The topic of our meeting today — cooperation between the United Nations and the European Union (EU) — cannot be viewed separately from the current state of the European Union. The European project, which began as an integrating economic union designed to help to heal the wounds left by the Second Wo…
Russia strongly condemns sexual violence in all its forms, as well as any other crimes in armed conflict and post-conflict situations. Such acts must be investigated and the perpetrators brought to justice. In the context of the crisis in Gaza, from the outset, we have unequivocally condemned the ac…
We are grateful to you, Mr. President, for chairing the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions and for organizing today’s meeting. We listened closely to the briefing delivered by Ms. Karin Landgren.
The Russian Federation has consistently supported the Security Coun…
Today the entire world commemorates a great holiday — International Women’s Day. As everyone knows, in our country, since as early as the times of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, we have laid a solid foundation for actual — not merely claimed — equality and equal professional opportunities…
Russia abstained in the voting on the resolution prepared by the United Kingdom on a cessation of hostilities in the Sudan (resolution 2724 (2024)). We decided to allow the resolution to pass, as it is a question of the lives for the Sudanese people, who are suffering from the consequences of the co…
Russia abstained in the voting on the resolution prepared by the United States to extend the mandate of the Panel of Experts on the Sudan (resolution 2725 (2024)).
We are pleased that the authors partially satisfied the wishes of a number of delegations and agreed to remove the excessive wording on…
The British draft resolution before the Security Council today (S/2024/223) has the seemingly noble aim of enabling the Council to voice its support for a ceasefire in the Sudan, increasing humanitarian access and supporting United Nations mediation efforts. However, most of these efforts are alread…
We thank Secretary-General António Guterres for his assessment of the current situation in the Sudan, and we welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Sudan at this meeting.
We carefully read the report on the situation in the country and the withdrawal of the…
We thank Ms. Roza Otunbayeva, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), for her assessment of the situation in Afghanistan. The Russian Federation supports the activities of UNAMA under her skilful leadership within the …
We would like to thank Mr. Jean- Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, for his briefing. We also welcome the participation of the representative of South Sudan in today’s meeting.
We have carefully read the Secretary-General’s report on the situation in South Sudan (S/2024/1…
In General Assembly plenaries, each fresh incident of the United States using its veto in the Security Council on Gaza is increasingly distressing. It seems that we are not living in the real world, but rather in some surreal, nightmarish parallel universe.
For the fourth time now, the United Natio…
The Russian delegation greatly values the efforts of Mr. Gilles Michaud in the conduct of the work of the Department for Safety and Security. The reforms that have been initiated have genuinely increased the ability of the United Nations to carry out programmes quickly and effectively in high-risk s…
Russia, like a number of other colleagues on the Council, has repeatedly said that considering the subject of the Syrian chemical file once every three months is more than enough. On that subject, we have not seen any developments in the situation on the ground for a long time. That is also confirme…
I will be very brief, Madam President, and I propose that we do not turn the Security Council into a duel between the United States and the Russian Federation. We have spoken repeatedly on this topic and will continue to address the situation in Ukraine. We have spoken on many occasions about what t…
I simply wish to respond to what was said by my colleague from the United States. He should be ashamed of comparing the situation in Ukraine to Gaza. They cannot be compared. First, contrary to what he said, the Russian Federation is not bombing the civilian population of Ukraine barbarically. It is…
I am grateful to the delegations of Algeria, Guyana, Slovenia and Switzerland for convening today’s meeting. We also thank the representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations f…
We thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Syria, Geir Pedersen and the head of Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Martin Griffiths, for their briefings.
Our meeting is taking place in the context of an unprecedented surge of violence in the Palestinian- Israe…
The Russian Federation has always striven to support African States’ desire to boost international cooperation for the development of the continent. We would like to express our gratitude to the coordinators of the negotiations on resolution 78/262, entitled “New Partnership for Africa’s Development…
We thank the delegations of Portugal and Chile for their efforts to coordinate the negotiation process and the entire group of sponsors for contributing to the adoption of resolution 78/261. As a State whose policy seeks to create the conditions necessary to
ensure decent lives and free human devel…
Today’s meeting, convened at the initiative of a number of Western delegations, evokes a sense of déjà vu. A year ago, in this same Chamber, the Maltese presidency put together a similar spectacle to mark the first-year anniversary of the start of our special military operation (see S/PV.9269). Euro…
