The Russian Federation supported the adoption of resolution 2491 (2019), which extends the mandate of the special inspection regime on the high seas off the coast of Libya. We have always maintained a constructive attitude to this Security Council initiative, which resulted in the creation of specia…
At the outset, I would like to welcome our colleagues and friends from South Africa as they assume the presidency of the Security Council and to wish them every success in their work during the month of October.
We support the choice of topic for today’s meeting. When we speak of the need to ensure…
We are getting ever closer to the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, which was established thanks to victory in the Second World War and our recognition that a collective mechanism for maintaining international peace and security was essential. Unhappily, the events of the Cold War, wh…
Our discussion today, like that which took place on 16 September (see A/73/PV.107) and also in the General Committee, clearly demonstrates that there is no consensus within the General Assembly on the need to discuss this agenda item within the agenda of this session of the General Committee. Furthe…
I have asked for the floor in order to make a statement on item 64 of the draft agenda for the seventy- fourth session of the General Assembly, “The situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine”.
The very title of this item distorts reality and confuses people about the nature of th…
The source of the concept under discussion was the consensus outcome document of the 2005 World Summit (resolution 60/1). However, since then, States have been unable to agree on a common interpretation of the meaning of its provisions.
Moreover, references to the application of the concept with re…
My delegation has taken the floor in order to explain to the members of the General Assembly our position of principle with regard to the proposal of the Ukrainian delegation to once again introduce this politicized item into the agenda of the next General Assembly session.
What the Ukrainian deleg…
On behalf of the States members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), I would like to introduce draft resolution A/73/L.106, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization”. The work on this year’s draft resolution — and such a draft resolution i…
We would like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Geir Pederson, and the Under-Secretary-General, Mr. Mark Lowcock, for their briefings.
Unfortunately, today’s meeting is a textbook example of the how the Syrian issue is often discussed in the Security Council. The humanitarian…
We wish to thank Ms. Jeanine Hennis- Plasschaert for her useful briefing.
The Russian Federation consistently advocates strengthening stability and security in the Republic of Iraq. The principal role in that process must be played by the Government and the people of Iraq. The new Iraqi authorities…
We thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his report on the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories. We welcome you, Mr. President, as Secretary of State of the Chancellery and Chief of the Cabinet of the President.
The Middle East is at th…
I would like to thank you, Sir, for having convened this meeting. We also wish to thank
Mr. Voronkov and Ms. Coninsx for their in-depth analysis of the situation regarding the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Recent reports have focused, quite rightly, on fundamental …
We thank Under-Secretary-General Jean- Pierre Lacroix and African Union Commissioner Smaïl Chergui for their detailed briefings.
Two months ago, we voted in favour of resolution 2479 (2019) on the technical rollover of the mandate for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNA…
We had not intended to go into technical details, but because our American colleagues and their partners brought up specific issues, I am compelled to take the floor once again. I will be brief.
Since the 9M729 missile was mentioned, I would like to give an explanation. Over many years of discussio…
We thank Ms. Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary- General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for her very informative and valuable briefing.
On 2 August, a very sad and important event took place — the United States withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which, in no…
We thank Mr. James Swan, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia, for his comprehensive briefing on developments in the country. We also thank Ms. Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence i…
I, too, wish to thank the Chef de Cabinet of the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, Ms. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, for her briefing on the situation in the Middle East. We listened attentively to the statements delivered by our colleagues. In addition to you, Mr. President, we wish to welco…
I welcome you to New York, Sir. We are pleased to see you once again in the Security Council President’s Chair.
I would also like to thank the Under-Secretary- General for Legal Affairs, Mr. Miguel de Serpa Soares; the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Socie…
We are grateful to Assistant Secretary- General for Africa Bintou Keita for her briefing on the current situation in Libya.
The reason for our meeting today is very sad. We listened with deep regret to the information that we received from Libya pertaining to the terrorist attack in Benghazi, which…
Frankly, I did not want to take the floor once again, but after listening to the two statements made by my United Kingdom colleague, I cannot help thinking that she wants to demonstrate that there is unity within the Council on the issues that she just brought up, whereas her communication with the …
