We thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing on developments in the Syrian Arab Republic. We listened carefully to the briefings made by Dr. Hala, head of Syria Bright Future, and Ms. Amina Khoulani of Families for Freedom.
We were perplexed by the initiative taken by our West…
I would ask you, Madam President, to convey
our gratitude to Minister Czaputowicz for attending our meeting today. I would like to thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s meeting on such an important topic.
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome our new Chinese colleague, Ambas…
The Russian Federation abstained in the voting on resolution 73/332, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Pacific Islands Forum”. We are disappointed that the coordinators of the negotiations during the consultations refused to consider amendments or take into account the justifi…
Do you know what just came to mind, Mr. President? I recall that when I have heard briefings delivered by Mr. Mark Lowcock on the situation in Yemen or in Libya, the tone and submission of information on those issues was very different from what we hear when Mr. Lowcock delivers briefings on Syria. …
We deeply thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ghassan Salamé for his detailed and worrisome briefing about the military and political situation in Libya.
We thank Ambassador Schulz for his update on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) conce…
First of all, we thank Ms. Jamila Afghani for her frank briefing. We would say to her that we know very well that by helping women, we are helping Afghanistan as a whole.
We also thank our brave United Nations women at the very helm of the Organization — Deputy Secretary- General Amina Mohammed and…
The Russian Federation supported the adoption of resolution 2483 (2019), on the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), in unchanged form. We are convinced that the mission plays a key role in strengthening stability, which is a prerequisite for direct …
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, and the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533…
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, for his briefing. We would like once again to assure him that Russia supports his personal efforts, as well as those of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS…
We thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing on the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The Middle East is at the heart of international politics and the region is plagued by a multitude of crises — old and new alike. In recent days, tensions have risen in the P…
We are delighted to see you, Mr. Minister, preside over the Security Council. We are also pleased to see Mr. Carlos Holmes Trujillo García, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Counsellor Archila and the entire Colombian delegation among us today. We thank Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Repre…
The Russian Federation voted in favour of resolution 2482 (2019), prepared by Peruvian delegation, on the links between international terrorism and organized crime. We thank the authors of the document and you personally, Mr. President, for your consistent efforts to improve the Security Council’s t…
We thank Special Envoy Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock and the Executive Director of the World Food Programme, David Beasley, for their comprehensive overview of the military, political and humanitarian situations in the Republic of Yemen.
We support the mediation efforts of …
We are pleased to welcome you, Mr. Minister, as President of the Security Council. We thank Secretary- General António Guterres and Mr. Carlos Trujillo García, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, in his capacity as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, for their briefings. We thank Mr. Bousqu…
We thank the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Ms. Wickramanayake, and the other briefers for their views.
We fully share the opinions that have been presented today about the need to pay due attention to the topic of youth in the United Nations system and to resolve acute problems related to the…
We welcome the presence of the new leadership of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals — President Agius and Prosecutor Brammertz — to the Chamber and thank them for their detailed reports (S/2019/417, annexes I and II).
Given the particular circumstances, such words of gratit…
The 1994 Cairo Programme of Action on population and development set universal benchmarks for international cooperation in that area. That document identified the principles that are today the basis of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. We are convinced that the provisions of the Cairo Pro…
We note with regret that the delegation of Ukraine was once again unable to refrain from using a specific United Nations format to politicize the discussion, based on a distorted picture of the current situation.
In that regard, we are compelled to recall that the humanitarian challenges faced by t…
I should indeed like to comment on the remarks made by certain colleagues in their statements.
I will begin with my friend, Ambassador Heusgen. I do not know who told him what I said, but the way he interpreted my statement makes it clear that it was restated in an inaccurate manner. I can repeat m…
We thank the Peruvian presidency for convening today’s meeting.
I would like to begin by saying that we absolutely agree with the fact that protecting and promoting the language of a titular nation is the responsibility of all States, including Ukraine. We do not object to the Ukrainian language, w…
