We are not surprised that some delegations have used this event, which has been convened for the unification of international efforts, as a stage to politicize everything and to be destructive. We will not be dragged into a discussion on the substance and reasons of the special military operation in…
We would like to thank the President for convening this meeting on combating HIV/AIDS, which is an important goal under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the area of health care. It is particularly relevant in the context of the continuing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, becaus…
We would like to thank the core group of the Global Health and Foreign Policy Initiative, led by Norway, for introducing the draft traditional thematic resolution (A/76/L.43) and for the consultations held. The Russian delegation welcomes that document and supports its adoption by the General Assemb…
At the outset, we wish to thank the authors of resolution 75/310, on “Vision for Everyone: accelerating action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals” — Bangladesh, Ireland and Antigua and Barbuda — for this beneficial initiative. We also value their leadership in establishing the informal Fri…
I am very pleased to provide a summary on behalf of the Chief External Expert on HIV Infection of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Mr. Alexei Mazus.
The last thematic panel was dedicated to considering the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on the AIDS response a…
The Russian Federation abstained in the voting on resolution 75/260. We note with regret that the consultation process on the resolution was not balanced or transparent and it was concluded ahead of time. I would therefore like to say to the representative of Portugal that it is for that reason that…
We are forced to note that draft resolution A/75/L.59 does not take into account most of the proposals made by our delegation, despite the fact that a number of States supported them during the negotiations. We are therefore forced to ask that the draft resolution be put to a vote.
We would like to propose another draft amendment to paragraph 8 of draft resolution A/75/L.59. We would like to request that, for the wording “key populations”, we include the following footnote:
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“Each country should define the specific populations that are key to its HIV/AIDS r…
Since draft amendment A/75/L.60
has already been adopted, we propose the following draft oral amendment to draft resolution A/75/L.59.
We propose that after paragraph 11, a new paragraph be inserted to read:
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“Decides that the arrangements outlined in paragraph 11 above shall n…
My delegation does not agree with amendment A/75/L.60. It does not correspond to established practice in the General Assembly and does not take into account the differing positions among Member States. We hereby request that it be put to the vote.
The Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are proposing draft amendment A/75/L.61 to operative paragraph 8 of draft resolution A/75/L.59, with the following content:
“In operative paragraph 8, delete ‘inc…
First and foremost, I would like to thank you, Madam President, for presenting the outcome document of the recent High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation for adoption as resolution 73/291, and to join you in thanking the Argentine Republic for its holding of the Conference in…
