The Russian Federation considers the strengthening of peace, security and stability in Africa to be a vital component of efforts to establish a balanced and predictable world order through the creation of an integrated and stable system of international security based on the Charter of the United Na…
As in previous years, the Russian Federation
will vote in favour of the draft resolution on the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, contained in draft resolution A/56/L.22.
At the same time, I wish to report that, yesterday, the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation issued a sta…
The delegation of the Russian Federation highly commends your work, Madam President, and sincerely congratulates you on the successful manner in which you have discharged your responsibilities as President of the Security Council for this month.
Madam President, you were faced with the very difficu…
The Russian Federation attaches priority to the General Assembly’s examination of the marine issue, in view of the importance and relevance of this issue for the entire international community. We would like to extend our gratitude to the Secretary-General for the documents he has prepared, which un…
Russia shares the view of the overwhelming majority of the United Nations with regard to the inadmissibility of unilateral actions by States undertaken in violation of the United Nations Charter and the fundamental principles and norms of international law. On the basis of that principled position, …
I would like to express our gratitude to the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Judges Jorda and Pillay, and also the Prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, for their comprehensive briefi…
I am grateful to the Assistant Secretary- General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Hédi Annabi, for his briefing.
We are following closely developments in the political situation in Kosovo following the Kosovo- wide elections of 17 November. Unfortunately, we have to say that, at this stage, the ta…
We note with satisfaction the progress in international cooperation in the field of United Nations emergency humanitarian assistance, which has been achieved to a great extent through the strengthening, first and foremost, of such coordinating mechanisms and instruments of humanitarian assistance as…
The rights of the child have become among the most important areas of human rights throughout the United Nations system. We recently marked the tenth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a document that was the first-ever universal bill on the rights of the child and provides le…
The Millennium Summit has confirmed the confidence of the international community that the United Nations and its Charter continue to serve as a solid basis for the formation of a stable and prosperous world.
We welcome the Secretary-General’s plan to implement the Millennium Declaration, aimed at …
This session of the General Assembly is taking place in the shadow of an unprecedented challenge to humanity posed by international terrorism. We all must seriously analyse how this could have happened. However, it has already become perfectly clear today that the period of globalization and the thr…
I have the honour to speak today on behalf of the troika of observer States to the Lusaka Protocol — Portugal, the Russian Federation and the United States of America.
We are delighted to welcome Foreign Minister João Bernardo de Miranda back to the Security Council, and, through the presidential s…
We, too, are grateful to the Secretary-General and his Special Representative, Ambassador Brahimi, for participating in today’s meeting. This meeting is very timely. We are grateful to you, Mr. President, for having convened it.
The counter-terrorist operation by the international coalition and the…
First of all, I should like to associate myself with the words of condolence expressed at this meeting with regard to today’s air disaster.
Our meeting today is profoundly symbolic. The principal body of our Organization, entrusted with primary responsibility for the maintenance of peace and securi…
In his address to the students of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mr. Mohammad Khatami, recalled the saying that Alexander Pushkin is the soul of the Russian people. We will always love Pushkin in Russia. We will love him for prai…
We join others in addressing warm words to you, Madam President, to Ambassador Richard Ryan, Ambassador Mahbubani, Mr. Ayafor and Mr. Tsui. We also welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Liberia, Mr. Captan, who is participating in today’s meeting.
We are grateful to the Panel of Experts for i…
As is well known, the priority tasks set forth in the Millennium Declaration include the development of lasting partnership relations between the United Nations and the private sector. In its resolution 55/215, entitled “Towards global partnerships”, which Russia co-sponsored, the General Assembly d…
We would like to join others in welcoming you, Mr. President, as well as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, the Chief Minister of the Second Transitional Government of East Timor, the Vice-President of the World Bank and the representative of the United Nations Development Programm…
The terrorist acts of 11 September presented the United Nations and its Security Council with tasks of unprecedented scale in the maintenance of international peace and security. In the present situation, the Security Council’s ability to respond quickly and appropriately to new challenges to global…
Let me begin by thanking the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Guillaume, for presenting the report of the body over which he presides.
The Russian Federation is convinced that the International Court has a leading part to play in defending the norms and principles of internati…
