The Russian delegation supported the adoption of resolution 2536 (2020), extending the sanctions regime imposed on the Central African Republic. We were guided by the importance of pursuing coordinated international efforts to promote a peaceful settlement of the armed conflict in that country.
We …
Like other Security Council members, we also wish to thank the Secretariat and all those involved in organizing this meeting. We thank Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, for his presentation of the Secretary- General’s report on the Mission (S/2020/…
The Russian Federation voted in favour of resolution 2535 (2020), submitted by the Dominican Republic and France, on youth, peace and security.
The negotiations on the resolution were far from easy and showed that there were conceptual differences among delegations on the role and objectives of the…
I find it difficult to switch to Russian. I got used to speaking another language and it will be a difficult adaptation to return to the normal procedures. We are indeed very glad that we finally made it to the Council. We are just starting, and I think that it will become more and more regular, eve…
I too would like to express our sincere wishes for the success and future professional achievements of Ambassador Pierce. She has done a great deal personally and as a diplomat to ensure the productive work of the Security Council. We will certainly miss her.
We also wish to thank Special Envoy Gr…
First of all, allow me to express my gratitude to the Chinese delegation for the initiative to convene a Security Council debate on the urgent issue of countering terrorism and extremism in Africa. We would like to thank today’s briefers, Ms. DiCarlo, Ms. Fatima Mohammed and Mr. Abdoulaye Dieye, for…
The Russian Federation voted in favour of resolution 2513 (2020), on Afghanistan. The resolution opens up a window of opportunity for the achievement of national reconciliation in that country.
We stand in solidarity with the people of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in their aspiration to end …
We wish to note the briefing by Mr. David Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary- General, and assure him of our full support in his work and the United Nations peacekeeping operation in South Sudan that he leads. We also thank Ms. Betty Sunday for her briefing. We are also grateful to the…
We congratulate you, Mr. President, and our Chinese colleagues on assuming the duties of the presidency of the Security Council. You can always rely on the support of our delegation. We thank Belgium for its presidency of the Council in February. It was a short month, but a very busy and intensive o…
Today we will adopt a draft resolution on the role of diamonds in fuelling conflict (A/74/L.39). The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, which was adopted in Interlaken in 2002, had only 37 participants. Since then, the goal of the Kimberley Process has been to eliminate from international trade…
We thank the Secretary-General for his remarks and Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing.
The situation in the Idlib de-escalation zone has deteriorated and remains very tense. We continue our contacts with our Turkish colleagues, at both the inter-ministerial and the highest le…
The Russian Federation voted in favour of resolution 2512 (2020), which extends the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS).
We expect, in line with that document, the restructuring and withdrawal of the mission by 31 December to be carried out grad…
We are happy to see you preside over the Security Council, Mr. President, and we are grateful to Ms. Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF, and Ms. Mueller, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, for their briefings. Ms. Mueller has done a great deal in her position, especially with rega…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for your informative briefing on the work of the Committee over the past four months.
The Russian Federation fully supports Mogadishu’s efforts to achieve domestic political and socioeconomic stability and to counter the main security threat …
We thank Ms. Nakamitsu and Ambassador Zlauvinen for their briefings.
The Charter of the United Nations begins with the words “We, the peoples of the United Nations, determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war”. Just one and a half weeks after its signing came the first — and, …
The Russian Federation was not in a position to support resolution 2511 (2020), penned by the United Kingdom, which renews the sanctions regime and the mandate of the Panel of Experts on Yemen, because not all of our concerns were taken into account. During the consultations, we clearly and explicit…
We are grateful to Mr. James Swan, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and Mr. Francisco Madeira, Head of the African Union Mission in Somalia, for their comprehensive briefings. We would also like to thank Mr. Dan Smith, Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute,…
At the outset, I should like to say that the imposition today on the General Assembly of discussion of agenda item 63 bears no relation to reality, even virtual reality. Indeed, it is surreal.
There are no temporarily occupied territories in Ukraine. If the Ukrainian delegation means Crimea, then t…
We thank Ms. Helen La Lime, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, for her briefing on the situation in the country and the work of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH). We agree with the assessment of the situation in Haiti contained in the first report on the w…
We are grateful to Special Envoy Geir Pedersen for his briefing. We also listened carefully to the briefing of Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock. The actions of the Security Council’s penholders, who asked to invite Mark Lowcock at the last minute, surprised us, but for us the motivations are cle…
