I would like to reply to the comments by my Russian colleague, and will do so in Russian in order to deliver my statement clearly.
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In the information war that has been launched by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, my country, has been using the only “weapon” available to i…
Ukraine alignes itself with the statement delivered earlier this morning by the observer of the European Union. I would like to make a statement in my national capacity.
Ukraine welcomes this open debate of the Security Council on the issue of children and armed conflict. These are not just trivial…
I would like to make a general observation. Listening to the Russian delegation since last year and here again today, I must repeat what I have been saying since last March. Russia is an arsonist who is trying to play the role of the fire safety inspector. As long as it seek to play such a role, no …
I thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting to discuss the current situation in Ukraine. It is our hope that under your presidency the Ukraine issue will progress further towards a resolution. I thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Mr. Ivan Šimonović and Mr. John Ging for their important and …
I thank you, Mr. President, for your timely initiative in holding today’s debate.
Ukraine aligns itself with the statement to be delivered later by the observer of the European Union. At the same time, I would also like to make a statement in my national capacity.
This year we mark the seventieth …
I am sorry, Mr. President, but what we have heard from our colleague is unacceptable. Our leaders met in Minsk and they made very clear statements. They supported very clear provisions, and we cannot agree with the interpretation of the Minsk agreements that has been heard from the Russian side. I a…
What has been called the unification of Crimea should really be called occupation and annexation following an aggressive attack. We shall discuss that further.
What was said about humanitarian convoys is a challenge to international law, which defines arrangements for supplies of humanitarian assis…
Let me start with our thanks to you personally, Mr. President, and to the members of the Security Council for today’s strong statement on the situation in Debaltseve. I will speak on that issue later.
We are grateful to the members of the Security Council for their continued support of the Minsk pr…
I apologise for taking the floor again. I will try to be very brief.
First of all, I should like my Russian colleague to read very closely the latest reports of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on what is going on in Ukraine. I also wish to reiterate once again that Nadiya Sa…
I thank you, Sir, for giving the floor to Ukraine to contribute to this important and timely debate. Let me also thank all briefers for their important messages.
Ukraine is alarmed by the fact that civilians continue to account for the majority of casualties in conflicts. Many of those civilians ar…
My country has been mentioned once again. Ukraine has always presented facts and figures, confirmed not only by other national competent authorities, but also by many independent observers and missions of international organizations on the ground. Today, we also have a list of questions on the 16 ba…
Thank you for convening today’s urgent meeting, Mr. President. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing, and all those here whose statements supported Ukraine and expressed sympathy with my people.
Unfortunately, since the previous Security Council meeting on Ukra…
I apologise for taking the floor again, but my country has been mentioned several times in the past few minutes. I will make a few comments on the so-called national dialogue on decentralization in Ukraine and the humanitarian situation.
As my colleague said, yesterday morning we sent to all member…
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your effective leadership of the Council for the month of January. Since this is the first time my delegation has taken the floor this year, I would also like to congratulate the new members — Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand…
I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this thematic debate on terrorism and cross-border crime, which comes at such a critical and challenging time.
Ukraine welcomes today’s adoption of resolution 2195 (2014), on the linkages between transnational and organized crime and te…
Today we are meeting, after long rounds of negotiations, to reaffirm the importance of scaling up the humanitarian approach of the United Nations, with a view to ensuring fuller coverage of people’s needs in every sector and in every kind of humanitarian emergency. Together we are striving to make s…
I wish to thank the Secretary-General for the wide-ranging elements of his reports on oceans and the law of the sea (A/69/71 and A/69/71/Add.1). Our appreciation also goes to the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea for its able leadership during the informal consultations on the draft …
I thank you, Sir, for organizing this very important meeting today. Ukraine fully supports the position of the Security Council that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security and that all acts of terrorism are crimin…
I too do not want to continue this dialogue because it is going nowhere. I would just remind our Russian colleague, citing one of the most famous Russian writers, Turgenev:
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“There is one truth for everyone. Everyone has their own truth, but there is only one real truth.”
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I wish to start by thanking all of the briefers for the information they brought back from the ground. I thank Mr. Toyberg-Frandzen and our colleagues the Ambassadors for their political observations. I also thank the Security Council for having responded to my letter of 7 November (S/2014/798) and …
