We associate ourselves with the words of gratitude addressed to Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello for his informative and most useful briefing. This time, unfortunately, our customary consideration of the work of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) is taking place against …
The fundamental provisions of the report of the Secretary-General attest to the fact that the United Nations — as the President of the Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir Putin, stated at the Millennium Summit — has learned to resolve, and is resolving, the world’s most complex problems.
The highest-l…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Bernard Kouchner, for his briefing. Unfortunately, his statement has not given cause for either optimism or a change in our well- known assessment of the persistent crisis situation in Kosovo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Resolutio…
The Millennium Summit has given all of us the priority task of establishing a new and equitable world order — an order which would meet the interests of all and every member of the international community and ensure adequate solutions to the problems with which the twenty-first century is confrontin…
It is my privilege and honour to address the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States.
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session. Our gratitude goes to t…
I would like to associate myself with a number of delegations that have conveyed gratitude to the delegation of Ukraine for putting forward this useful initiative, which from the very beginning was supported by many countries, including Russia.
Russia attaches great importance to preventing and com…
In view of the adoption of draft resolution A/54/L.89, by which the Assembly decides to refer the draft United Nations Millennium Declaration to the Millennium Summit, and especially in view of its reference to striving for the elimination of weapons of mass destruction, the Russian delegation wishe…
We too should like to express our gratitude to you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting, and also to Assistant Secretary-General Annabi for his very comprehensive briefing.
The Russian Federation considers it deeply symbolic that our meeting today is taking place practically on the firs…
We are most grateful to Mr. Annabi for his briefing on the situation in the Yugoslav province of Kosovo. We can see how much is being done, thanks to the international presence, in the attempt to create a more or less normal life for the people of Kosovo. From that standpoint, it is perfectly clear …
We are grateful to Mr. Miyet for his informative briefing on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We believe that regular reports to the Council, pursuant to Security Council resolutions on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, help to ensure a closer monitoring of the operations of the Unite…
We would like to express our gratitude to Under-Secretary-General Bernard Miyet for presenting the report of the Secretary-General and also for the additional information that he has provided the Security Council.
The Russian delegation has studied this report most carefully, and we are in agreemen…
We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his second report on the activity of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) and to Assistant Secretary-General Mr. Annabi for his statement at this meeting. The Russian delegation fully shares the report’s assessments and co…
The Russian Federation, as a member of the troika of States observers of the implementation of the peace process in Angola, fully concurs with the statement made by the representative of the United States on its behalf, relating primarily to the need for implementation of the Lusaka Protocol, for su…
At the outset, I wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Olara Otunnu, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Ms. Carol Bellamy, for their tireless efforts to ease the situation of children in armed conflict and for the proposals and…
The Russian Federation shares the view of
the members of the Security Council, and of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, regarding the importance and timeliness of considering the broad range of issues connected with the prevention of armed conflicts. It is our belief that the legitimate …
We are grateful to the Assistant Secretary-
General, Mr. Annabi, for his briefing. The development of the situation in Kosovo during the month that has elapsed since our most recent discussion of the subject here has unfortunately emphasized that key provisions of resolution 1244 (1999) remain unfu…
Russia attaches great importance to the draft resolution that we are about to adopt today. It is likely to become an important element in international efforts to settle the conflict in Sierra Leone. This document puts barriers in the way of the criminal diamond trade of the Revolutionary United Fro…
Russia has always advocated the speedy attainment of a comprehensive political settlement and national reconciliation in Somalia, and the maintenance of a unified Somali State. As the Council knows, the plight of the Somali people is not the result of religious or ethnic antagonism, but of deep-seat…
We are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Vieira de Mello, for his briefing, which has given us a clear idea of the difficult and large-scale work which is being carried out by the
mission he heads, and for the in-depth analysis he has just given us of what has to …
It is with great regret that I assess what has just happened in the Council — the direct application of the policy of certain countries to exclude the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from participation not only in today’s meeting, but generally, in the settlement process for the Balkans. This goes ag…
