The Russian delegation welcomes Ghana’s initiative to have the Security Council meet to consider the most urgent issues relating to the consolidation of peace in the West African subregion.
Recent developments in Africa have clearly shown that the most important means of preventing internal conflic…
The resolution just adopted reflects the view of the Security Council regarding the need for Iran to establish full, transparent cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) so as to clarify outstanding questions regarding its nuclear activities and restore confidence in its nuclea…
The protection of civilians in armed conflict and post-conflict situations continues to be at the centre of attention of the United Nations and its Security Council. At the same time, we do not absolve Governments of their primary responsibility for ensuring and protecting the rights of children in …
This session of the General Assembly is taking place against the backdrop of far-reaching reform processes. This work, despite the difficult and often heated debate, confirms the need to find the broadest possible agreement among Member States — ideally, consensus — to achieve progress on the whole …
The situation between Israel and Lebanon continues to intensify dangerously. The conflict began on 12 July with a border incident caused by the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers and by the firing of rockets into Israeli territory by militarized units of the Lebanese Hizbollah movement, and it is es…
We are grateful to Ms. Kane for her briefing.
The Russian Federation is deeply concerned at the new and dangerous developments that have taken place in the Gaza Strip. The situation in the region, in Palestinian-Israeli relations and, indeed, throughout the entire Middle East region is becoming inc…
We are grateful to Mr. Egeland for his briefing, which contained up-to-date information about the state of affairs in the area of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. That task requires systematic, coordinated measures at the international, regional and national levels. An effective respon…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having taken the initiative to convene a debate on this issue in the Council today. We are also very grateful to Judge Higgins and Mr. Michel for their informative briefings. There can be no doubt that today’s theme is extremely relevant in the context o…
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, Her Excellency Ms. Sanda Raskovic-Ivic, and of the Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Mr. Søren Je…
The Russian Federation shares the view of members of the Security Council on the need to hold a trial for former Liberian President Charles Taylor away from the seat of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. We note the constructive role played by the Governments of the Netherlands and the United Kingd…
We thank Mr. Ian Martin, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Timor-Leste, for his detailed briefing on the situation in Timor-Leste and for the efforts undertaken to normalize it. We also heard with great interest the statement of Mr. Ramos-Horta, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence of T…
I thank the officials of the two Tribunals for their briefings and for the reports (S/2006/353 and S/2006/358) submitted to the Security Council, in accordance with resolution 1534 (2004), on the implementation of the completion strategy for their work.
I wish to commend the progress made by the In…
HIV/AIDS remains one of today’s most serious challenges. It is, of course, a global challenge, and it can be overcome only through joint international efforts. At the same time, Russia believes it is very important to engage in regional cooperation, through which we must share our experiences on a b…
We express our gratitude to the Chairs of the Committee on sanctions against Al-Qaida and the Taliban, the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and the 1540 Committee, Ambassadors Mayoral, Løj and Burian, respectively, for their substantive statements and for their efforts to enhance the international …
The Russian Federation has consistently advocated the strengthening of stability in Lebanon and the normalization of the situation in Syria, thereby promoting relations of equality and genuine good- neighbourliness between those countries in the interests of the Lebanese and Syrian peoples and stren…
In the light of the position of the African Union set out in the communiqué of its Peace and Security Council of 15 May, which we share, the Russian Federation supported the resolution just adopted, which endorses African efforts to achieve a peaceful settlement in Darfur.
However, we continue to b…
I am pleased to see you, Mr. President, presiding over this meeting. We wish you and your delegation success in your work this month.
Russia was pleased to welcome the signing at Abuja of the peace agreement between the Government of National Unity and the Sudan Liberation Movement. An important st…
We welcome the presence at today’s meeting of Mr. José Ramos-Horta, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Timor-Leste. We listened closely to his very substantive statement. We also thank Mr. Sukehiro Hasegawa, Special Representative of the Secretary-
General for Timor-Leste, for presenting the Secretary…
Wednesday, 26 April 2006, marked the twentieth anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which emerged as the worst technological catastrophe of the twentieth century in terms of its scope and aftermath.
The heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) gath…
The Russian Federation did not feel it was possible to support the adoption of the resolution on applying sanctions to four Sudanese persons. In taking this decision, we were guided by thoughts we have frequently set out in the Security Council.
There is no doubt that the violation of international…
