We would like to thank India for the choice of topic for today’s debate.
The world is going through difficult times. Crises are on the rise and international security is deteriorating. The stance of a group of Western States to preserve their monopoly and privilege in the world is undermining trust…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Nicholas Haysom for his briefing on the developing situation in South Sudan. We listened to the briefings by the interim Chairperson
of the reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, Ambassador Charles Tai Gituai, …
We welcome the President and the Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.
The Residual Mechanism was established by the Security Council 12 years ago. Finally, a miracle has happened: the President announced her intention to transform the Mechanism from a judicial …
We listened very carefully to all the speakers and asked for the floor to draw Council members’ attention to the following.
Our former Western partners have not said a peep about the topic of today’s meeting — the consequences of supplying weapons to Ukraine — despite the facts and evidence that we…
We thank Special Representative Bintou Keita and Deputy Permanent Representative of Gabon Lilly Ngyema Ndong for their briefings. We listened carefully to the Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC), Mr. Peter Mathuki, and the representative of Congolese civil society, Ms. Rebecca Kabu…
The Russian Federation voted in favour of resolution 2664 (2022) on humanitarian exemptions to asset freezes for the purpose of extending humanitarian assistance.
Security Council sanctions are one of the strongest forms of reacting to threats to peace, and they need to be applied very carefully. T…
We are grateful to the Secretary-General for the reports on oceans and the law of the sea (A/77/68, A/77/331 and A/77/155). The Russian delegation is in favour of maintaining the integrity and across the board strengthening of and strict compliance with the provisions of the United Nations Conventio…
We thank today’s briefers and, in particular, Mr. Kovalik, because he touched upon one of the topics that is the reason we called this meeting, namely, the consequences for international peace and security of the growing smuggling of arms supplied to Ukraine into various regions of the globe. We als…
We welcome Mr. Abdou Abarry to the Security Council in his new capacity as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Africa. We thank both him and Mr. Gilberto Da Piedade Veríssimo, President of the Commission of the Economic Community of Central African States, for their detailed …
We have almost concluded consideration of the report of the Sixth Committee, but I wanted to ask for the Assembly’s attention for a few minutes.
The need for a frank discussion about the working methods and practices of the Committee is long overdue. During this session, with Member States coming w…
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Volker Perthes for the briefing on the developing situation in the Sudan. We also take note of the briefing by our colleague from Ghana, Ambassador Carolyn Oppong-Ntiri, on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (200…
I would like to use this right of reply in order to repudiate the open speculation that has taken place, in particular by Ukraine, regarding events at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. We strongly reject the misinformation of Ukraine and their Western backers who are accusing us of endangering the …
We traditionally join the consensus on resolutions concerning humanitarian personnel, but I would like to touch on the International Criminal Court. This judicial body is deteriorating. It is far from the high ideals of justice enshrined in the Rome Statute. In the 20 years of its existence, there h…
I should like to begin with a procedural point. Today we have twice heard statements on behalf of the European Union, one of which was made during the introduction of draft resolutions A/77/L.34 and A/77/L.35. We wish to ask the European Union to adhere to the rules of procedure.
We note with satis…
The topic of today’s meeting, as established by its Western initiators, was to be the situation of children. Setting aside the tall tales about the fate of Ukrainian children and the insinuations about what Russia is allegedly doing to them, the fact that our Western colleagues are paying attention …
I congratulate Ghana on its presidency of the Security Council during November and wish you and your delegation, Madam, every success in December.
The Russian Federation closely follows the activities of the United Nations Investigative Team
to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh…
The report presented by Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu on behalf of the Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) (see S/2022/897) again provides no added value in comparison to previous one (see S/2022/828), which is not surprising given that there have been no devel…
At the outset, allow me to express our condolences to our Chinese friends following the
passing of the former President of China and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Mr. Jiang Zemin. The name of this outstanding statesman is inextricably linked with an important period in China’s r…
We would like to thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths for their briefings on the political and humanitarian situation in Syria.
What we heard today confirms that the overall situation in Syria remains tense. The terrorist threat on …
We thank Mr. Tor Wennesland for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the occupied Palestinian territories. It is fitting that our discussion today is taking place on the eve of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Another escalation of violence in …
