Even before statements by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on their intention to conduct a nuclear experiment and immediately after Pyongyang had acknowledged taking this irresponsible and destabilizing step, the Russian Federation emphasized that any actions of this nature — whatever the r…
In order to save time, I will abridge my statement, but the full text of our delegation’s statement has been submitted to you for distribution.
The Russian Federation welcomes the progress achieved during the recent years in settling conflicts in Africa, above all, in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Burundi…
First of all, we would like to express gratitude to the Chairpersons of the Al-Qaida and Taliban sanctions Committee, the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) — Ambassadors Mayoral, Løj and Burian respectively, for their comprehensive bri…
Traditionally, the General Assembly session provides an opportunity to conduct a review of the
current situation in the world, identify major international issues and determine the role that the United Nations could play in resolving them.
I believe that we have every reason to conclude that there…
We have carefully considered the initiative of the League of Arab States to ask the Security Council to take a comprehensive look at the situation developing in the Middle East. Given the fact that the peace process in the region has suffered tangible damage, we believe that collective efforts to re…
Establishing collective approaches necessary for effectively overcoming today’s threats and challenges requires that we consistently increase the cooperation of the United Nations and the Security Council with regional and subregional organizations. This cooperation is established in the Outcome Doc…
I am speaking on behalf of the head of the Russian delegation, Mr. Vitaly Churkin.
The Brussels Programme of Action remains fully relevant for the global development agenda. The implementation of the Programme should remain a high priority for the international community. The goals set by the Bruss…
We join in thanking Mr. Jan Pronk, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Sudan, for his comprehensive briefing. We note the progress made by the Sudanese parties in meeting their obligations under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, particularly in the area of security.
We undoubte…
We would like to thank Under-Secretary- General Egeland for his comprehensive briefing on his trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to Uganda. The humanitarian situation in those States continues to be very complex and requires continued comprehensive international cooperation. Major chan…
We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his report (S/2006/706) on the work of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), which provides a detailed analysis of the situation in Iraq and the complex highs and lows of the Iraqi political process at the current stage. We fully share t…
Before we go on to other items, we should like to explain, in light of the remarks made by the representative of Georgia, that a vote has just been taken on whether or not the General Assembly wished
to retain paragraph 52 of the report of the General Committee. We did not vote in favour of includi…
Our question concerns procedure. We fully support the proposal put forward earlier and the position expressed by the delegation of Armenia. We should like to receive clarification, Madam President, as to your intention. In other words, we would like to know exactly what wording you intend to use, pa…
We should like to seek a clarification on the situation.
As members know, today’s meeting of the General Assembly has been convened in accordance with rule 21 of the rules of procedure in order to adopt the report of the General Committee. We have just adopted the agenda for this meeting. I should …
The Russian Federation would like to make the following statement in connection with the statements made by previous speakers.
We would like to recall that the issue of including this item in the agenda has already been considered in a meeting of the General Committee. As a result, the initiative t…
The Russian delegation wishes to lend its full support to the position expressed by the People’s Republic of China on the issue of Chinese representation in the United Nations. We believe that this issue has been settled once and for all and that the General Assembly, by acting today in support of t…
We welcome the participation in today’s Security Council meeting of the President of the Coordination Centre of the Republic of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija, Ms. Raskovic-Ivic, as well as of the Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Mr. Rücker, and the delega…
During the work on the draft resolution we have just adopted, the Russian delegation did everything possible to help achieve a peaceful diplomatic settlement of the situation in Darfur — a situation that is complex in every respect.
It is of fundamental importance that the resolution clearly states…
We are grateful to Under-Secretary-General Gambari for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East.
In political, economic and humanitarian terms, the situation is a source of serious concern. Now more than ever before joint efforts by the international community are needed to prevent an escal…
We welcome the presence in the Chamber of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste, Mr. José Luis Guterres. We thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ian Martin, for his report on the United Nations future role in Timor-Leste.
We believe that the main conclusio…
Another tragic chapter of the history of the Middle East conflict has now been written. For almost a month, before the eyes of the entire world, innocent civilians in Lebanon and Israel have been dying and hundreds of thousands of Lebanese citizens have been forced to abandon their homes. Serious da…
