We would like to thank Mr. Lowcock for his briefing on the humanitarian situation in Syria.
We would first like to comment on the Council’s adoption just now of resolution 2449 (2018), extending the mandate for the cross-border delivery of humanitarian assistance into Syria. Our position on that no…
The Russian Federation was unable to support resolution 2448 (2018), proposed by our French colleagues to extend the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic. We abstained not because we do not support the Mission or disagree wit…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo for her briefing on the latest report of the Secretary-General (S/2018/1089) on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2231 (2015), which endorsed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), on Iran’s nuclear programme. We also no…
You, Sir, referred to rule 88 of the General Assembly’s rules of procedure, which states that after the President has announced the beginning of voting, no representative shall interrupt the voting except on a point of order. As I understand it, you had not announced the beginning of the voting, and…
I just briefly want to ascertain the point of order on which the delegations of Afghanistan and Germany have just spoken. The Russian delegation made a statement explaining our vote before the voting and requesting a decision on that vote. There was no violation of the order of the meeting, which is…
The Russian Federation attaches particular importance to the situation in Afghanistan and to the adoption by the General Assembly of draft resolution A/73/L.44, whose text must be based on a thorough analysis, take into account the current realities and reflect collective approaches by the internati…
We thank Mr. Marcel Amon-Tanoh, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, and
welcome his participation in this debate as President of the Security Council. We would also like to thank him for choosing the theme for today’s open debate, namely, “Cooperation between the United N…
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Serbia, and we share the serious concerns he has expressed about the situation in Kosovo. We once again listened attentively to Ms. Vlora Çitaku. We th…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate both
the leadership and the people of Eritrea on the lifting of the Security Council’s sanctions. We have long said that the international restrictions against Eritrea were irrelevant. Over all these years no convincing evidence has been produced for Asma…
We would like to thank you, Mr. President, and the Chinese presidency for organizing today’s
discussion on issues related to strengthening the principles of multilateralism. The proposed theme is highly relevant, as it enables us to critically take stock of the state of international relations and …
Regrettably, we have concluded that the quality of the reports of the High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina gets worse every time. It is clear that Mr. Inzko is trying to tailor his assessments of what is going on in the country according to his …
The Russian Federation will vote in favour of the draft resolution (S/2018/989) extending the mandate of the European Union-led Operation Althea for peacebuilding in Bosnia and Herzegovina. That is because the sponsors took into account our principled considerations, if only at the very last moment.…
We were unable to support resolution 2441 (2018), drafted by the United Kingdom. No account was taken of our principled and duly justified comments. The authors incorporated into the resolution a provision specifying sexual and gender-based violence as a separate criterion for sanctions, although su…
We thank Mrs. Nakamitsu for her briefing.
For a long time now, some Western States have made Syria’s so-called chemical dossier, which the Security Council considers every month, into a tool for putting pressure on the authorities in Damascus — a tool that destroys the foundations of international …
We thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/73/85) on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America on Cuba. The Russian Federation has consistently adhered to a principled position on the annual General Assembly resolution on thi…
The Russian Federation welcomes and supports the initiative of the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara, Mr. Horst Köhler, to convene negotiations in Geneva in December between the parties to the Western Sahara settlement, with the participation of neighbouring countries. We ur…
Russia insisted that today’s meeting be held as an open briefing, because we want everybody to hear the truth. On 31 August Mr. Alexander Zakharchenko, the leader of the Donetsk People’s Republic, died in a terrorist attack. His signature was on the Minsk agreements and his death has had a negative …
It is no secret to Council members that the idea of discussing the situation regarding the forthcoming elections in eastern Ukraine on 11 November came from six delegations — Sweden, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom, the United States and France. However, it occurred to none of them to in…
I will be just as brief as my British colleague. She asked a very specific question about whether or not the recent Russian-Turkish Idlib agreement is in effect. Yes, it is still being implemented, as we said in our statement. At the same time, I would like to confirm what the representative of the …
We welcome Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura to the Security Council today. We heard a briefing from Mr. De Mistura in this Chamber (see S/PV.8373) just 10 days ago. It is hard to recall any other instances of public briefings of the Council by United Nations mediators on every contact with the parti…
