Mr. President, it is a great pleasure for us to see you, the Foreign Minister of Malaysia, as President of the Security Council as we take up this important item on the initiative of your country.
Today’s discussion in the Security Council confirms the relevance of the question of disarmament, demo…
Bearing in mind the exceptional circumstances, and in the spirit of consensus and constructive cooperation among all the Member States of the United Nations, the delegation of the Russian Federation did not object to the adoption of this decision by the General Assembly on the request of the Secreta…
Today’s draft resolution of the Security Council was prepared by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the G-8 on the basis of the principles for a political settlement and peace plan adopted by the leadership of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, as well as of the relevant provisions of previous Se…
The Russian Federation believes that the problem of the humanitarian crisis in Iraq cannot be resolved as long as the sanctions regime remains in force. Russia firmly supports the lifting of the sanctions in connection with the establishment of a new monitoring mechanism in Iraq, pursuant to the rec…
The tragic course of events in Yugoslavia since 24 March last has shown convincingly that it is precisely the military action against that sovereign country — which is being conducted by the North Atlantic Treaty
For more than a month and a half now, an unprecedented campaign of air strikes by NATO…
I have already said what my position is. Nothing of what I have heard here has changed that position. In any case, the assertion that the traditional basis for the use of force lies beyond the confines of the United Nations Charter is something that I cannot take seriously. I have set forth my posit…
The Russian Federation is profoundly outraged at the use by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) of military force against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In recent weeks, when we were constantly hearing threats — detrimental to the negotiating process — that there would be missile stri…
The principled approach of the Russian Federation to assessing the priorities of the activities of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force at this stage is well known and has repeatedly been described by the Russian delegation in the Security Council. We view this United Nations operation as …
My delegation gladly supports the Secretary-General’s proposal to extend the appointment of Mr. Rubens Ricupero as Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for another term of office of four years.
We believe that this is a correct decision. Mr. Ricupero …
Like my colleagues, we are glad to see you, Mr. President, presiding at this meeting and we are grateful to the delegation of Canada for taking this initiative. I should also like to thank Mr. Sommaruga, Ms. Bellamy and Mr. Otunnu for their participation in our meeting and for their briefings.
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I am grateful to Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello for his very comprehensive briefing to us.
We would like to confirm our support for the humanitarian activities of the United Nations, including the work of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Russia provides political and practical s…
In the light of the need for a swift decision on the financing of the Tribunal for Rwanda, the delegation of the Russian Federation joined the consensus on this resolution. However, with respect to paragraph 4, which relates to a recommendation by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgeta…
In the light of the need for a swift decision on the financing of the Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the delegation of the Russian Federation joined the consensus on this resolution. However, with respect to paragraph 5, which relates to a recommendation by the Advisory Committee on Administrat…
We are grateful to Under-Secretary-General Bernard Miyet and to Ambassador Dahlgren for their substantive briefings on the situation in Sierra Leone.
In view of all this Government activity, the unceasing activity of the rebels, who are guilty of many attacks on the civilian population, appears all…
Recent years have been characterized by an active evolution in the theory and practice of international peacekeeping. This is an objective process. The enormity and complexity of the tasks facing us in that area dictate the need for a constant improvement of the mechanisms for preventing and settlin…
Today’s meeting is taking place at a time when Iraq is being subjected to massive missile and bomb strikes by the armed forces of the United States and the United Kingdom. There have been casualties, valuable material goods have been destroyed and a threat has been created to peace and security not …
It is hard to be brief when talking about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, for its role in the defense of the ideals it proclaimed in the modern world is too significant. It was the first international instrument in history to have universal significance in the field of human rights, empha…
Speaking from this rostrum almost a year ago, the representative of Russia noted various encouraging signs with regard to the situation in and around Afghanistan. Those signs were related to direct contacts between Taliban members and certain members of the Government coalition; to intensified effor…
The Russian Federation came forward with the initiative to have the Security Council adopt a new resolution on Afghanistan designed to give an assessment of the present phase of the Afghan conflict.
Disregarding the will of the international community that they cooperate for a peaceful settlement o…
The Russian delegation attaches great importance to the recommendations contained in the Secretary-General’s report on the causes of conflict and the
The Russian delegation took an active part in the work of the Security Council working group, which fine- tuned the relevant recommendations of the S…
