The search for ways and means to put an end to the horrible toll taken by the landmine trap, inflicted primarily on the civilian population in a number of countries, has become especially topical in the last few years. The Russian Federation attaches great importance to the international community's…
The question of the equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council remains the focus of attention of a large number of States. This is not an isolated matter but is rather an aspect of the key task of strengthening the United Nations, which nevertheless has partic…
Russia attaches great importance to strengthening the United Nations system’s capacity to tackle humanitarian crises and other emergencies. For a number of reasons, we were not able to discuss the entire range of problems relating to this coordinating role of the United Nations at last summer’s sess…
While supporting as a whole the draft resolution on the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Russian Federation abstained in the voting on operative paragraph 7. The present wording of this paragraph contradicts the provisions of the report submitted to the Security Council b…
Four months ago, in response to a request from the Albanian Government and to an initiative by Italy, the Security Council authorized the dispatch of a multinational protection force to Albania. The force became the central element of the international community’s response to the crisis in that coun…
The Russian delegation notes with satisfaction that there has been some improvement in the situation in Haiti in terms of security and prospects for establishing conditions for freedom and tolerance. However, the situation remains unstable, which is cause for concern.
We believe that the United Nat…
Everyone knows the phrase, “all’s well that ends well”. It applies to today’s events. Almost four years have passed since work began on the Agenda for Development, during which we had our ups and downs. There were times when the very fate of this document hung by a thread. But today, that is all beh…
Following the consultations that have just been held in this Hall, I should like to report that, with a view to preserving the consensus, the Russian Federation
It is no secret, Mr. President, that my delegation welcomed your text from the very outset. It was our intention to clarify that text further, which was the aim of our suggestion that the word “special” be deleted from paragraph (d). We continue to believe that adoption of this draft decision should…
We have listened carefully to the proposals of the United States of America, and, on the whole, we believe that they represent a move in the right direction. Of course, we cannot anticipate the reaction of all others present to the proposals.
My delegation would like to propose one small amendment …
The delegation of the Russian Federation voted against the amendment in document A/51/L.61 deleting operative paragraph 29 of draft resolution B (resolution 51/138 B) on United Nations public information policies and activities, contained in document A/51/594.
We voted against the amendment with re…
Events in recent months have reinforced our belief in the need for the urgent adoption of coordinated action to re-launch the peace process in Afghanistan. The intra-Afghan conflict has taken on new features which are connected first and foremost with its escalation into an inter-ethnic conflict. It…
Our consideration of the subject before us today is particularly timely because regional factors are becoming increasingly important in the multi-polar world that has emerged since the cold war. The key question today is how best to combine and link global and regional efforts to strengthen internat…
Recently, the international community has paid increasing attention to the range of problems relating to mine clearance that hamper the socio-economic recovery of conflict-affected countries and efforts to address pressing humanitarian problems in this context.
The dismal statistics on landmines ar…
The delegation of the Russian Federation, as a sponsor of the peace process in the Middle East, is honoured, together with the delegations of Norway and the United States of America, to introduce the draft resolution contained in document A/51/L.40.
The main thrust of this draft resolution is to co…
The current stage of the United Nations reform efforts started in an atmosphere of high expectations that, unfortunately, have since been justified to only a small degree, if at all. A growing number of pessimistic voices have been heard in this respect.
Our delegation, however, does not share thos…
Our delegation commented in detail on the issues of strengthening the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations during the discussions at the substantive session of the Economic and Social Council last summer. We fully share and support the provisions of Council resolut…
The Russian Federation attaches great importance to the activities of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, which was established by a decision of the Security Council. The Tribunal was established because the bitter armed conflict in the region had been accompanied by blatant breach…
Today’s discussion confirms, if confirmation were needed, that the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council remains the central issue among all the problems relating to the reorganization of the United
We believe that modest but tangible progres…
