We are deeply disappointed by the fact that the Security Council today failed to adopt such a highly demanded draft resolution (S/2026/159), which focused on the need to de-escalate in the Middle East and to return to looking for negotiated solutions.
We would like to express our appreciation to th…
We have already pointed out today the non-constructive nature of the resolution that has just been adopted (resolution 2817 (2026)), which condemned Iran’s strikes targeting the territories of the countries in the region. The resolution is one-sided, and the additional explanations provided by the r…
The Russian Federation abstained in the voting on the resolution submitted by Bahrain (resolution 2817 (2026)) because it is extremely unbalanced and does not serve the purpose of maintaining international peace and security.
We would like to make it clear from the outset that we do understand and …
First of all, we would like to thank the United Kingdom for its presidency in February and wish the American presidency every success in March. Madam First Lady, we welcome your personal participation in today’s meeting. We appreciate the convening of this event on the important topic of children, t…
We thank the Secretary- General for his briefing.
First of all, we would like to express our strong objection to the fact that today’s meeting is being held under the agenda item “The situation in the Middle East”. We wish to recall that Russia and China requested that it be held under the item “Th…
Formally speaking, I am a Ukrainian. I have a strange last name, which, as Slavs know, is quite rare even in Ukraine. It comes from Zaporizhzhia Cossacks. My father is a true Ukrainian, just as my mother, who is descended from the Cossacks. They are Ukrainians to a greater extent than Ms. Betsa and …
We thank Under-Secretary General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing on the situation in the Middle East. We listened attentively to the assessments shared by civil society representatives. We welcome the participation in today's briefing of a number of delegations at the ministerial level. We congrat…
We are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, Hanna Tetteh, and Ahmed Albibas, for their briefings. We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Permanent Representative of Libya to the United Nations, Mr. Ta…
We thank Mr. Hans Grundberg and Ms. Lisa Doughten for their briefings.
The situation in Yemen remains tense. The consequences of the escalation observed in the southern provinces in December have not yet been resolved. This state of affairs has adversely affected the security situation and is compl…
We congratulate the United Kingdom on assuming the presidency of the Council in the month of February, and we wish to thank Somalia for its presidency in January.
Let me begin by expressing my sincere condolences to the Government and people of Pakistan in connection with the recent terrorist attac…
We would like to thank Ramiz Alakbarov, Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing on the situation in the region.
The recent developments in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone give us grounds for cautious optimism and offer hope for a definitive transition aw…
We thank the Somalian delegation for organizing an open debate on the very acute and topical issue of reaffirming international rule of law with the view to strengthening international peace and security. We listened closely to the statement made by Secretary-General António Guterres. Unfortunately,…
We thank Miroslav Jenča for his report on the situation in Colombia. We welcome the participation of Vice-Minister for Multilateral Affairs Mauricio Jaramillo and his detailed briefing on the state of affairs, the implementation of the final peace agreement and the Government’s plans for progress in…
We are grateful to Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari and Director of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Crisis Response Division, Edem Wosornu, for their detailed briefings on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic.
We are closely following the rapidly unfolding mili…
We would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, and the Acting Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Mr. John Brandolino. We are grateful for their briefings on the situation in Haiti.
The country is at a pivotal jun…
Since the end of December, the entire world has been watching as the United States continues to escalate tensions and fuel hysteria around Iran, declaring that help is already on the way. Moreover, in its official statements, Washington has not even tried to cover up the genuine reasons for its alle…
We thank Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, and Ramesh Rajasingham, Director of the Humanitarian Sector Division and Representative of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva, for their briefings. We welcome the participation of the representa…
We are under the impression that some of the elected Council members came to the Council pursuing a single priority: to serve as a mouthpiece for lies of the party of wars and accuse Russia of all ills, completely ignoring the causal links that are precisely the reason for the deepest crisis in Euro…
First and foremost, we would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council. Secondly, we wish to welcome the newly elected members of the Council.
The start of the new year came as a shock to all those around the world who had hoped that respect for int…
I will be very brief, replying to what has been just said by the representative of France. I said it in my statement when I spoke, and I would like to repeat it. France failed miserably in its so-called diplomatic efforts to strike a deal on the nuclear issue with Iran, and it knows it.
