We are also grateful to Ambassador Peter Kolby for the report he has submitted to the Council and for his very skilful leadership of the Security Council mission in its trip to Ethiopia and Eritrea.
The situation in the area of the conflict remains calm. This is a major achievement of the peace pro…
The Russian delegation is grateful to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. Ruud Lubbers, for his detailed briefing and for his replies to questions posed by members of the Council.
There is no need for me to speak of the importance of the work of the Office of the United Nations H…
We too are grateful to the Secretary-General for his report (S/2002/62), which contains important information about recent activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We are grateful also to Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his introduction of the report.
In our vi…
The Russian Federation has consistently supported the comprehensive development and improvement of cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other international organizations, in keeping with Chapter VIII of the Charter. We are convinced that that cooperation should provide a framework…
The Russian Federation considers the strengthening of peace, security and stability in Africa to be a vital component of efforts to establish a balanced and predictable world order through the creation of an integrated and stable system of international security based on the Charter of the United Na…
The rights of the child have become among the most important areas of human rights throughout the United Nations system. We recently marked the tenth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a document that was the first-ever universal bill on the rights of the child and provides le…
First of all, let me express our heartfelt condolences to the delegation and the people of the United States, the victims and the bereaved families of all those who died as a result of the unprecedented act of aggression perpetrated by the forces of international terrorism.
The large-scale terroris…
We are pleased to welcome the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Hans Haekkerup. We hope that his participation in our discussion today — our last such discussion before the Kosovo-wide elections — will help with the successful implementation of resolution 1244 (1999) in all its as…
The Russian Federation has been following with deep concern the acute conflict between the
Palestinian and Israeli peoples that has now lasted for almost a year without let-up. Almost every day the international community has witnessed scenes of horrible terrorist acts, which are then followed by v…
Sir, the Russian delegation welcomes your presidency, in your capacity as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, at today’s important meeting of the Security Council, which was initiated by the delegation of Colombia. We welcome also the Secretary-General, and we are grateful to him for his asses…
We are grateful to Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for his detailed briefing on the situation in the region and the work of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).
We note the efforts made by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Kosovo, Mr. Haekkerup,…
We, too, are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, the head of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH), Mr. Klein, for his comprehensive briefing. We are also grateful to the Secretary-General for his
report. We support his recommendation to extend t…
We consider the presence at today’s Security Council meeting of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. She Okitundu, and of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Mr. Olara Otunnu, to b…
We are grateful to Mr. Annabi for his briefing on the situation in East Timor. We are also grateful for the participation in today’s meeting of Mr. Xanana Gusmão and Mr. José Ramos-Horta, who have given us their appraisals of the situation in East Timor as it moves towards independence.
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We are also grateful to Mr. Guéhenno, Ms. McAskie and Mr. Fall for their comprehensive information on the situation in West Africa.
The Russian Federation is deeply concerned about the difficult situation that has come about in that subregion, and in particular about the explosive situation on Guin…
The Russian Federation has noted with some regret that the situation in the territory of Palestine is gradually deteriorating. The conflict is growing, and every day the cost in human lives increases. The negotiating process has been deadlocked; the parties are unable to resume their contacts, which…
We are glad today to welcome Mr. Petritsch to our meeting. We consider that the report of the High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina contains various assessments that prompt a mixed reaction on our part. On the one hand, in the political and econo…
Our meeting today is devoted to the very important topic of the effective transition from efforts to settle a conflict within the framework of a peacekeeping operation to the stage of peace-building. The timeliness of raising this question is unquestionable, inasmuch as, without a comprehensive appr…
We are also grateful to Mr. Guéhenno for the informative briefing he has given us about the situation in Kosovo and the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK).
Our debate today is taking place at a time when the new Special Representative of the Secretary- General…
The Russian Federation recalls with satisfaction that, in the course of the Millennium Summit, the leaders of Member States confirmed their resolve to intensify efforts to achieve a comprehensive reform of the Security Council. This reflects the special significance that the world community attaches…
