We thank Special Envoy Huang Xia for his briefing and welcome the representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Rwanda and Burundi to this meeting.
There is no question that the dire situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is having a major impact on the s…
I would like to start by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Valentine Rugwabiza, for her briefing. We also welcome the participation in today’s meeting of Ms. Sylvie Valérie Baipo Temon, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic, and the Permanent Re…
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, for his briefing on the work of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and the situation in the country. We welcome the participation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs…
I just wanted to note that, at the very beginning of her statement, the representative of France said that we needed to collect data and numbers and find out more about the illicit exploitation of resources by illegal armed and terrorist groups and how to combat it. We fully support that, and it is …
Let me respond to the remarks of the
representative of the United States and make the following points.
Unlike the United States, Russia does border on North Korea and is very much concerned over the dangerous developments around the Korean peninsula. That means that we have no choice but to consi…
We would like to thank Mr. Khaled Khiari for his briefing.
Russia objects to any military activity that threatens the security of the Korean peninsula and the countries in North-East Asia. We note with regret that in recent months the situation on the Korean peninsula has shown a tendency to worsen…
We thank Special Representative Keita for her briefing and listened carefully to Mr. Mudinga’s remarks. We would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Gabon for presenting the report on the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning …
I feel compelled to respond to the statement made by our United States colleague and his claims that Russia has done nothing to benefit Afghanistan. In that regard, just as at the last meeting of the Security Council on Afghanistan (see S/PV.9118), it is important to recall the state in which the Un…
We thank Ms. Ghada Waly, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), for her briefing on the narcotics situation in Afghanistan. We also listened carefully to Mr. Markus Potzel, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Acting Head of the Unit…
We thank Special Representative Haysom for his briefing on developments in the situation in South Sudan. We welcome the participation of Mr. Akuei Bona Malwal, the Permanent Representative of South Sudan, in today’s meeting. We also listened carefully to the remarks by the South Sudanese civil-socie…
We are grateful to Mr. Volker Perthes, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his information on developments in the Sudan. We have taken note of the report of Mr. Harold Agyeman, Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations and Chair of the Security Council Committee es…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, and the Brazilian delegation on your assumption of the Security Council presidency. I am confident that your presidency will be productive and successful. I would also like to thank the Albanian delegation for its presidency last month.
We thank…
The Russian Federation abstained in the voting on the resolution prepared by France for the extension of the sanctions regime imposed on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (resolution 2641 (2022)).
We believe that Security Council sanctions should reflect the situation on the ground, facilitate t…
We wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Bintou Keita, for her briefing on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We were moved by the heart-rending statement of Ms. Julienne Lusenge.
We welcome the participation of the Democratic Republic of the Con…
The Russian Federation abstained in the voting on resolution 2640 (2022), submitted by France, on the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), which plays an important role in the stabilization of the country.
We sought to con…
At the outset, we would like to thank the briefers, Ms. Karin Landgren and Ms. Loraine Sievers, for their thorough briefings. We also thank Mr. Ferit Hoxha for his leadership of the work of the Security Council Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions and for having org…
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Valentine Rugwabiza, for briefing the Security Council and congratulate her again on her appointment to that post. We listened closely to Ms. Lina Ekomo and also welcome the representative of the Central African Republic to this meeti…
We took note of the report of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan covering the past 90 days, which was presented by Mr. Harold Agyeman, Permanent Representative of Ghana. We welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of the Sudan in this m…
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Nicholas Haysom for his briefing. We listened carefully to the briefing by Ms. Ghada Mudawi, Acting Director of the Operations and Advocacy Division of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and South Sudanese …
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General El Ghassim Wane for his briefing on the work of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and recent developments in the country.
We welcome Ms. Sadya Touré and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and…
