The Russian Federation supported the United Kingdom’s resolution extending the sanctions regime with respect to Yemen (resolution 2707 (2023)). In our view, the decision for a technical rollover of the respective restrictions for 12 months is the best way to preserve the necessary momentum to find a…
I would like to make a statement on agenda items 9 and 13.
With regard to agenda item 9, the Russian delegation supports the adoption of the report on the results of the work of the Economic and Social Council for the period 2022–2023 (A/78/3). We underscore the key role played by the Council as th…
We fully support the convening of this emergency meeting on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip at the initiative of the United Arab Emirates delegation. We thank Mr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), and Mr. Marwan Jilani, Director General…
I would like to respond to the statement made by the representative of Australia in connection with Russia’s actions under the Comprehensive Nuclear- Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). Russia has always been strictly and consistently guided by the tenet of the inadmissibility of nuclear war, which has no winne…
We are grateful to all our colleagues who found the strength to give a worthy assessment of yesterday’s latest crime by the Kyiv regime, or to at least express their sympathy and condolences to the families of those killed or injured.
At the same time, I feel compelled to note that our Western coll…
The Russian Federation considers the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) a top priority. It is an important instrument of international cooperation in the peaceful uses of the atom and a unique mechanism for monitoring States’ implementation of their obligations in the field of nuc…
Our position on the ineffective and politicized activities of the so-called International Criminal Court and its so-called Prosecutor was set out exhaustively during the Security Council’s previous meeting on this matter (see S/PV.9320). That position has not changed in any way, and is available for…
We convened this emergency meeting with regard to the latest flagrant violation by the Kyiv regime of the norms of international humanitarian law and further evidence of its intentional actions to destroy the civilian population in Donbas, namely, the mass shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces of d…
We thank the President of the International Court of Justice, Joan Donoghue, for her thorough report (A/78/4).
The International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, is supposed to be a bulwark of international law, justice and impartiality. Its distance from the Or…
We thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and Ms. Tetteh, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa, for their informative briefings. We welcome the participation of the representatives of the Sudan and South Sudan in this meeting.
As the report of the Secretary-General (S/2023/7…
We welcome the beginning of Chinese presidency of the Security Council, and wish your delegation, Mr. President, every success. We also thank the delegation of Brazil for its stewardship of the Council during the very challenging month of October.
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of …
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba.
We align ourselves with the joint statement delivered by the representative of Eritrea on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defence of the Charter of the United Nations, and we wou…
Many delegations have spoken here in the Assembly Hall about the lofty ideals of combating impunity and about the equality of every person before the law. We support those principles; they are the right ones. Historically, my country has championed those principles. It was one of the countries behin…
The fact that the Security Council is holding its second meeting this month on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine comes as a surprise to all those who are following the work of the Council against the backdrop of the worsening Palestinian-Israeli conflict, on which the United States and its allie…
We are pleased to welcome United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi to this meeting. We listened to his briefing with interest.
Assistance to refugees is an important area of international cooperation aimed at the maintenance of international peace, security and stability. The Hi…
The Russian Federation supported the Security Council resolution to renew the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) (resolution 2705 (2023)), prepared by our British colleagues.
Somalia is now at an extremely important stage in its modern history. Contrary to all of th…
I will be brief. Taking stock of my American colleague’s latest comment as an admission, we did not hear a response to the question we asked him. However, I would like to ask him a rhetorical question, to which I do not require an answer, and the answer is obvious anyway. How many times during the p…
We fully support the initiative of the delegations of the United Arab Emirates and China to convene this emergency meeting of the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. It was with utmost concern that we listened to the assessment of the situation on the ground by the Commissioner- …
It goes without saying that we very much respect your proposal, Mr. President, and your decision. Butt we did want to draw your attention to the fact that any delegation has the right to call for a vote on any draft resolution that has been submitted for the General Assembly’s consideration.
If you…
We have the utmost respect for our colleagues and their requests. However, we see that there is a sufficient number of delegations in the Hall for voting to take place. We would like the draft resolution to be put to the vote, which will in no way affect the debate that we will have and in which eve…
