I am pleased to see you, Mr. Minister, presiding over the Security Council. I welcome the presence of the President-elect of Haiti, Mr. Préval. I congratulate him on his electoral victory and wish him every success in his efforts to improve the lives of all Haitians. We also welcome other participan…
At the outset, I wish to welcome President
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first woman in Liberia to assume such a senior post following free and democratic elections.
The Government of National Unity has achieved truly significant success in strengthening the country’s unity and overcoming the consequ…
The Russian Federation voted in favour of draft resolution A/60/L.48. We believe that the draft resolution, although far from perfect, is the outcome of an extremely difficult search for compromise, which is necessary to ensure that we establish the basis for qualitative improvement in the Organizat…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), namely, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation and Tajikistan.
We express our appreciation to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Tom Koenigs for th…
The Russian Federation attaches great significance to upholding high moral and ethical standards of conduct for all categories of United Nations peacekeeping personnel. This matter deserves ongoing attention by the Organization and its Member States. Today, when peacekeeping activities are increasin…
Mr. President, may I first of all extend my thanks to the Secretariat for the report that has been introduced to us by Mr. Mark Malloch Brown.
The Russian Federation attaches great importance to reform of the procurement system in the United Nations, fully in accordance with the resolutions adopted…
My delegation welcomes the participation in today’s meeting of Mr. Tadic, President of the Republic of Serbia, and of Mr. Jessen-Petersen, Head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, as well as the delegation accompanying him. We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his report (S/2006/45) on …
I wish first of all to welcome you, Madam Minister, and to thank you for presiding over the Security Council at this meeting. I wish also to welcome Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Council members and States of the Great Lakes region who have come to New York to consider the question of strengtheni…
The Russian Federation supports the activities of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as the lead international agency providing international protection to refugees.
We believe that this meeting of the Security Council, initiated by the Tanzanian presidency, is extremel…
We are pleased to welcome here the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belgium, Mr. De Gucht, and we should like to thank him for his briefing.
On the whole, we agree with the approach taken by the Belgian chairman…
On behalf of the Russian Federation, which this year chaired the Kimberley Process, and also on behalf of a number of other sponsors, it is my honour to introduce draft resolution A/60/L.42, entitled “The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict: breaking the link between the illicit transaction of rou…
Right up until the time of today’s vote, the members of the Council continued to work on the draft resolution containing the response of the Security Council to the latest report of the Mehlis Commission. We had very much hoped that Council members would be able to overcome their differences of opin…
We are pleased to welcome you, Sir, as President of the Security Council. Your presence in this Chamber, as well as the participation in today’s meeting of the Secretary-General and leaders and representatives of a number of leading regional organizations, convincingly demonstrates the importance of…
The Secretary-General correctly notes in his report on the work of the Organization that the United
Nations, despite its imperfections, embodies the hope of the mankind for a peaceful and just world order. The United Nations, the most representative intergovernmental body with a universal mandate, …
I should like at the outset to welcome the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, and the Chairman of the Independent Inquiry Committee, Mr. Volcker. We thank Mr. Volcker for the report and commend him and the other members of the Independent Committee for their work. We have received the report, which …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the States members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO): Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation and Tajikistan.
We would like to express our gratitude to Mr. Jean Arnault, Special Representative of the Secretary-Gene…
We are pleased to welcome you to the President’s chair, Mr. Minister.
The theme of today’s discussion is relevant in the context of the activities of the Security Council. Experience has shown us that the attainment of lasting peace and the resolution of regional conflicts are possible only on the …
The Russian Federation is prepared to support any reasonable option for Security Council expansion if it is based on the broadest possible agreement within the United Nations. We believe that such an agreement would entail support for a decision more substantial than simply the legally required two-…
At the outset, I should like to join other delegations in expressing my wishes for a successful presidency to you, Sir, and to all of your colleagues from the Greek Mission. We would like also to pay tribute to the Ambassador of France, Mr. de La Sablière, for his successful presidency in June. We a…
I, too, should like to welcome the Executive Director of the World Food Programme and to thank him for today’s briefing.
We fully agree with the idea set out by President Obasanjo of Nigeria and used by Mr. Morris when he began his briefing today, that (spoke in English) “A hungry person is an angr…
