Let me join previous speakers in extending our congratulations to Ambassador Csaba Kőrösi on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session. I would also like to take this opportunity to pay a fitting tribute to his predecessor, Mr. Abdulla Shahid, for his effective…
First of all, I would like to thank the Russian delegation, which is presiding this month over the Security Council and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), for convening today’s timely meeting.
In recent years, the rapidly changing situation in the world has been accompanied by an increase…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate France on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. We welcome the convening today of an open debate on such an important topic as combating the financing of terrorism.
Terrorism and its financing, as well as illicit drug trafficking and o…