We thank today’s briefers and, in particular, Mr. Kovalik, because he touched upon one of the topics that is the reason we called this meeting, namely, the consequences for international peace and security of the growing smuggling of arms supplied to Ukraine into various regions of the globe. We als…
The topic of today’s meeting, as established by its Western initiators, was to be the situation of children. Setting aside the tall tales about the fate of Ukrainian children and the insinuations about what Russia is allegedly doing to them, the fact that our Western colleagues are paying attention …
At the outset, allow me to express our condolences to our Chinese friends following the
passing of the former President of China and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Mr. Jiang Zemin. The name of this outstanding statesman is inextricably linked with an important period in China’s r…
We would like to thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths for their briefings on the political and humanitarian situation in Syria.
What we heard today confirms that the overall situation in Syria remains tense. The terrorist threat on …
First of all, we would like to repeat once again our position with regard to the Ukrainian President’s participation in this meeting in a virtual format. We have stressed more than once that we are not against
his participation, but we believe that that participation should be in person, which is r…
At the outset, we should like to thank the Permanent Representative of Qatar, Ms. Alya Ahmed Saif Al-Thani, and the Permanent Representative of Denmark, Mr. Martin Bille Hermann, for steering the negotiations process during the seventy-sixth session. We would also like to congratulate the Permanent …
We are grateful to our Albanian and American colleagues for calling today’s meeting. It is true that they requested it last week without even stating the topic of the meeting. As we now see, they demonstrated remarkable farsightedness. Had this meeting not been scheduled, we would have needed to con…
We welcome your presence, Sir, in the seat of the President of the Security Council and thank Ghana for its commendable leadership on this important issue. We also thank Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, as well as Ms. B…
The Russian Federation attaches great importance to the General Assembly’s consideration of the situation in Afghanistan. We have consistently advocated for the Assembly’s adoption of a genuinely
consensus resolution, whose text would reflect both the current realities and a consolidated approach o…
We welcome the participation of the Cuban Foreign Minister, Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, in our meeting this morning.
My delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Eritrea on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defence of the Charter of the United Nations. I would…
Russia requested this meeting today in connection with the actions by the Ukrainian side on the Black Sea that pose a direct threat to international peace and security.
On Saturday, 29 October, at approximately 4 a.m., under the cover of the humanitarian corridor created for the implementation of t…
We thank Mr. Tor Wennesland for his comprehensive briefing on the situation in the Middle East region in the context of a Middle East settlement.
We just listened to the emotional statement of the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, Mr. Riyad Mansour, which could not…
The propaganda arsenal of our Western colleagues has long contained what they believe to be a hard-hitting argument: “Russia is raising a false alarm”, “spreads disinformation”, “misleads the Security Council members”, “distracts the Council from discussing more important matters”. At the same time,…
We note the briefing of Deputy High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Adedeji Ebo.
Russia requested the convening of this meeting of the Security Council on the basis of article VI of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biol…
We have heard nothing legally significant today in the statements of the countries that have asked the Secretariat to carry out an investigation, just the same sneaky arguments about the Secretariat’s
obligation to respond to the requests of Member States. It was especially touching to hear accusat…
We thank United Nations Legal Counsel De Serpa Soares for his briefing.
Given the desire of our Western colleagues to spin fake stories about drones that Iran is allegedly supplying to Russia, I would like to begin by setting the record straight. We convened this meeting on another issue. There is …
At the outset, I would like to express my bewilderment. We do not entirely understand the value added — other than extending the length of today’s meeting — by including the delegations of Germany, Greece, Poland and Slovakia on the list of speakers. Today’s meeting is not a debate but a briefing, …
We are grateful to Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for her briefing on the situation in the province. We welcome the participation of Mr. Nikola Selaković, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and we listened to the opinions of Ms. Donika Gërvalla-Sch…
We thank Gabon for organizing today’s debate, and we welcome your participation, Mr. Minister, in today’s meeting. We are grateful to Secretary-General António Guterres for his briefing. We welcome the briefing by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr. Faki Mahamat.
United Nations coo…
We welcome you, Mr. Minister, as you preside over the Security Council today. We thank the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Ms. Ghada Fathi Waly; the African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Mr. Bankole Adeoye; and the Regional Director…
