At the outset, we wish to express our satisfaction that the holding of regular open briefings on East Timor is becoming part of the Security Council’s customary practice. We believe that this is fully justified in the light of the situation in the territory and by the attention being paid to this qu…
First of all, Mr. President, we would like to associate ourselves with the words of gratitude to you for having organized our discussion of the report of the Independent Inquiry into the actions of the United Nations during the time of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994.
The Russian delegation has care…
We too would like to associate ourselves with the words of welcome addressed to Ambassador Jean-David Levitte. We know him as one of the most prominent and talented diplomats of France and as a well-known jurist and orientalist. We are convinced that Ambassador Levitte, like his predecessor, Ambassa…
Let me thank the Secretary-General for his interim report to the Security Council on the situation in Tajikistan (S/2000/214), which includes important assessments of developments in that country. We are grateful also to the Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Hédi Annabi, for his thorough briefing and…
We associate ourselves with the high assessment of the activity of your predecessor, Sir, the Permanent Representative of the United States, Mr. Richard Holbrooke, as President of the Security Council, and we express our warm wishes to you for success in your work in the Security Council during the …
We too express our gratitude to the Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Annabi, for his comprehensive briefing.
We note with satisfaction the recent positive trend in the situation in East Timor, which is reflected in Australia’s fifth periodic report on the operations of the International Force, East…
Last year’s events do not inspire us with hope for an early end to the armed conflict in Afghanistan and for the beginning of serious political dialogue among the major warring Afghan parties. There were certain expectations in connection with the activities of the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy …
We agree with the conclusions and observations contained in the Secretary-General's first progress report prepared since the establishment of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone. We are pleased that, during this period, significant progress has been made towards implementing the Lomé Peace Ag…
The Russian Federation traditionally attaches great importance to the range of problems surrounding mine clearance, to the mobilization of efforts of the international community to overcome the negative consequences of the danger of mines — which impede the social and economic restoration of States …
I associate myself with the kind words addressed to you and to your country by the representatives of Sierra Leone and the United Kingdom. I cannot say it any better than Ambassador Eldon did.
The Security Council is preparing to adopt an extremely important draft resolution on Sierra Leone. Its si…
We are grateful to Ambassador Fowler for his informative briefing. We confirm that we very highly value his work as Chairman of the Security Council Committee established by Security Council resolution 864 (1993).
The Russian delegation expresses profound concern at the continuing armed conflict in…
The Russian Federation believes that the problem of the humanitarian crisis in Iraq cannot be resolved as long as the sanctions regime remains in force. Russia firmly supports the lifting of the sanctions in connection with the establishment of a new monitoring mechanism in Iraq, pursuant to the rec…
The tragic course of events in Yugoslavia since 24 March last has shown convincingly that it is precisely the military action against that sovereign country — which is being conducted by the North Atlantic Treaty
For more than a month and a half now, an unprecedented campaign of air strikes by NATO…
We are grateful to Under-Secretary-General Bernard Miyet and to Ambassador Dahlgren for their substantive briefings on the situation in Sierra Leone.
In view of all this Government activity, the unceasing activity of the rebels, who are guilty of many attacks on the civilian population, appears all…
The Russian delegation attaches great importance to the recommendations contained in the Secretary-General’s report on the causes of conflict and the
The Russian delegation took an active part in the work of the Security Council working group, which fine- tuned the relevant recommendations of the S…
The Russian delegation notes the positive and constructive thrust of draft resolution H, contained in document A/53/584, the text of which was submitted to the First Committee by Belarus. We believe that this draft resolution seeks to strengthen European security and the nuclear non-proliferation re…
The problem of humanitarian demining has recently become more pressing. The Russian Federation has traditionally attached particular importance to the whole range of problems related to demining and dealing with the dangerous consequences of mines, which hinder the social and economic reconstruction…
My delegation is grateful to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, for his introduction of the annual report of the Agency, which provides a very detailed description of IAEA activities.
The Russian Federation has consistently supported the ef…
