I would like to thank Under-Secretary- General Guéhenno for his detailed briefing.
In spite of the efforts made by the international community for a long time now, the situation in Kosovo remains a very complex one. In recent days, there has been a serious aggravation of the situation in Mitrovica,…
Your participation, Mr. President, in this meeting of the Security Council today shows how important the situation in the Great Lakes region is in the Council’s agenda.
May I greet His Excellency President Paul Kagame of the Rwandese Republic and express gratitude to him for his readiness to meet w…
Our meeting today is devoted to the very important topic of the effective transition from efforts to settle a conflict within the framework of a peacekeeping operation to the stage of peace-building. The timeliness of raising this question is unquestionable, inasmuch as, without a comprehensive appr…
First of all, we should like to wish you, Sir, and your delegation, every success during your presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. We should also like to thank Ambassador Mahbubani of Singapore and his delegation for their work during Singapore’s presidency last month.
I sh…
We join in thanking Ambassador Chowdhury for introducing the report of the Panel of Experts, and I take this opportunity to express our great appreciation for the work he is doing as Chairman of the sanctions Committee concerning Sierra Leone.
The Russian delegation notes the considerable progress …
We are grateful to the Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Sy, and to the representatives of the United Nations Development Programme and the
World Bank for the statements that they made in the Security Council.
We have always supported efforts to build peace, achieve national reconciliat…
We are also grateful to Mr. Guéhenno for the informative briefing he has given us about the situation in Kosovo and the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK).
Our debate today is taking place at a time when the new Special Representative of the Secretary- General…
The Russian Federation is gravely concerned at the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan, where periods of calm are followed by resumptions of increasingly fierce hostilities. The civil war that has been dragging on for many years has caused the people of Afghanistan untold suffering. It has caused an eno…
As it did last year, the Russian Federation has the honour once again this year to introduce to the General Assembly the draft resolution on humanitarian assistance to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has undergone radical changes in the last year. At the same t…
Today, the promotion of the stable and enduring development of the African States is one of the international community’s principal goals. The close relationship between the settlement of military and political crises in Africa with the eradication of poverty on that continent was referred to by Pre…
The General Assembly has been considering the situation in the Middle East for 52 years now. There have been good times and bad, there have been wars, and there have been efforts to attain the lofty goal of the United Nations: a comprehensive, peaceful settlement in the Middle East. Unfortunately, a…
We endorse the words of gratitude expressed to you, Madam President, for organizing this important debate. We are pleased to welcome the participation in
our discussion of the Vice-Prime Minister of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, His Excellency Faustino Imbali. We listened very carefully to his sta…
The Russian Federation attaches great importance to the complexity of demining problems. The continued danger of mines in various areas of the world creates a serious obstacle to socio-economic development and the rehabilitation of States affected by conflicts. There are also humanitarian consequenc…
We, too, would like to express our gratitude to Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello for his comprehensive briefing. Russia deeply appreciates the work he is doing as Special Representative of the Secretary- General and head of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET).
Today’s me…
We would like to associate ourselves with the words of gratitude to Ms. McAskie for her very informative and substantive briefing. Unfortunately, this briefing reaffirms our own assessment of the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as being close to catastrophic. We have a…
On the whole, the Russian delegation takes a positive view of the Secretary-General’s report, “Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations” (A/55/82). We note a marked improvement in the quality of the report with regard to the amount of information, …
The Russian Federation is deeply alarmed by the further escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli confrontation. The growing wave of terrorist acts and retaliatory measures further destabilize the situation in the Middle East.
The leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority must do all they can wit…
I too would like to thank the Presidents of the Tribunals and the Prosecutor for providing the Council with information. We welcome the efforts of the judges to improve the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda…
The Russian Federation attaches great significance to the examination by the General Assembly of the activities of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since …
The Russian Federation recalls with satisfaction that, in the course of the Millennium Summit, the leaders of Member States confirmed their resolve to intensify efforts to achieve a comprehensive reform of the Security Council. This reflects the special significance that the world community attaches…
