the fourth session of the Pe…
We welcome the new Chairman of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), Permanent Representative of Colombia Néstor Osorio, and assure him of our support and cooperation. We are grateful to the Chair for his briefing on the work of the Committee over the past three months.
In t…
We are grateful to Mr. Staffan de Mistura for his briefing and we welcome the statement made by Ambassador Tanin, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan.
In general, we share the assessments contained in the report of the Secretary-General (S/2011/120*) on the situation in Afghanistan and its impl…
The Russian Federation abstained in the voting on the draft resolution on Libya on the basis of a number of considerations of principle. Our position regarding the clear unacceptability of the use of force against the civilian population of Libya remains unchanged. Any attacks against civilians and …
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Security Council of the Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, and we listened carefully to his assessment. The complex military and political situation and the humanitarian situation in Somalia give greater urgency to…
The Russian Federation firmly condemns the use of force against the peaceful protesters in Libya, which has led to great loss of life among the civilian
population. We are convinced that a solution to the current problems in that country cannot and must not lie in the use of force. A dialogue is ne…
The Russian Federation supported Security Council resolution 1970 (2011) because of our serious concern over the events taking place in Libya. We sincerely regret the many lives lost among the civilian population. We condemn the use of military force against peaceful demonstrators and all other mani…
We too would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Ameerah Haq, for presenting the report on the work of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) (S/2011/32). We welcome the Prime Minister of the country, Mr. Xanana Gusmão, and we listened attenti…
The Russian Federation voted in favour of the draft resolution. Given our fundamental position, we will not accept any unilateral actions that prejudge the outcome of negotiations on final status issues. We strongly urge the Government of Israel at last to comply with the demands of the internationa…
We are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, Mr. Lamberto Zannier, for introducing the report (S/2011/43) of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We welcome the participation in today’s Security Council
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We welcome the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Mr. Ažubalis, and thank him for his detailed briefing.
The Russian Federation is in favour of improving and comprehensively developing cooperation betw…
We are pleased to welcome you, Mr. Minister, as President of the Security Council.
In today’s interdependent world, development issues are closely linked to security issues. The Russian Federation views sustainable social and economic development as an essential element of today’s collective securi…
