We too thank Mr. Williams for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East peace process. We would like to join with colleagues in expressing high praise for the active and professional activities of Mr. Williams in his important post. We wish Mr. Williams every success in his new appointment, o…
The Russian delegation welcomes the participation of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at today’s meeting, especially as it is taking place on the eve of his trip to Africa.
We believe that the President’s initiative to have the Security Council take up the issue of the prevention and resolution of con…
The Russian Federation welcomes today’s unanimous adoption of resolution 1773 (2007), which extends for another year the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). We feel that its adoption is a great step towards strengthening the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Leban…
The Russian Federation supported resolution 1770 (2007), adopted today, on the extension of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the expansion of the scope of its activities. Over the past few years, Russia has been in favour of the maximum possible involvement of the United Na…
The Russian Federation believes the Security Council’s adoption of resolution 1769 (2007), authorizing the establishment of a African Union/United Nations hybrid operation in Darfur that seeks to bring about a speedy and peaceful settlement of the situation there, to be important and timely. That de…
Strengthening international cooperation with regard to issues pertaining to the protection of children’s rights has become an ongoing trend in recent decades. The twentieth century was pivotal as regards children. For the first time, children were treated as individuals endowed with specific rights.…
Allow me first to express my delegation’s gratitude to Mr. Perricos for his final briefing on the activities of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC), its predecessor, the United Nations Special Commission, and their many years of work in Iraq. We take note …
The Russian Federation welcomes the Council’s adoption today of a draft resolution prepared by my delegation on the Council’s agreement to the appointment of Ambassador Miroslav Lajčák as the new High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. This decision is in keeping with the Dayton Agreement, p…
Mr. Minister, we are pleased to welcome you as President of the Security Council and to
congratulate you on Belgium’s successful presidency of the Council this month.
In regions of crisis, particularly in States in which the proper mechanisms for regulating of the use of natural resources are insu…
We are grateful to Mr. Holmes for the updated information he has provided on the status of protection of civilians in armed conflict. Not a day goes by that we are not made aware of new instances of killing, torture, cruelty and other forms of violence against civilians in armed conflict.
In recent…
Allow me at the outset to thank the leaders of
both Tribunals for their briefings and for the reports they have submitted to the Security Council under resolution 1534 (2004) on the implementation of the Completion Strategy for their work.
We have a positive assessment of the work of the Internati…
First, I would like to thank Mr. Qazi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for having presented the report (S/2007/330) of the Secretary- General on the situation in Iraq and the work of United Nations agencies there. We take note of Mr. Khalilzad’s briefing on the Multinational Force, …
Like other Council members, we would like to thank the chief officials of the Special Court for their briefing today. We feel that this body is one of the important components in the fight against impunity. Beyond any doubt, its activities give effective assistance to establishing peaceful processes…
The Russian Federation has consistently advocated establishing the truth with respect to the murder of Rafik Hariri. The perpetrators of that crime must be brought to justice. We fully share with the sponsors of the draft resolution their primary objective of preventing impunity and political violen…
We wish to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s meeting and to express appreciation to the Chairs of the sanctions Committee on Al-Qaida and the Taliban, the Counter-Terrorism Committee and the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) — Ambassadors Verbeke, Arias and Buri…
We are grateful to Mr. Holmes, Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, for the
work he has been doing and for his substantive briefing today.
We share his concern about the serious humanitarian situation in Somalia. Events of recent months have increased the number of refugees and inter…
Multilingualism in the United Nations, as expressed in particular through the use, in the
Organization’s work, of the official and working languages, forms the very basis of the universal character of the Organization and is an important means of achieving the fundamental purposes of the Charter of…
We welcome the participation in today’s Security Council meeting of Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We listened with interest to his presentation of the Bosnian leadership’s assessment of the current situation in the country. We are grateful to Mr. …
Our delegation is grateful to our colleagues in the Security Council for the support they gave to the Russian initiative to organize a Council mission on the Kosovo issue. We are fully convinced that the outcome of this trip to the Balkans is reflected in its report and that this initiative was time…
We too are grateful to Under-Secretary- General Pascoe for his briefing on the situation with regard to the Middle East peace process.
In recent months, considerable noteworthy developments have taken place in the Middle East. It is important to continue to influence the local situation, taking adv…
