The Russian Federation attaches priority to the General Assembly’s examination of the marine issue, in view of the importance and relevance of this issue for the entire international community. We would like to extend our gratitude to the Secretary-General for the documents he has prepared, which un…
Let me begin by thanking the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Guillaume, for presenting the report of the body over which he presides.
The Russian Federation is convinced that the International Court has a leading part to play in defending the norms and principles of internati…
With regard to the General Assembly’s consideration of agenda item 166, regarding the election of judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the delegation of the Russian Federation finds it necessary to make the following statement.
The International Tribunal for the …
The Russian Federation attaches great significance to the examination by the General Assembly of the activities of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since …
The Conference of Presiding Officers of National Parliaments, which took place on the eve of the Millennium Summit, was a convincing demonstration of the powerful potential of parliamentary diplomacy. As the President of the Russian State Duma and member of the preparatory committee for that Confere…
The Russian Federation welcomes the adoption of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and considers it an important contribution to the strengthening of the international legal foundation for the struggle against terrorism.
We should like once again to infor…
