The Russian Federation abstained in the voting on resolution 2616 (2021), on combating illicit arms trafficking.
To put it bluntly, for the entire time the resolution was being discussed, we did not really understand why it was introduced in the first place. The penholders’ concept changed several …
We thank the briefers for the information provided.
With respect to the political situation, we wish to emphasize that we advocate the pursuit of intra-Syrian consultations in Geneva in the framework of the Constitutional Committee. We believe that there is no alternative to the advancement of the …
The time has come to consider the series of Third Committee documents that includes blatant lies, unproven accusations and dubious appeals. We will vote against every country-specific draft resolution that is put to the vote. There will be no support for draft resolutions that are adopted without a …
Allow me to explain the position of the Russian Federation with regard to resolution 76/176, entitled “Strengthening the role of the United Nations in the promotion of democratization and enhancing periodic and genuine elections”.
We welcome the attempt of the text’s author, the United States deleg…
We thank Mr. Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing. We support his work and the activities of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. We listened to
the representative of Viet Nam report on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution …
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General François Louncény Fall for sharing his assessment of the situation in the Central African subregion.
Russia has unfailingly supported the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa, which it considers to be an imp…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary- General Rosemary DiCarlo; Mr. Olof Skoog, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations; and Geraldine Byrne Nason, Permanent Representative of Ireland and Security Council Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015), for t…
We would like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Hans Grundberg, and the Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, for their substantive briefings.
We are closely following developments in the situation in…
We sincerely regret that your presidency, Sir, has been overshadowed by the division that we warned about. But we need to move forward.
I reiterate that, as a responsible member of the United Nations and its Security Council, the Russian Federation, together with India and China, does not share the…
I welcome Mr. Agius and Mr. Brammertz to today’s meeting. We have read their written reports (see S/2021/694) and listened carefully to their briefings. What can we say? Unfortunately, the situation is unsatisfactory. Justice is being administered selectively and human rights standards and humanitar…
As we have said earlier and repeatedly, draft resolution S/2021/990, on climate and security, is unacceptable to Russia. I shall once again explain our position in detail.
The sponsors did not and do not want to listen to our clarifications. They did not want to talk about this issue in substance. …
False accusations were made by Ukraine against my country that are devoid of any common sense. Unfortunately, they form the whole basis of Kyiv’s domestic and foreign policy. We do not want to waste any time on further addressing those lies. Instead, we would note the following.
The number of viola…
Our delegation joined the consensus on the adoption of resolution 76/127, entitled “Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel”.
Our position on the International Criminal Court (ICC) remains the same. We are firmly convinced that the work of that body …
Today’s meeting marks the anniversary of the
entire United Nations humanitarian response system. Exactly 30 years ago we adopted resolution 46/182, which established the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and laid down inviolable principles for humanitarian workers on the gr…
We thank Mr. Volker Perthes, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Sudan, for his briefing on the situation in the Sudan. We welcome the participation of the Charge d’affaires a.i. of the Sudan at this meeting.
We have taken note of the most recent quarterly report (S/2021/1008) o…
In document A/76/L.22, the Russian delegation is seeing the General Assembly putting to a vote a politicized Ukrainian draft resolution. We call upon all reasonable and constructively minded delegations to join us in voting against it.
I will not speak at length because I see no point in doing so. …
We are pleased to see you, Mr. President, presiding over the Security Council.
The Russian Federation wholeheartedly shares the common international concerns about the issues that are at the centre of our debate today. The consequences of climate change, natural disasters and terrorism are
catastr…
As this is the last meeting of the Security Council on the Syrian chemical weapons issue this year, it is time to take stock. Unfortunately, the situation is far from encouraging and the root of the ongoing and newly emerging problems is not actually in Syria. The main source of disappointment is th…
We thank the Secretary-General for his reports on maritime affairs (A/76/311 and A/76/311/Add.1). They are a valuable tool for assessing the current situation and providing guidelines for further work
in that area, while taking into account current and emerging challenges.
We emphasize the fundame…
We are very grateful to Mr. Filippo Grandi for his very informative briefing.
The Russian Federation is making a significant contribution to strengthening the international refugee protection regime and resolving migration problems. We are conducting large-scale humanitarian activities in many coun…
