The Russian Federation is seriously concerned by the complex situation in Liberia and by the prospect that the country will slip into the abyss of chaos and civil war, so threatening the civilian population with new disasters without number and the region with further destabilization. We note with r…
Mr. President, first of all, allow me to congratulate you on your accession to the presidency of the Security Council and express the expectation that the Security Council will work successfully under your leadership. The delegation of the Russian Federation will be prepared to offer you every possi…
Today is the Council's first full formal debate in the month of March, so we finally have the opportunity officially to convey, through you, our congratulations to the Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations on China's presidency of the Security Council for t…
Russia has been closely following the process of a settlement in Haiti. We support the efforts of the legally
Yet it is clearly premature to assert that this trend is irreversible. Obviously, creating stability, particularly long-term stability, is related first and foremost to certain social and e…
It is a great pleasure for me to welcome the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Mozambique, His Excellency Mr. Leonardo Simão, and to thank him for his important and interesting statement to the Security Council.
We sincerely congratulate the people and the leaders of Mozambique on the successful …
The Russian delegation would like to express its gratitude to the Secretary-General for the important report he has prepared on peace-keeping. This document is quite rightly considered a great contribution to studying the peace-keeping practices of the United Nations, an endeavour begun in An Agenda…
In Russia we are greatly concerned by the complex military, political and humanitarian situation in which Liberia finds itself. We share the assessment and recommendations set out in the Secretary-General‘s report of 6 January 1995, which in our view adequately reflects the situation in Liberia.
Th…
At this first formal meeting of the Security Council in January 1995, may I begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency and wishing you all success in carrying out this responsible mission. I would like to assure you that you can count on our support.
I would also like to…
The Russian Federation was a co-sponsor of the draft resolution just adopted by the Security Council. This resolution we have adopted, along with the further extension of the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG), contains weighty political provisions. We consider it imp…
We wish to express our gratitude to the Presidents of the Tribunals for their respective reports. We consider those reports important, especially now, after the Security Council’s adoption of resolution 1966 (2010), which set out a time frame and parameters for launching the International Residual M…
We wish to thank the leadership of both Tribunals for their annual reports on the work of their courts and for their statements to the General Assembly.
We take note of the progress made by the International Criminal Court for Rwanda (ICTR) over the past year. We welcome its ongoing efforts to impl…
Now that the General Assembly has taken the important decision to adopt the recommendation of the General Committee, I should like to take this opportunity once again to explain the position of the Russian Federation, which spoke against the inclusion in the agenda of the sixty-second session of the…
The delegation of the Russian Federation attaches great importance to the adoption by the Security Council of the draft resolution establishing the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT). This is an important step that has long needed to be taken. We view the creation of this Miss…
The Russian delegation listened to and studied with great attention the Secretary-General’s statement on ensuring a viable financial basis for the Organization. In our view, it was a very timely statement prompted by the need to provide the resources necessary to fulfil the new and changing function…
It gives me pleasure to welcome the Minister for External Relations of the Republic of Angola, Mr. Venâncio De Moura, and to thank him for his important and interesting statement to the Security Council. We are also happy to see here the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Beye, who…
I have the great honour of conveying to the General Assembly the warm greetings and the good wishes of the small indigenous peoples of Russia in connection with the proclamation of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People. Today's ceremonial meeting of the General Assembly is simult…
By 31 August 1994, the Russian Federation had concluded its complete and orderly withdrawal of troops from the territories of the Baltic States. Thereby, it had scrupulously complied with United Nations General Assembly resolution 48/18 and its international commitments and graphically demonstrated
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The Russian delegation made its basic
Our delegation is satisfied, on the whole, with the early results of the Council’s work at its first regular session under the new regime. The important results of the high-level segment, and of the coordination and operational segments, reaffirm the fact that …
I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the delegations of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and the Russian Federation.
As the representative of the country that is chairing the Charter bodies of the Commonwealt…
First, allow me, Sir, to join my colleagues in congratulating you on your assumption of the presidency. I wish you success in your task and assure you that we will give you all support in your endeavour.
The Russian delegation profoundly regrets that the draft resolution of the group of non-aligned…
