Recent years have witnessed a steady uptick in confrontation and politicization in the work of the Human Rights Council, which impedes the thorough and constructive discussion of human rights issues. We are alarmed at the ongoing practice on the part of a number of States, or groups of the States, t…
I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your presidency for this month and assure you that you will always have the Russian Federation’s full support and assistance. I would also like to congratulate Bolivia on its successful conclusion of the presidency of the Council for the month of O…
We thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/73/85) on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America on Cuba. The Russian Federation has consistently adhered to a principled position on the annual General Assembly resolution on thi…
The Russian Federation welcomes and supports the initiative of the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara, Mr. Horst Köhler, to convene negotiations in Geneva in December between the parties to the Western Sahara settlement, with the participation of neighbouring countries. We ur…
Russia insisted that today’s meeting be held as an open briefing, because we want everybody to hear the truth. On 31 August Mr. Alexander Zakharchenko, the leader of the Donetsk People’s Republic, died in a terrorist attack. His signature was on the Minsk agreements and his death has had a negative …
It is no secret to Council members that the idea of discussing the situation regarding the forthcoming elections in eastern Ukraine on 11 November came from six delegations — Sweden, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom, the United States and France. However, it occurred to none of them to in…
The Russian delegation is committed to the rule of law at the international level and to combating impunity. We are adapting our national criminal legal system in response to current threats and challenges, as well as making active use of the applicable mechanisms for international cooperation on th…
First of all, of course, we want to express our sincere condolences to the Governments and the peoples of the United States and Indonesia in the wake of their recent tragedies.
We thank Mr. Lowcock for his comprehensive briefing. We very much appreciate the work of United Nations humanitarian agenc…
I will be just as brief as my British colleague. She asked a very specific question about whether or not the recent Russian-Turkish Idlib agreement is in effect. Yes, it is still being implemented, as we said in our statement. At the same time, I would like to confirm what the representative of the …
We welcome Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura to the Security Council today. We heard a briefing from Mr. De Mistura in this Chamber (see S/PV.8373) just 10 days ago. It is hard to recall any other instances of public briefings of the Council by United Nations mediators on every contact with the parti…
The Russian Federation supports the Assembly’s adoption today of draft resolution A/73/L.6, entitled “Fiftieth anniversary of the first United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space: space as a driver of sustainable development”.
The preparatory process for the confe…
We feel obliged to comment on the statement by the representative of Ukraine. Once again, apparently, her delegation did not hesitate to use an agenda item, the report of the International Court of Justice (A/73/4), not to evaluate the work of the Court during the reporting period but as propaganda …
We would like to thank you for organizing today’s meeting, Mr. President, as well as the Secretary- General and the Executive Director of UN-Women, for their participation in our discussion. Our thanks also go to to Ms. Randa Siniora Atallah for her participation.
The Secretary-General’s report (S/…
Today, before our very eyes, the Security Council forfeited consensus on yet another extremely important topic in the work of our Organization, resulting from an unconstructive, irresponsible tactic by a number of States designed to force us to hold a meeting to discuss the report of the independent…
We wanted to explain our position regarding the proposal of some Council members to hear a briefing to the Security Council on the report of the Chairperson of the independent international fact- finding mission on Myanmar (A/HRC/39/64). We believe that this decision would be a mistake and would cre…
We thank Mr. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Bédializoun Moussa Nébié, Special Representative of the African Union to the Central African Republic, Mr. Koen Vervaeke, Managing Director for Africa of the European External Action Service, and Ambassador Léo…
We thank the United Kingdom delegation for initiating today’s meeting. The situation in Yemen merits the Security Council’s close attention. Mr. Lowcock has given us a depressing briefing on the situation in Yemen, where the world’s worst humanitarian crisis is unfolding.
This is a structural crisi…
We thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing.
Russia welcomed the successful holding of presidential elections in Mali in July and August. We are pleased that the voting took place without serious violations or incidents, according to African and international observers. We are gratefu…
We note with satisfaction that African countries are making consistent progress towards socioeconomic transformation. Progress in areas such as industry, agriculture, health care, education, information and communications technology and innovation is of particular importance. The establishment of a …
We are grateful to Mr. Mladenov and Mr. El- Ad for their informative briefings.
The situation in the Middle East continues to be a complex one requiring a significant collective effort, first and foremost by the United Nations and its Security Council, which is the main guarantor of the internation…
