Sport and peace are concepts that are not only related but part of one organic whole. An essential
The role of sport as an ambassador for peace is particularly important when it is hallowed by the noble traditions of the Olympic Truce. Today we are all capable of assessing what is urgently needed t…
Last year further progress was made by the international community in strengthening the legal regime established by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. We welcome the continued increase in the number of parties to this Convention and the stepped up
Russia has consistently favoured …
Allow me to open my statement with words of gratitude to you, Sir, for your leadership of our work to reach a consensus on the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace, as well as of the work of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session, which is closing today.
The General As…
The century that is coming to a close will leave behind many memories. One of the most horrible is genocide, the offspring of the Nazi policy of mass annihilation of human beings. The world paid with millions of human lives because the evil that gave rise to genocide was not nipped in the bud. Thank…
Ideas for enhancing cooperation between the United Nations and non-governmental organizations are making headway, including in the context of implementing reforms of our Organization. The Russian Federation takes an active part in all United Nations arrangements related to involvement of non-governm…
The Russian delegation attaches great importance to the consideration by the General Assembly of this agenda item, which allows the international community to discuss the most urgent problems of the world's oceans and the law of the sea.
In this connection, I should like to express our gratitude to…
The Russian Federation consistently advocates the idea of a culture of peace, which includes values, approaches and universal norms of conduct based on respect for peace, tolerance, fundamental rights and human freedoms. The implementation of the concept of a culture of peace is a difficult and mult…
The period that has elapsed since the
A substantive contribution to resolving the questions currently facing the international community was made by the 100th IPU Conference, which took place in Moscow from 6 to 12 September last. More than 700 parliamentarians from 123 countries participated, incl…
The Russian Federation is grateful to the President of the International Tribunal for Rwanda for the report on the work of that body of international criminal justice for 1997-1998.
The Russian Federation attaches great importance to the work of the Rwanda Tribunal. It is our belief that the work o…
In using its prerogative under the Charter of the United Nations to deal with numerous conflicts in various parts of the world, the Security Council cannot fail to react to one of the ugliest aspects of those conflicts: the growing involvement of children in the armed confrontations of competing Sta…
Russia favours the just punishment of all those guilty of crimes committed during the conflict in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. We continue to attach great importance to the work of the International Tribunal, established by a decision of the Security Council.
However, we absolutely canno…
