We thank the Secretary-General for introducing his latest report (S/2009/674) on the situation in Afghanistan. We also thank his Special Representative, Mr. Eide, for his assessments. We commend his work as head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and wish him success in his futu…
The Russian Federation is at the forefront of the struggle against international terrorism and advocates enhancing effective anti-terrorism cooperation and strengthening the role of the United Nations as coordinator of that process. In this regard, we consider comprehensive implementation of the Glo…
Russia is committed to international development cooperation and ready to intensify constructive interaction with a wide range of partners, including private sector and civil society, to ensure the timely achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). We believe that the sustainable social …
We are grateful to the Permanent Representative of Japan, Ambassador Takasu, for having briefed the Council on the work of the Security
Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) over the past 90 days and for the work undertaken in that period. The Committee will need to conti…
We thank you, Sir, for your initiative to organize this meeting of the Security Council on the fight against the illicit traffic in drugs and for the adoption of today’s important presidential statement (S/PRST/2009/32).
Drug trafficking poses a serious and growing threat to international peace and…
The Russian Federation is pleased to participate in today’s dialogue on the strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations. While wishing to maintain the non-politicized nature of the discussion, we support the further development and enhanceme…
First of all, let me express our appreciation to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Moreno-Ocampo, for his tenth report on measures taken to investigate the situation in Darfur under Security Council resolution 1593 (2005) and for today’s briefing. We note that, judging by…
At the outset, I would like to express appreciation to the Secretary-General for submitting the reports on ocean affairs to the General Assembly.
The Russian delegation advocates preserving the integrity and comprehensively strengthening the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of…
I wish you, Sir, and your delegation success as you assume the presidency of the Council for the month of December. We also thank Ambassador Mayr- Harting and the delegation of Austria for their leadership last month.
We thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal fo…
First of all, we would like to express our appreciation to the Permanent Representative of Chile, Chairman of the Peacebuilding Commission, as well as to the Chairmen of its country-specific configurations, namely, the Permanent Representatives of Belgium, Brazil, Canada and Switzerland, for their e…
We welcome the participation in today’s Council meeting of Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We are grateful to him for his assessment of the current situation in the country. We join in the congratulations to Bosnia and Herzegovina on its election as…
About a year and a half has now passed since the Security Council seriously took up the problem of piracy off the coast of Somalia and began to develop measures to combat this evil. We think it is now time to offer an interim assessment of the results of the work done, on the basis of the report of …
I wish at the outset to thank the Chairmen of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) and the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) — Ambassadors Vilović, Mayr-Harting and Urbina, respect…
Every year, all the Member States of the United Nations have an opportunity to discuss together the results of the work of the Security Council as reflected in its report, which, today, was introduced today by the current President of the Council, Ambassador Mayr-Harting. It is very important to hav…
We are very pleased to welcome you, Sir, as you preside over the Security Council at this important meeting. We would like to thank our Austrian partners for their initiative to once again address the issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. We would also like to express our gratitude…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the States members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) — the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan.
In recent years, the authoriti…
The Russian Federation was forced to abstain in the General Assembly vote on draft resolution A/64/L.11 on the discussion of the report of the Human Rights Council (A/64/53/Add.1). The main topic of that document is the report of the United Nations Fact- Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (A/HRC/1…
First of all, I would like to express my appreciation to Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei for the work he has done during his 12 years in office as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). His achievements and the honours he received while in office earned him universal acclaim as is …
We welcome the election of Judge Hisashi Owada as President of the International Court of Justice and thank him for presenting to the General Assembly the Court’s annual report (A/64/4). At yesterday’s meeting of the Security Council (S/PV.6208), the Russian Federation voiced its general assessment …
We are grateful to Mr. Le Roy for his introduction of the report of the Secretary-General on support to African Union peacekeeping operations (S/2009/470). We are also pleased to once again welcome Mr. Prodi to the Security Council.
Today’s meeting illustrates anew the particular attention that the…
