The theme of today’s discussion is a relevant one in the context of the activities of the Security Council in particular, and in that of the Organization in general. Ensuring the rule of law and justice is a crucial tool to promote the prevention and settlement of regional conflicts. In the context …
Russia attaches great importance to the coordination of international efforts with the central role of the United Nations, in order to effectively counter pressing global challenges and threats. The clear motivation given to this process at the Millennium Summit should not be lost. Member States sho…
The Security Council, by unanimously adopting resolution 1441 (2002), took upon itself the serious responsibility of completing the process of Iraq’s disarmament. Today, members have before them the reports of the heads of the United Nations
Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOV…
The Iraq problem has many aspects. On the one hand, we all agree that we must achieve the full and effective disarmament of Iraq, in conformity with Security Council resolution 1441 (2002). On the other hand, it is quite clear that the way in which we resolve this problem will determine not only the…
Our meeting today is in its way a unique occasion in the history of the United Nations. The Security Council is meeting again as an urgent matter at the level of Ministers for Foreign Affairs to seek a solution to a most acute problem: a settlement of the situation concerning Iraq. This fact is furt…
While I am in the United States, I should like first of all, on behalf of the leadership and the people of Russia, to express profound condolences to the Government and the people of the United States of America following the tragic death of the crew of the space shuttle Columbia. We share the grief…
Today, the Security Council is discussing an issue of paramount importance: how to further intensify and increase the effectiveness of cooperation in combating terrorism. This initiative by France is a very timely development, and we welcome it. The new wave of terrorist acts that shook the world la…
Our discussion of today’s problems in Africa is important and timely, all the more so as the problems and threats faced by Africa in the context of globalization are increasingly the problems and threats we all face. That is why our strategic objective is a common one, namely, to break the vicious c…
One year has passed since the tragic events that took place on 11 September 2001 in the United States of America shook the world and demonstrated the magnitude and brutality of the global threat of international terrorism. During the past year the world became fully aware of the challenges that huma…
This session of the General Assembly is taking place in the shadow of an unprecedented challenge to humanity posed by international terrorism. We all must seriously analyse how this could have happened. However, it has already become perfectly clear today that the period of globalization and the thr…
First of all, I should like to associate myself with the words of condolence expressed at this meeting with regard to today’s air disaster.
Our meeting today is profoundly symbolic. The principal body of our Organization, entrusted with primary responsibility for the maintenance of peace and securi…
This session of the General Assembly has begun its work under tragic circumstances. The entire civilized world shares the grief of the American people. We also mourn all of those who have fallen victim to terrorists in different parts of the globe. In today’s interdependent and globalized world, the…
The Millennium Summit has given all of us the priority task of establishing a new and equitable world order — an order which would meet the interests of all and every member of the international community and ensure adequate solutions to the problems with which the twenty-first century is confrontin…
There is no doubt that the twentieth century, which is now coming to a close, will leave a deep imprint on the history of the world. This has been an epoch of global transformation and social change, scientific discoveries and achievements. The realization of the idea of a universal world Organizati…
