Today the Russian delegation voted in favour of resolution 2373 (2017), which extends the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), because of the important stabilizing role that this peacekeeping mission plays in the region. The positive effect of the work of UNIFIL’s peaceke…
The Security Council’s agenda this month was quite full. I would like to thank you personally, Mr. President, as well as your entire delegation, for the effective and skilful way in which you discharged your duties as President. Your presidency was so good that we did not notice the month’s passing.…
We would like to thank Egypt for organizing today’s discussion. We hope it will promote an understanding of the subtleties of Security Council mandates in the areas of peacekeeping and peacebuilding, as well as defining the boundaries between those two important focuses of international support. We …
Once again, we voice our principled position vis-à-vis the inadmissibility of Pyongyang’s nuclear missile programme. It must be expeditiously and promptly put to an end. The ballistic missile launches of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea constitute a major threat to sea and air transit in th…
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of Mr. Léonard She Okitundu, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We would like to thank the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) for his…
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and share his serious concerns about the situation in Kosovo. We thank Mr. Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and his team for their …
I would like to thank Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for his substantial briefing.
Russia supports a speedy and appropriate response by the international community to the challenges and threats facing the African continent generally and the Sahelo-Saha…
We are grateful to Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and Permanent Observer of the African Union, Mr. Téte António, for their useful and detailed briefings. We would also like to commend the Executive Director of UN-Women, Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, and the Special Representative of the Secre…
The Russian Federation supported the adoption of resolution 2371 (2017), on sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. We understand the need to halt Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear programme, which is unacceptable to us. We share the feeling of neighbouring States in the region. T…
We are grateful to the Egyptian delegation for organizing today’s meeting and for the briefing by Mr. Zerihoun, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs.
Sanctions are one of the most important instruments in the Security Council’s toolbox. However, political practice has shown that restri…
I would like to begin, Mr. President, by congratulating you at the outset of the Egyptian
presidency and thanking the Chinese delegation once again for its capable leadership of the Security Council’s work in July. I am also grateful for the words of support taddressed to me and to my colleagues. I…
While this is not my first time in the General Assembly, it is my first in this capacity, and I believe it is symbolic that the first statement I am making after presenting my credentials to the Secretary-General earlier this morning is in the General Assembly, the most representative body of our Or…
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The Russian delegation supports the humanitarian thrust of this resolution, which is a logical continuation of efforts to protect the lives, honour and dignity of the people who are implementing the principles and will of the United Nations in various regions of…
The preparedness of the United Nations system for solving the problem of the year 2000 in computer and other technical systems which are serving the Secretariat of the Organization and Member States is of the utmost importance for the effective functioning of the Organization. We believe that resolu…
