We are grateful to the High Representative, Lord Ashdown, and to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Jacques Paul Klein, for the detailed information they have given us about the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Russian Federation is of the view that a main prerequisite for…
The tragic events that occurred in the United States on 11 September 2001 and the recent terrorist attacks in Indonesia and other countries have
particularly highlighted the imperative need for multilateral efforts to end current threats to international peace and security. They have also underscor…
We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his report on small arms and light weapons, and we also wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Dhanapala for introducing the report.
We have carefully studied the Secretary-General’s report on small arms, as well as the recommendations contained therein. …
Allow me, at the outset, to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the Council presidency and to wish you success in your work. I also express our gratitude to your predecessor, Ambassador Tafrov, for his successful guidance of the work of the Council in September. We are also grateful to the …
The tragic events of 11 September 2001 gave a powerful impetus to our collective efforts to combat international terrorism and, as rightly underlined by the United Nations Secretary-General in his report on the implementation of the Millennium Declaration, highlighted once again the vital importance…
We take a positive view of the draft regular annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly. It provides useful and detailed information on the activities of the Council in the course of the year. We thank the Secretariat staff for the high level of its professionalism and for complet…
The situation around the Palestinian territories continues to deteriorate and is threatening to get out of control. The large-scale terrorist acts in Israel were followed by harsh action by the Israeli army against the residence of the head of the Palestinian National Authority, Yasser Arafat, in Ra…
Our discussion of today’s problems in Africa is important and timely, all the more so as the problems and threats faced by Africa in the context of globalization are increasingly the problems and threats we all face. That is why our strategic objective is a common one, namely, to break the vicious c…
One year has passed since the tragic events that took place on 11 September 2001 in the United States of America shook the world and demonstrated the magnitude and brutality of the global threat of international terrorism. During the past year the world became fully aware of the challenges that huma…
We are pleased, Sir, to see you, the Foreign Minister of Bulgaria, in the Chair. We are grateful to your delegation for having taken the initiative to convene today’s meeting to consider the problem of Kosovo in depth. We would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Hédi Annabi for his detai…
We, too, are pleased to welcome to this meeting today in the Security Council Mr. Steiner and Mr. Čović. Their participation in our debate makes it constructive and business-like, as it always is when they participate.
The Secretary-General’s report on the United Nations Interim Administration Miss…
The Russian Federation is very seriously concerned about the air strike made by the Israeli armed forces during the night of 22 to 23 July on an apartment building in Gaza, in which 12 people were killed, including several women and children, and in which more than 100 were wounded. We are particula…
We are happy to welcome the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Afghanistan, Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi, to this Security Council meeting, and we are grateful to him for his detailed briefing on the situation in that country. Like other delegations, we would like to take this opportunity to …
First, Mr. President, let me express my gratitude to you for having organized today’s meeting of the Security Council on a question which has recently become a matter of constant tension among an overwhelming majority of States Members of the United Nations. The value of this meeting is in enabling …
We, too, would like to thank the Secretary- General for the statement that he made.
The Russian delegation, guided by its consistent support for the peacekeeping activity of the
international community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, voted in favour of the draft resolution in order to ensure the implem…
I would like first of all to associate myself with the words of appreciation that have been expressed to the Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), Ambassador Greenstock, and to thank him both for the comprehensive account of what has been done by the Committee that he has headed for the…
We are grateful to Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his clear and comprehensive briefing.
Two months ago, in April, there was a comprehensive consideration here of the situation in Kosovo, and as we see it, what we have just heard shows that over these past two months some practical …
The fact that the General Assembly is considering a range of questions regarding the development of information and communication technologies (ICT) in today’s world attests to the relevance and practical significance of this issue for the entire international community. Nobody can doubt that the de…
We are grateful to Under-Secretary-General Prendergast for his briefing on the situation in Afghanistan. We agree with his assessment that on the whole the peace process is moving forward. The Bonn Agreement is being successfully implemented. Preparations for holding the all-Afghan Special Independe…
We believe that holding this solemn meeting today in the Security Council under your leadership, Mr. President, gives it even further significance. It is highly symbolic that the meeting is taking place under the presidency of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of one of the countries in the region, w…
