Globalization has made business not only a key player in the global economy, but also an important factor in global policy. The expansion of partnership relations between the United Nations and business, provided for in the Millennium Declaration, is an imperative of our times and should be encourag…
On behalf of Belarus, Ukraine and the Russian Federation, as well as more than 40 other delegations that have become sponsors, it is my honour to introduce to the General Assembly a draft resolution entitled, “Strengthening of international cooperation and coordination of efforts to study, mitigate …
We would also like to thank the Under- Secretary-General, Mr. Guéhenno, and Mr. Piot for their extremely informative briefings.
We attach great importance to the coordination of international efforts, with a central role being played by the United Nations, to deal effectively with the most burning …
The Russian Federation, like the overwhelming majority of Member States of the United Nations, firmly rejects the United States embargo against Cuba and favours its repeal. Our position on this matter has been steady and consistent: at sessions of the General Assembly, the Russian Federation has vot…
In his address to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session, the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, highlighted the moral and political importance of United Nations humanitarian activities for millions of people suffering from hunger, disease, natural disasters and conflicts. It is precisel…
The progressive development of Africa is being stalled by several factors. The destructive impact of illegal armed groups are eroding the very basis of the existence of sovereign States. They continually fuel the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons, mercenary activities, the use of child s…
The Russian delegation will not object to the proposed plan. At the same time, we feel that such an informal agreement should not create a precedent and serve as a basis to confirm this kind of practice. We cannot allow any action, including those of a procedural nature, to be interpreted as casting…
We note with satisfaction the progress in international cooperation in the field of United Nations emergency humanitarian assistance, which has been achieved to a great extent through the strengthening, first and foremost, of such coordinating mechanisms and instruments of humanitarian assistance as…
As it did last year, the Russian Federation has the honour once again this year to introduce to the General Assembly the draft resolution on humanitarian assistance to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has undergone radical changes in the last year. At the same t…
On the whole, the Russian delegation takes a positive view of the Secretary-General’s report, “Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations” (A/55/82). We note a marked improvement in the quality of the report with regard to the amount of information, …
The forthcoming special session of the General Assembly, to be held next year, is called upon not only to assess the outcome of a decade of efforts by the international community to implement the decisions of the World Summit for Children, but primarily to define tasks in this sphere for the future.…
I would like to associate myself with a number of delegations that have conveyed gratitude to the delegation of Ukraine for putting forward this useful initiative, which from the very beginning was supported by many countries, including Russia.
Russia attaches great importance to preventing and com…
For the last six years the results of our discussion in the General Assembly on the item entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba” have been convincing proof of the international community’s increasing oppositio…
The Russian delegation on the whole takes a positive view of the report submitted by the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole of the General Assembly for the Mid-term Review of the Implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the l990s. In our view, this document objecti…
May I first of all express our sincere gratitude to the President and Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt, especially Mrs. Nafis Sadik, whose energetic efforts contributed greatly to the success of the International Conference on Population and Development.
The Cairo Conference marked a breakt…
At the outset, on behalf of the Russian delegation, I wish to join in the expressions of sympathy on the tragedy suffered by the people and the Government of Egypt in the recent flooding.
The Barbados Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States marked an impor…
The Russian Federation takes a sympathetic view of the complex problems now facing the African countries and is prepared to help in their solution, both on a bilateral basis and in the context of broad international efforts. Of special importance in this respect is the implementation of the United N…
