The Security Council has just adopted a resolution on the latest developments regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Guided by its fundamental principles, the Russian Federation supported the resolution.
Russia expresses serious concern about the most recent spiral of violence in the confronta…
We thank the Secretary-General for his report on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) (S/2004/348), and we thank the Head of the Mission, Mr. Harri Holkeri, for his comprehensive briefing on the situation in the province. We welcome the participation …
We are grateful to you, Sir, for expressing solidarity with Russia on behalf of the Security Council in connection with the terrorist attack on my country. I shall convey your words of sympathy to the Russian Federation and all the victims of the tragedy.
Our Organization was established immediatel…
I too am glad to welcome Mr. Passy to this Council meeting. In Russia we value highly the close cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). From the Council agenda alone, we could refer to Tajikistan; Abkhazia, Georgia; Macedonia; and Bo…
We are pleased to see you, Sir, chairing the Council in April and are grateful to your predecessor, Ambassador De la Sablière of France, for his successful guidance of our work last month. My delegation joins in the statements of gratitude made by other delegations to Under-Secretary-General Jean- M…
We welcome our guests to today’s meeting of the Security Council.
The ongoing discussion has shown that West Africa has accumulated a tremendous negative potential for subregional and cross-border problems, with a consequent threat to peace and security, the integrity of States and the well-being a…
We welcome the presence of the Secretary- General at this meeting of the Security Council and the participation of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Jamaica and the Bahamas.
Moscow shares the international community’s deep concern about the wave of violence and human rights abuses that has engul…
We would like to welcome our distinguished guest, Mr. José Ramos-Horta, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste. We are grateful to Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for having introduced the special report of the Secretary- General on Timor-Leste and for the detailed information …
At the very beginning of the transitional
period in Burundi, a law was adopted providing temporary immunity for political crimes. I would like to ask the representative of Burundi for what kind of crimes immunity is granted. Is it the intention to return to a consideration of these crimes at a late…
Central Africa remains one of the crisis-
ridden subregions of the African continent and requires the ongoing attention of the Security Council. We have studied in detail the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Security Council mission to Central Afri…
West Africa is one of the most unstable regions in the world; hence, the heightened attention given to its problems by the Security Council. The Council’s mission to the region in June 2003 sent a serious message to the parties to conflicts on the need to comply with their obligations to cease hosti…
We are happy to welcome you to the Security Council chamber, Madam President. We are grateful to Mr. Olara Otunnu for his briefing, his introduction to the report of the Secretary-General (S/2003/1053) and for the work he does to protect children in conflict. We are grateful to Ms. Carol Bellamy, th…
We are grateful to the Secretary-General for submitting his report on small arms (S/2003/1217). We have carefully studied that document and the conclusions and recommendations contained in it. They confirm that the United Nations is playing a leading role in taking a comprehensive approach to the re…
We are pleased to see you, Sir, presiding over the Security Council. We welcome the new non- permanent members of the Council, and express our appreciation for the cooperation of those Council members whose terms of office recently expired.
Last year, the sanctions Committee established pursuant to…
The Russian delegation takes note of the progress made in the Bougainville settlement and supports efforts to implement the Bougainville peace agreement. We welcome the commitment to a political settlement by the Government of Papua New Guinea and the Bougainville communities.
We are pleased to not…
My delegation would also like to associate itself with the expressions of condolence to the United Kingdom and Turkey, following the terrorist acts that took place in Istanbul and with the condemnations of those acts.
We welcome the presence in the Chamber of eminent personalities and representativ…
My delegation is grateful to Under- Secretary-General Guéhenno and to the Director of the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, Mr. Dahinden, for their briefings.
The Russian Federation attaches great importance to the whole range of problems related to mine action. We support Unit…
the Russian Federation extends its greetings to the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. ElBaradei, and thanks him for introducing the annual report of the Agency.
Russia is an active member of the IAEA. We are satisfied with the Agency’s work and recognize the gro…
We are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Kamalesh Sharma, for
the detailed information he has given us on developments in Timor-Leste, and we welcome the stabilization of the situation in that country.
We welcome the successes achieved by the authorities of the n…
As I recall, the elections in Guinea-Bissau were scheduled for 14 October and some money was allocated by the donors to prepare for these elections. I am interested in knowing whether you have some information, whether this money actually reached its destination and has it begun to be spent? Has the…
