I associate myself with the warm words of congratulations to the Secretary-General. We are all looking forward to continuing to support his efforts for the reform of the United Nations. His presence here today confirms his intention to work in the closest way possible with the Security Council.
I w…
The Russian Federation proposed the convening of today’s meeting in this open format, with the participation of all interested States, in order to consider ways of improving the humanitarian situation in Iraq under the devastating sanctions that have been in place for so many years, as well as the q…
We wish to thank the Secretary-General for the detailed report he has submitted on the work of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). His assessments and conclusions, supplemented by the report of the Security Council mission on its visit to Kosovo and Belgrade, provide…
We associate ourselves with the warm words expressed to you, Mr. President, by previous speakers. It is a great honour for us that at today’s exceptionally important meeting of the Security Council the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh is presiding over our work. Bangladesh is a State which…
We, too, are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, the head of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH), Mr. Klein, for his comprehensive briefing. We are also grateful to the Secretary-General for his
report. We support his recommendation to extend t…
We consider the presence at today’s Security Council meeting of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. She Okitundu, and of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Mr. Olara Otunnu, to b…
I join in the words of gratitude expressed to the Chairman of the sanctions Committee and to the Chairman of the Committee of Experts, which prepared the report in accordance with resolution 1333 (2000) and made recommendations about the monitoring of the arms embargo and the closure of terrorist tr…
We are grateful to Mr. Annabi for his briefing on the situation in East Timor. We are also grateful for the participation in today’s meeting of Mr. Xanana Gusmão and Mr. José Ramos-Horta, who have given us their appraisals of the situation in East Timor as it moves towards independence.
Our latest …
We are also grateful to Mr. Guéhenno, Ms. McAskie and Mr. Fall for their comprehensive information on the situation in West Africa.
The Russian Federation is deeply concerned about the difficult situation that has come about in that subregion, and in particular about the explosive situation on Guin…
I should like first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency; I am confident that you will discharge your duties in the most effective way possible. We would also like to join others in welcoming the representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda…
We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his report, to Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette for introducing it and to High Commissioner Mrs. Robinson for her participation in this meeting.
In the Millennium Declaration, the heads of State undertook to
“expand and strengthen the protectio…
Russia greatly values Eritrea and Ethiopia’s demonstration — in deeds, not words — of their dedication to their commitments to peace. Evidence of this is their steady compliance with the ceasefire regime and their consistent implementation of the Algiers Agreement.
We believe that the establishment…
We are grateful to Mr. Guéhenno for his briefing and for his personal impressions of his trip to Kosovo. We take note of the efforts of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Haekkerup, and the Mission he heads to establish normal life in Kosovo and to implement resolution 1244 (19…
I associate myself with the words of gratitude addressed to Assistant Secretary-General Hédi Annabi for his briefing.
The Security Council’s interest in the situation in East Timor is shown by the fact that 14 Council members have spoken at today’s interim discussion, including the Russian delegati…
The Russian Federation has noted with some regret that the situation in the territory of Palestine is gradually deteriorating. The conflict is growing, and every day the cost in human lives increases. The negotiating process has been deadlocked; the parties are unable to resume their contacts, which…
We are glad today to welcome Mr. Petritsch to our meeting. We consider that the report of the High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina contains various assessments that prompt a mixed reaction on our part. On the one hand, in the political and econo…
I should also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Haekkerup, for the briefing he has given us.
We are also grateful to the Secretary-General for his report. The assessments and conclusions in the report and the briefing we have just heard provide us with a good op…
With regard to the General Assembly’s consideration of agenda item 166, regarding the election of judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the delegation of the Russian Federation finds it necessary to make the following statement.
The International Tribunal for the …
First I would like to join in those words of welcome that have already been addressed today to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Macedonia, Mr. Kerim, who is taking part in the meeting.
The Russian Government strongly condemns the deterioration of the situation provoked by armed Albanian extremis…
I would like to associate myself with the words of welcome to the Minister for External Relations of Angola and with the words of gratitude extended to Ambassador Richard Ryan for the statement he made at the beginning of our discussion.
As one of the observer States for the implementation of the A…
