The Russian delegation abstained in the voting on resolution 2081 (2012) for the following reasons.
It is obvious to us that there are serious systemic problems in the work of the Tribunal that that body is not dealing with by itself. The interminable trial delays, along with the clear inability of…
We thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for the sixteenth report to the Security Council and for today’s briefing.
The International Criminal Court is meant to make an important contribution to the effort to bring to justice perpetrators of the most serious crimes committed duri…
First of all, we would like to thank the Indian presidency and the delegation of Guatemala for organizing today’s meeting. We are grateful to all who have spoken for their assessments and useful information.
Much has changed in the 12 years since the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000). The major pr…
The Russian Federation highly commends the work of the United Nations in promoting international sport cooperation and contributing to enhancing mutual understanding among peoples and achieving understanding among civilizations. We are witnessing a difficult period in international relations in term…
First of all, Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. We would like to tell you, Sir, that you can count on our full support. We also wish to thank the delegation of Guatemala for its successful leadership in October.
We thank Ms. Bens…
At the outset, we would like to thank the President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the Prosecutor and the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Sierra Leone for their briefings on activities.
Today’s briefings have been of particular importance in summing u…
We thank our German colleagues for organizing today’s meeting, and we are grateful to the guest speakers for their useful briefings and assessments of the state of the protection of children in armed conflict.
It is clear that, despite the measures that have been undertaken at the international and…
We thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Ms. Amos, Mr. Šimonović and Mr. Spoerri for their briefings.
The issue before us today remains extremely relevant in view of the difficult situation that prevails with respect to the protection of civilians in many of the world’s hot spots. Despite the effort…
We would like to thank the Presidents and the Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their reports (see S/2012/354 and S/2012/349) and their briefings. Today’s briefings were of special importa…
We are grateful to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Moreno-Ocampo, for his fifteenth report to the Security Council and for his briefing today. As he is the first ICC Prosecutor and he is preparing to step down, we would like to recognize Mr. Moreno-Ocampo’s work in that…
We would like to thank Mr. Moreno-Ocampo for his briefing and his third report on the situation in Libya pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011).
We support the efforts of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate all those who participated in illegal acts during the events in Libya. There i…
We would like to thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe for presenting the Secretary-General’s report (see S/2012/45) on the outcome of the United Nations assessment mission’s visit to the Gulf of Guinea region. We would also like to thank Mr. Abdel Fatau Musah and Mrs. Florentina Adenike Ukonga for the information …
We wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened today’s meeting. We are grateful also
to Ms. Wallström, Mr. Ladsous and Ms. Megheirbi for the useful information they presented today.
The very nature of violence during armed conflict requires that due attention be paid to all of its manife…
We thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting to discuss this most important issue.
This is the second day that the Council has been seized of the issue of threats to international peace and security emanating from transnational organized crime. Yesterday we spoke of West Africa and…
First of all, like previous speakers, we would like to congratulate you and your team, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November. We wish you success, especially given the very heavy agenda for the month of November. We are prepared to do everything …
We are grateful to the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, the Under-Secretary-General and head of UN-Women, Ms. Bachelet, the President of the Economic and Social Council, Ambassador Kapambwe, and the representative of civil society, Ms. Nemat, for their work on the issue of women, peace and securi…
The Russian Federation firmly condemns the use of force against the peaceful protesters in Libya, which has led to great loss of life among the civilian
population. We are convinced that a solution to the current problems in that country cannot and must not lie in the use of force. A dialogue is ne…
We thank the United States presidency for organizing today’s meeting.
We are grateful to the Secretary-General and Ms. Wallström, Mr. Le Roy and General Gaye for the important information that they have provided.
Unfortunately, in spite of the existence of an entire arsenal of international instru…
We are grateful to Under-Secretaries-General Amos and Le Roy, to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Pillay, and to Mr. Daccord, Director General of the International Committee of the Red Cross, for their briefings.
The Russian Federation favours the peaceful resolution of d…
In the light of the statements that have been made on the outcome of the voting, I would simply like to emphasize that the results once again confirm that a certain group of countries continues to pursue a politicized approach to and double standards on this issue, to the detriment of the practical …
