I thank Mr. Guterres for his interesting briefing on the topic of refugees and their impact on situations in the area of peace and security. Russia welcomes the constructive involvement of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in addressing existing humanitarian pro…
I am pleased to greet you, Mr. Minister, in the President’s chair. We have listened to your statement with great interest, and also to the assessments put forward by the Secretary-General, by President Abbas and by the various ministers.
The Russian Federation is deeply concerned by the serious esc…
The Russian Federation is gravely concerned at the sudden escalation in the Gaza Strip. We believe that it is necessary to bring an immediate end to Israel’s wide-scale use of force against the Gaza Strip, which has already led to great losses and suffering among the Palestinian civilian population.…
We are grateful to the Secretariat and the United Nations Special Coordinator, Mr. Serry, for the briefing given us on the situation in the Middle East. We agree with his evaluation of the recent events in Palestinian-Israeli relations and also on the Syrian- Lebanese track.
The position of the Rus…
In this twenty-first century, the international community finds itself obliged to take up new challenges and to deal with old ones, such as piracy. Judging by all accounts, the pirates of the twenty-first century are well organized and equipped. Their actions are increasingly bold and their demands …
Today we are adding an intermediate element to an important stage in the very detailed work that has been done in the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations since last year’s meeting at Annapolis. The process has not been easy, and many factors have significantly complicated it. But the fact that the part…
I would like to thank the leadership of both Tribunals for their briefings and for the reports on the completion strategies of the two Tribunals submitted to the Security Council under resolution 1534 (2004) (S/2008/726 and S/2008/729).
This meeting is being held just before the beginning of a new …
The Russian Federation takes a generally positive view regarding the work of the Kimberley Process. We note its dynamic development and its enhanced international credibility. We welcome the major contribution made by India, as Chair of the Process for 2008, in fulfilling the requirements of the Kim…
We are grateful to the Permanent Representative of Belgium, Ambassador Grauls, for his
briefing on the work of the 1737 Committee of the Security Council for the last three month period and also for the work he has done in heading this Committee.
We take note of the fact that in this reporting per…
We welcome Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to this meeting of the Security Council. We also thank Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his report to the Security Counci…
I wish at the outset to thank the Secretary- General for his report to the General Assembly on oceans and the law of the sea (A/63/63). The Russian delegation believes in preserving the integrity of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, comprehensively strengthening it and appropriate…
The Russian Federation is carefully and with great concern following the developments with regard to the civilian ship Al-Marwa, which had a cargo of humanitarian assistance destined for the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip. We are convinced that the tension that has arisen as a result of th…
Like our colleagues, we would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Holmes for his comprehensive briefing on the humanitarian situation in Chad and the Sudan subsequent to his recent trip. We listened with interest to the statements made by the Permanent Representative of Chad, too. We support the a…
I wish at the outset to thank Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for the eighth report of the Prosecutor on steps being taken to investigate the situation in Darfur pursuant to Security Council resolution 1593 (2005), and for his briefing today. This contai…
The Russian Federation is extremely concerned about the increasing number of incidents of piracy and robbery at sea in the area of Somalia and the seas around it. We cannot ignore the fact that the pirates are making use of increasingly sophisticated methods in their criminal activity and that their…
We welcome the participation in the meeting of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belgium, Karel De Gucht, and of the representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. We are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Alan Doss, for his substantive briefing o…
We thank the representatives of the Secretariat, first and foremost Assistant Secretary- General Menkerios, for having presented the Secretary- General’s report on Somalia (S/2008/709). We also listened carefully to the statements made by the Secretary-General of the International Maritime
Organiza…
We are gratified to welcome Mr. Óscar Arias Sánchez, President of Costa Rica, to the presidency of the Security Council.
The issues of disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control cannot be considered in isolation from today’s overall security situation. The Russian Federation tirelessly advocat…
Each year all United Nations Member States are given an opportunity to debate together the results of the work of the Security Council, as reflected in its annual report, presented today on behalf of the entire Council by its President, Mr. Jorge Urbina, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica. Such …
