We believe that holding this solemn meeting today in the Security Council under your leadership, Mr. President, gives it even further significance. It is highly symbolic that the meeting is taking place under the presidency of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of one of the countries in the region, w…
We join other speakers in thanking the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Somalia, Mr. Yusuf Hassan Ibrahim, for his important statement containing a very thorough and detailed analysis of the situation in his country. In our opinion, that statement was extremely useful. We also thank you, Mr. Presiden…
The tone of today’s discussion has, of course, been set by the most recent report of the Secretary- General on East Timor. We support the basic provisions of the report and its conclusions, including the recommendation to extend the mandate of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East T…
As it is already late, I shall not read out the three pages that experts prepared for me. What is written there is very true, but much of it has already been said today. I shall therefore confine myself to what I really want to say, that is, to extend to you and your delegation, Mr. President, our a…
Despite the significant lessening of tension recently achieved in the West African subregion, the situation there is still far from ideal and continues to be a cause of concern for the Russian Federation.
This is primarily due to the situation of refugees and displaced persons. We consider it a mat…
The Russian Federation is grateful to the Panel of Experts chaired by Ambassador Mahmoud Kassem for the substantive addendum (S/2001/1072) to its report on the illegal exploitation of natural resources and other forms of wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The information in the addendum…
The delegation of the Russian Federation highly commends your work, Madam President, and sincerely congratulates you on the successful manner in which you have discharged your responsibilities as President of the Security Council for this month.
Madam President, you were faced with the very difficu…
I have the honour to speak today on behalf of the troika of observer States to the Lusaka Protocol — Portugal, the Russian Federation and the United States of America.
We are delighted to welcome Foreign Minister João Bernardo de Miranda back to the Security Council, and, through the presidential s…
We join others in addressing warm words to you, Madam President, to Ambassador Richard Ryan, Ambassador Mahbubani, Mr. Ayafor and Mr. Tsui. We also welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Liberia, Mr. Captan, who is participating in today’s meeting.
We are grateful to the Panel of Experts for i…
We would like to join others in welcoming you, Mr. President, as well as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, the Chief Minister of the Second Transitional Government of East Timor, the Vice-President of the World Bank and the representative of the United Nations Development Programm…
We welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, His Excellency Mr. Leonard She Okitundu, and we are grateful to him for the statement he made containing a profound analysis of the situation in his country. I would also like to express gratitude for the Special Re…
We associate ourselves with the words of gratitude addressed to the Prime Minister of Somalia for his important statement. We also listened closely and with interest to the instructive briefing offered by the Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. David Stephen.
The Russian Federation has alw…
The Russian delegation is satisfied with the way in which the Government of the Republic of the Sudan has met the demands of Security Council resolutions 1054 (1996) and 1070 (1996). We also note the official statements in support of the lifting of the anti-Sudan sanctions on the part of the Organiz…
We in Russia are gravely concerned at the sharp political tension, the disruption of economic activity and the deteriorating security situation in the Central African Republic following the attempted coup by opposition forces in late May. We are further concerned at the close relationship between th…
Today’s consideration of the question of East Timor in the Security Council is marked by a singularly important event in the development of that territory, namely, the successful holding of elections to the Constitutional Assembly. As members of the Council are aware, the first general elections in …
We echo the words of gratitude addressed to the Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Hédi Annabi, for his important and very informative briefing. The Russian Federation, on the whole, is pleased at the progress made in the peace settlement of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Howeve…
I, too, would like to express gratitude to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, for his important and interesting briefing. We have also listened attentively to the very substantive statement by the member of the Transitional Cabinet and major political fi…
We associate ourselves with the words of gratitude addressed to the Secretary-General and to his Special Representative for their important statements.
The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo evokes mixed feelings on our part. Unquestionably, it is gratifying that the parties are cont…
Today’s discussion in the General Assembly is devoted to one of the most pressing questions on the agenda of the international community. The prevention of armed conflict has become firmly embedded in the minds of the Member States of the United Nations as part and parcel of the multifaceted efforts…
We wish to thank the Secretary-General for the detailed report he has submitted on the work of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). His assessments and conclusions, supplemented by the report of the Security Council mission on its visit to Kosovo and Belgrade, provide…
