In a spirit of solidarity with countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Russian Federation joined consensus on resolution 77/337 on cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community. At the same time, once again we would like to underscore our position that rather than en…
Our delegation joined consensus today on the adoption of resolution 77/334, on the follow up on the review of the implementation of the objectives of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”. Of course, this is an important stage for
the process of discussing water a…
The Russian Federation abstained in the voting on resolution 2695 (2023), submitted by France, on the mandate renewal of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), as a result of a series of very contentious amendments made to the text at the final stage of the difficult negotiation proce…
I did not intend to take the floor, but there is one clarification that I must make following the statement you made, Mr. President, in your national capacity.
As we have already said, we urge Security Council colleagues to demonstrate wisdom and pragmatism by supporting our alternative draft resol…
Russia voted against the draft resolution (S/2023/638) on extending the sanctions regime on Mali. Unfortunately, despite the fact that we have repeatedly called for a constructive approach and a reasonable compromise, the text submitted completely fails to take into account the concerns of the Malia…
Today’s meeting was preceded by lengthy work on a draft resolution on the renewal of the sanctions regime concerning Mali that would be acceptable to members of the Security Council and regional actors. However, we must note that draft resolution S/2023/638 does not address those issues. We are conv…
Now I am prepared to say a couple of things.
On behalf of our delegation, I would like a procedural vote on conducting consultations. I would ask that this matter be put to the vote.
We are not asking for consultations after the voting. We are asking for consultations before the voting so that we can try to ensure that the voting in the Council is unanimous. That is the first point.
Secondly — and perhaps this is rhetorical — why are you using rulings, Mr. President, during thi…
I would like to ask you, Mr. President: Whom do you believe to be members of the Council, and whom do you not? Two members of the Council have requested consultations. You are referring to members of the
Council, but this is not a unanimous decision. There are members who want to have consultations…
Given the fact that we trust that we will be able to make significant progress on the matter we are here to discuss today, Mr. President, we would like to ask for consultations before we return to the meeting.
Russia is one of the States that has ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) and declared a voluntary moratorium on nuclear tests. Our country has responsibly honoured its commitments for more than 30 years. We have always acted based on the belief that reaching agreement in 1966 o…
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General El-Ghassim Wane and Ms. Beatrice Abouya for their briefings.
We carefully read the letter of the Secretary- General (S/2023/611) regarding the modalities for the drawdown the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in…
With respect to the Japanese starting the process of releasing radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power station, we would like to underscore that the Russian Federation is closely following developments in the situation. We trust that Tokyo will demonstrate full transparency regarding the
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We would like to thank the delegation of Tunisia, as the coordinator of the negotiations, for their constructive efforts to reach consensus.
The Russian Federation supported the Tunisian prepared resolution on cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francopho…
Sport is a significant achievement in human civilization and a universal language for communication between people. It plays a very important role in the life of every person. It helps not only physical development but also provides an opportunity for self-fulfilment. It breaks prejudices and stereo…
We thank Mr. Voronkov and Ms. Gherman for their analysis of the activities of the United Nations entities entrusted to them for combating the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). We express our full support to the Office of Counter-Terrorism and the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Dire…
To begin, I wish to briefly say something to one of our briefers in the language in which he deigned to address the Security Council.
(spoke in a language other than an official language of the Security Council, without providing interpretation)
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I wish to draw attention to the …
We thank Mr. Geir Pedersen, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, for providing an overview of the political situation in the country. We also listened carefully to Ms. Alkanawati, who long ago lost her connection to Syria. I think it would probably be hard to find something further …
