This is not the first time in recent months that the Security Council is meeting to discuss the question of the Middle East. That illustrates the mounting concern in the international community about the deteriorating situation in the region, which is having a very negative effect on international s…
It is well known that the international system is currently undergoing a functional transformation accompanied by acute crises and entrenched conflicts. In the final analysis, that is the root cause of the obstacles to the reform of the United Nations and, in particular, of the Security Council. We …
We thank Mr. Qazi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for today’s briefing on the challenging realities in present-day Iraq. We agree with his conclusions and assessments. We have every reason to expect that the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and Mr. Qazi personally…
The Russian delegation thanks the Permanent Representative of Japan, Ambassador Oshima, for organizing the visiting mission of the Security Council to Afghanistan and for submitting his exhaustive report on its results. The conclusions contained in that document will serve as a good basis for the Co…
First, allow me, on behalf of the Russian Federation, to congratulate our colleagues from Botswana for their successful performance of their
function, this year, as Chair of the Kimberley Process, in particular, the effective work on the preparation and agreement on the draft resolution for this se…
We are grateful to the Secretary-General and to Ms. Coomaraswamy, Ms. Veneman and the non- governmental organization (NGO) representative Mr. Oling Olang for their attention to the problems of protection of children in armed conflict and for the useful information they have provided on the state of …
Russia has voted in support of this Security Council resolution to extend the mandate of the Multinational Force in Iraq.
We note that the resolution’s authors took into account our main concern set forth during the discussions on the document. Our first concern is the security of accredited diplom…
We too wish to thank Mr. Egeland for his briefing, which as usual was very thorough, on the results of his last trip to Sudan and northern Uganda, and for his ongoing steps, together with his team, to manage humanitarian cooperation and to promote normalization of the humanitarian situation in those…
We are grateful to Mr. Gambari for his comprehensive briefing on the situation regarding the settlement in the Middle East. We agree on the whole with his assessment of developments in Palestinian- Israeli relations and in the situation between Syria and Lebanon.
Much has been said at the United Na…
This year has been very important for the international humanitarian community. The international community has shown its resolve to
improve the global mechanism of humanitarian response and bring it to a qualitatively new level of operation. We are glad that this work, as can be seen from the repo…
As the Chairman of the Ministerial Committee of the Council of Europe, Russia has the honour to present a draft resolution entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe”, contained in document A/61/L.14, under agenda item 108 (g).
It is also my pleasure to announce that…
The Russian Federation is deeply concerned over the latest dangerous developments in the Gaza Strip. The situation in this region, in Palestinian-Israeli relations and in the Middle East region in general is an extremely difficult one. It calls for urgent actions to prevent further destabilization; …
Our delegation welcomes the participation at this meeting of the Security Council of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Adnan Terzić.
We express our appreciation to the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Schwarz-Schilling, for the thorough briefi…
Sport, peace and development are closely interrelated concepts. The absence of war is an essential condition for competitive sport. Sport brings peoples closer together; the spirit of competition in sport does not mean combat between enemies, but working with partners in the general quest for develo…
First of all, on behalf of the Russian delegation, I would like to extend our thanks to the President of the Economic and Social Council, Mr. Hachani, for the detailed information he gave us on the very useful and important work done by the Council at its last session under his extremely able guidan…
We are glad to welcome the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, and thank him for presenting the Agency’s annual report.
As an active member of the IAEA, Russia is satisfied with the highly professional work of the Agency, and recognizes its impo…
Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) continues to be relevant as a guideline in defining the role of women in conflict prevention, conflict resolution and post-conflict reconstruction. We must apply the provisions of the resolution in the process of creating equal opportunities for the women to p…
The establishment of the collective approaches necessary for the effective resolution of
contemporary threats and challenges requires a steady increase in cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations based — as set out in the 2005 World Summit Outcome (resolutio…
We are grateful to the Special Coordinator, Mr. Alvaro de Soto, for his active work in the structure of the Quartet of Middle East moderators and also for the briefing he gave us today on the situation in the region. His analysis of events matches the Russian view as to how the situation in the Midd…
