The Russian Federation, as in previous years, will vote against this year’s draft resolution, A/78/L.74, which has been submitted by the Georgian delegation. We note that the draft resolution was submitted
immediately following the attack by the Saakashvili regime on South Ossetia. The purpose of t…
We thank Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, for his briefing.
Assisting refugees and addressing their problems is particularly relevant in the context of an unprecedented global humanitarian crisis. Last year, a series of endless armed conflicts, internal political d…
We would like to thank Mozambique for convening today’s debate. We also thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; Ms. Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN-Women; Mr. Felipe Paullier Olivera, Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs; and Ms. Si…
We thank the President of the General Assembly for convening today’s meeting on promoting a culture of peace. The Russian Federation firmly believes in the enduring importance of a unifying agenda at a time when the global community is facing emerging challenges and is constantly searching for renew…
It would seem that our discussion today was very useful in helping us to determine exactly what method is unfortunately being used at the United Nations to politicize this important topic and present it through a distorting mirror.
Throughout the discussion, we heard the United States and the Unite…
We thank the member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation for preparing the resolution on “Measures to combat Islamophobia” and, in particular, the delegation of Pakistan for its efforts as facilitator of the negotiation process.
The Russian Federation is a multi-ethnic and multi-faith …
Russia strongly condemns sexual violence in all its forms, as well as any other crimes in armed conflict and post-conflict situations. Such acts must be investigated and the perpetrators brought to justice. In the context of the crisis in Gaza, from the outset, we have unequivocally condemned the ac…
We thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov and the Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED), Ms. Gherman, for their briefings on the activities of their United Nations counter-terrorism bodies. We highly value the efforts of the Office of Counter-Terrorism and the Coun…
The position of the Russian Federation regarding the so-called International Criminal Court (ICC) is well known and remains unchanged. The hollow, semi-annual briefings of the ICC to the Security Council have become an anachronism, given that the Security Council has truly important matters on its a…
We would like to reiterate our position on the country-specific draft resolutions submitted at this meeting. Russia does not support the practice of considering selective and unilateral draft resolutions on human rights situations in individual countries. Such draft resolutions have little to do wit…
In 1945, the member States of the coalition against Hitler, known as the United Nations, won a historic victory over Nazism. The contemporary system of the promotion and protection of human rights was the response of States to Nazi-perpetrated genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. The de…
The Russian Federation regrets that the delegation of Mexico decided to propose an amendment to draft resolution A/78/L.24, entitled “Enhancing action at the national, regional and international levels to address the global public health and security challenges posed by synthetic drugs”. Draft amend…
We thank the delegations of Pakistan and the Philippines for preparing resolution 78/129 on the important issue of promoting interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace.
The Russian Federation, as a multi-ethnic and multiconfessional State, attaches paramount …
Allow me to start by expressing our gratitude to the President and the Chief Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal
Tribunals for their briefing to the Council and by also thanking the delegation of Gabon for chairing the Informal Working Group on International Tribunals.
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The Russian Federation attaches great importance to the question of countering terrorism and holding terrorists accountable for their crimes, which is an integral component of our shared efforts to counter terrorist threats. In that context, we have been carefully monitoring the activities of the Un…
I have taken the floor in order to respond to sev eral delegations that spoke today.
Today the representative of Ukraine spoke once again. She put forward her unjustified accusations against the Russian armed forces, and I would like to express my regret that this resolution, which we have always …
The historic mission and one of the fundamen tal values of sport lies in its unifying and reconciling role. Sport is therefore a way to bring people further to gether and to develop friendship, tolerance and fairness.
The traditional role of the Olympic Games is to unite nations and peoples, redu…
I wish to take this opportunity to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing the traditional briefing of the Chairs of the three Security Council Committees with
competence in the area of counter-terrorism. We would also like to thank the Chairs of the three Committees for the reports presented toda…
Our position on the ineffective and politicized activities of the so-called International Criminal Court and its so-called Prosecutor was set out exhaustively during the Security Council’s previous meeting on this matter (see S/PV.9320). That position has not changed in any way, and is available for…
We thank the President of the International Court of Justice, Joan Donoghue, for her thorough report (A/78/4).
The International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, is supposed to be a bulwark of international law, justice and impartiality. Its distance from the Or…
