We are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, for his comprehensive analysis of the situation in Afghanistan and the presentation of the report on the situation in this country (S/2010/463).
It is with heightened attention that we listened to the pr…
At the outset, allow me to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this Security Council meeting on the very important topic of counter-terrorism.
Brutal terrorist attacks on our territory and many other States bear witness to the extent of the threat and remind us of our common responsibil…
The Russian Federation wholeheartedly supports the revitalization of the multilateral disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control machinery. We support the preservation and strengthening of the existing disarmament triad: the United Nations Disarmament Commission, the First Committee and the Con…
Let me thank the delegation of Turkey and President Gül personally for convening today's meeting of the Security Council.
In recent years, the United Nations and many regional and subregional associations have done tremendous work in the prevention and settlement of crisis situations and post-confl…
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for presenting the Secretary- General’s report on the situation in Somalia (S/2010/447). We are pleased to welcome Augustine Mahiga in his new post and wish him success and pledge him our support. We listened carefully and with interest to…
We welcome the new Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), Japanese Ambassador Tsuneo Nishida. We assure him that, in his activities in that post, he can rely on the support and cooperation of the Russian delegation.
We thank the Chair for the briefin…
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Edmond Mulet, for his thorough briefing on recent developments in Haiti and for presenting the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) (S/2010/446). We welcome the
statement of …
In view of the agreement reached between Serbia and the European Union on the content of the resolution just adopted by the General Assembly on the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the question of the legality of the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo (see A/64…
In the light of the statements that have been made on the outcome of the voting, I would simply like to emphasize that the results once again confirm that a certain group of countries continues to pursue a politicized approach to and double standards on this issue, to the detriment of the practical …
Draft resolution A/64/L.62, which is before the General Assembly, unfortunately has nothing to do with the noble humanitarian goals and concerns to which its authors refer. Furthermore, this initiative is exclusively political in its motivation and is based on short-term calculations by the Georgian…
The Russian Federation associates itself with the condolences extended to the Government and the people of Pakistan.
In the Russian Federation, the news of the numerous casualties and destruction caused by the widespread flooding in Pakistan was received with a feeling of mourning and great compass…
The delegation of the Russian Federation voted in favour of resolution 64/292, prepared by the delegation of Bolivia and other delegations, on the human right to water and sanitation. We believe that this document raises important problems, in particular in light of the summit on the Millennium Deve…
We thank Mr. Pascoe for his substantive briefing. The situation in the Middle East remains unstable and very fragile, although with some positive aspects, above all the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian proximity talks mediated by Senator Mitchell. An opportunity remains for the resumption of direct talks…
We are pleased to welcome you, Mr. Minister, as President of the Security Council. We are grateful to you for organizing this meeting on this theme of such importance to international peace and security.
In recent years, the United Nations, its Security Council and Secretary-General and many region…
At the outset, allow me to thank you, Madam President, for your initiative to revisit the issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
In that connection, we believe that there is a clear need to be guided by the 1949 Geneva Conventions in labelling a situation as an armed conflict. That…
The Russian delegation actively supported Serbia’s initiative to convene an urgent Security Council meeting on the deteriorating situation in Kosovo. It has come about because of the explosion in northern Mitrovica on 2 July during a peaceful demonstration by local Serbs. As is well known, owing to …
The delegation of the Russian Federation was pleased to join the consensus adoption of resolution 64/289 on system-wide coherence. Like other speakers, we thank the current coordinators of the negotiation process, the Permanent Representatives of Tunisia and Estonia, and their predecessors in those …
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General De Mistura for his comprehensive
analysis of the situation in Afghanistan and for the work undertaken by him and the Mission he leads. We also thank the Permanent Representative of Turkey, Mr. Apakan, for his detailed briefing on the Security…
Today’s debate clearly shows that interest in the issue of the rule of law has not diminished. Russia is resolutely committed to an international order based on the rule of law. Respect for international norms is one of the main prerequisites for a fair, stable and predictable system of internationa…
We thank the Permanent Representative of Japan, Mr. Yukio Takasu, for his briefing on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), for his regular 90-day report, and for the work he has undertaken.
We note that, during the reporting period, the Committee continued to ac…
