First of all, we would like to repeat once again our position with regard to the Ukrainian President’s participation in this meeting in a virtual format. We have stressed more than once that we are not against
his participation, but we believe that that participation should be in person, which is r…
We note the timely nature of the convening
of today’s joint briefing by the three important subsidiary bodies.
First of all, we would like to express our gratitude to the Norwegian chairpersonship of the Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) conc…
At the outset, my thanks go to all of our briefers today for their very valuable information and useful contributions.
During the reporting period, the number of pirate attacks and robberies on ships in the Gulf of Guinea has slightly decreased. At the same time, however, the root causes of those i…
I would like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Hans Grundberg, and the Director for Operations and Advocacy, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Reena Ghelani, for their briefings on the political and humanitarian developments in Y…
We thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under- Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, for her briefing.
Russia is opposed to any military activity that threatens the security of the Korean peninsula and the countries of North-East Asia. However, we are once again becoming trapped in a vi…
At the outset, we should like to thank the Permanent Representative of Qatar, Ms. Alya Ahmed Saif Al-Thani, and the Permanent Representative of Denmark, Mr. Martin Bille Hermann, for steering the negotiations process during the seventy-sixth session. We would also like to congratulate the Permanent …
The Russian Federation abstained in the voting on resolution 2662 (2022), drafted by the
United Kingdom, on the extension of the sanctions regime against Somalia, based on our disagreement with a number of its provisions. However, we want to underscore that we welcome the latest step taken in the r…
We are grateful to our Albanian and American colleagues for calling today’s meeting. It is true that they requested it last week without even stating the topic of the meeting. As we now see, they demonstrated remarkable farsightedness. Had this meeting not been scheduled, we would have needed to con…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary- General Pobee and the other briefers for their statements.
Unfortunately, the situation in the Sahel is not improving — we completely agree with the Assistant Secretary-General in that regard. The terrorist activity in the region is not subsiding, while ac…
We would like to thank Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), for his briefing on the current situation in the country. I would like to take this opportunity to express our support for his mediation…
We thank Under-Secretary-General Mr. Jean- Pierre Lacroix and the Police Commissioners of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, Ms. Christine Fossen, and the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Mody Berethe, for their assessments. We al…
The Russian delegation abstained in the voting on resolution 2659 (2022) to extend the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) for one year. On 5 November, the country’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ms. Sylvie Baipo T…
In connection with the notable mistakes in the English interpretation of the final part of our statement, I must repeat myself. I hope that this statement will be transmitted correctly.
We deeply regret that, due to the inherently biased positions that favour certain Western countries and to the bl…
We welcome your presence, Sir, in the seat of the President of the Security Council and thank Ghana for its commendable leadership on this important issue. We also thank Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, as well as Ms. B…
The Russian Federation attaches great importance to the General Assembly’s consideration of the situation in Afghanistan. We have consistently advocated for the Assembly’s adoption of a genuinely
consensus resolution, whose text would reflect both the current realities and a consolidated approach o…
The Russian Federation appreciates the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) during the reporting period, confirms its support for draft resolution A/77/L.9, “Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency”, and is one of its co-authors.
We pay a great deal of attention to the wor…
It is a good thing that Prosecutor Khan is in Libya now and is able to see with his own eyes the blood, pain and tears of the Libyan people.
Our position on the biased and politicized activities of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has not changed. For 11 years now, the Security Council has he…
We welcome the convening of today’s meeting of the General Assembly on the implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations and the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly.
The Russian delegation continues to constructively participate in the discussions on the revitalization agen…
The previous meeting on the implementation of resolution 2118 (2013) (see S/PV.9164) was held on 25 October, that is, less than two weeks ago. There are no subjects within the Security Council’s mandate-reporting cycle that have been considered with such frequency. Given that, in the case of the Syr…
We carefully listened to the briefing delivered by Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari. However, we note with regret that, as in the past, the United Nations representative did not give a full picture of the situation. The risks in the region today are too high for us focus solely on one-sided…
