With the end of the cold war and the emergence of a whole range of conflicts spawned by the new instability, the international community is faced with
Unexploded land-mines, which have been laid in abundance by parties to regional conflicts, continue to take the lives of thousands of people even af…
As this is the first official statement of the Russian Federation in the Security Council this month, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency. We are particularly pleased to see presiding the representative of friendly China, a country with which Russia is develo…
The resolution which has been adopted is the
We should like to draw particular attention, to the Special Commission’s obligation to provide, within a short time, the information needed for the adoption, at the national level, of measures to implement the mechanism. It is also important that the res…
The Russian Federation reiterates its firm position: it strongly rejects the evil that is international terrorism, in all its forms and manifestations. We stress without equivocation that our country, in the struggle against this new and extremely dangerous threat to international peace and security…
First of all, allow me, Sir, to join others in congratulating you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of January and to express the readiness of our delegation to support you in all possible ways in your work.
On behalf of the Russian delegation, I should like to expre…
The Russian Federation has consistently adhered to the fundamental policy of strengthening and
Russia welcomes the decision of the Budapest Summit of the OSCE Council of Ministers, held on 7 and 8 December this year, on further development of relations between the United Nations and the OSCE.
We c…
The Russian Federation attaches great importance to the mobilization of mine-clearance efforts by the international community as well as efforts to overcome the consequences of the mine threat to post-conflict reconstruction and social and economic development.
The Russian Federation is one of the …
The delegation of the Russian Federation, as a co- sponsor of the peace process in the Middle East, has the honour, together with the delegations of Norway and the United States of America, to introduce the draft resolution contained in document A/50/L.24.
Its major objective is to reinforce the su…
The Russian delegation welcomes the signing of the Basic Agreement on the Region of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium. This document makes possible a peaceful political settlement of the problems in this region of Croatia, which is inhabited to a considerable extent by Serbs. Thus, there…
The Russian Federation has consistently based its position on the view that the question of the expansion of the membership of the Security Council should be considered in the context of the general task of adapting the United Nations to contemporary realities.
Having demonstrated the effectiveness…
The Russian delegation wishes to reiterate its full support for United Nations actions directed at rendering practical assistance to a peace settlement in Liberia. The resolution the Security Council has just unanimously adopted on the new mandate and concept of operations for the United Nations Obs…
Allow me first, on behalf of the Russian delegation, to congratulate you, Sir, on your accession to the Presidency of the Council for the month of November and to express our confidence that under your wise guidance the Security Council will carry out its work successfully and effectively. Our deleg…
The Russian Federation notes with satisfaction that after many years of armed conflict and instability Central America is today at the stage of consolidating the peace process, strengthening democratic institutions and economic revival. Despite considerable difficulties, the process of national reco…
First of all, the Russian delegation, like other delegations, expresses its gratitude to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Hans Blix, for the submission of the report of the Agency, which provides a broad and varied picture of the activity of the IAEA.
Durin…
Russia has been closely following the process of a settlement in Haiti. We support the efforts of the legally
Yet it is clearly premature to assert that this trend is irreversible. Obviously, creating stability, particularly long-term stability, is related first and foremost to certain social and e…
The Russian Federation was a co-sponsor of the draft resolution just adopted by the Security Council. This resolution we have adopted, along with the further extension of the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG), contains weighty political provisions. We consider it imp…
The Russian Federation is deeply concerned at the complex situation in Liberia and the constant fighting there, which has not only stalled the peace process in that country and led to a severe deterioration in the already
We find absolutely unacceptable attacks by armed Liberian factions against th…
I wish to join other speakers in conveying high praise to the Chairman of the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council, Ambassador Samuel Insanally, President of the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session, an…
In the view of the Russian Federation the vote just taken on the draft resolution recommended in paragraph 7 of the report of the First Committee (A/48/679), entitled "Israeli nuclear armament", reflects the trend in the General Assembly to move away from, and indeed reject, confrontational decision…
