We listened carefully to what the Permanent Representative of Sweden has just said. To be candid, we are somewhat puzzled by his statement, because the draft resolution that we submitted (S/2018/322) is, in essence, based on the same idea as the draft submitted yesterday by the Swedish delegation. I…
We too are sorry that our draft resolution (S/2018/175) was not adopted today, but at the moment neither it nor the United States draft resolution (S/2018/321) would have had any influence on the investigation of the alleged incident in Douma. Right now, that is not what they are about. There is no …
Before I speak about the draft resolution before us (S/2018/175), I would like to say that I am very happy that my British colleague is familiar with the classic works of Marxism-Leninism, although that is hardly surprising, because Marx, Engels and Lenin were frequent visitors to London — indeed, …
We thank Mr. Said Djinnit, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region of Africa, for his detailed briefing. We have also noted the statement of Mr. Raymond Balé, Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Congo and Chair of the Regional Oversight Mechanism.
We concur wit…
I would like to begin my statement in explanation of vote with words of support for Haiti and our hopes that we will see it sustainably stabilized as soon as possible. I am not going to repeat what I said a week ago on the subject (see S/PV.8220), but will recall only that almost all the speakers on…
Today the delegation of the United States is once again trying to mislead the international
community and is taking yet another step towards confrontation by putting to a vote a draft resolution (S/2018/321) that does not enjoy the unanimous support of the members of the Security Council.
It is no…
Like my Dutch colleague and friend, I too have three points to make.
I would first like to respectfully request of my colleague Mrs. Nikki Haley, Permanent Representative of the United States, that from now on she refrain from labelling any legitimate Governments as “regimes”. Right now I am referr…
If you imagine, Mr. President, that I derive pleasure from the subject of my statement today, or from speaking at great length, you are wrong. Unfortunately, however, the situation is such that I have a lot to say today. And you will have to listen to me.
We thank Mr. De Mistura and Mr. Markram for…
Unfortunately, we heard nothing new from some of our colleagues, who continue unabashedly and unblinkingly to affirm Russia’s guilt and demand that we shed light on the incident. We too would very much like to see the truth emerge, and we hope that the further we go, the more green shoots of truth w…
On 14 March, the Security Council held an open meeting (see S/PV.8203) on a letter from the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Theresa May (S/2018/218, annex). It accused Russia, in monstrous and completely unfounded terms, of using chemical weapons on British territory. The representatives of the Uni…
Since I have not personally had the opportunity to do so yet, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your presidency of the Security Council and to wish you every success with it. We also thank Mr. Markram for his briefing.
In view of the fact that an act of provocation involving the u…
We would like to thank Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for presenting the report of the Secretary- General after the transformation of the Organization’s presence in Haiti into the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti. We consider the asse…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary- General Zerihoun for his briefing. We in the Russian Federation are deeply concerned about the tragic events in the Gaza Strip. We are alarmed about the reports of an increase in the number of victims and casualties resulting from the Israeli army’s efforts…
We are grateful to you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s meeting on collective action to improve United Nations peacekeeping operations. We thank Secretary-General Guterres, Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, and Director Fatimata Touré for their briefings.
W…
We would like to welcome you as you preside over the Council today, Sir. We also welcome Ms. Karen Pierce, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, who is now here with us. We thank Mr. Lowcock for his briefing.
The difficult humanitarian situation continues in a number of areas in Syria. Th…
The Russian Federation supported the adoption of resolution 2409 (2018), which renews the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) for one year. When drafting the resolution, we took into account the overall situation in the c…
We would like to welcome you, Madam President, to today’s meeting of the Security Council. We thank Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, and Mr. David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme, for their briefings assessing the issue of food security in c…
We thank Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed for her informative briefing on the situation in the region of the Lake Chad basin. We also listened to the other briefers’ reports on the subject with interest.
For our part, we want to emphasize that the topic of today’s meeting appears to be “Peac…
I will be very brief. I would just like to inform the Council that we will be circulating something related to an item on our agenda. It is a documentary film on what is currently going on in eastern Ghouta. On the same subject, I would like to conclude my statement by reading two paragraphs from to…
We have taken note of the report by Mr. Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, and we are grateful for his informative briefing and those of the other briefers, which were also helpful.
We are concerned about the rapid deterioration in the humanitarian situation in the Democrati…
