The current session of the General Assembly is taking place in the context of a growing understanding of the need to further strengthen the United Nations as the central mechanism for the collective resolution of problems in international relations with a view to ensuring global security and stabili…
Just now, the Security Council adopted by consensus a resolution on additional steps to be taken to combat terrorism. We are convinced that these are necessary and timely steps in the right direction, required by the need for joint efforts by the international community to combat the terrorist threa…
We too would like to thank the United Kingdom for the very useful proposal of holding this meeting today. The Secretary-General’s report entitled “The rule of law and transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict societies” (S/2004/616) identifies a number of issues that require thorough consid…
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Russia today discussed the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in
telephone conversations with the Palestinian Authority and with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Israel. He emphasized, in the course of those discussions, that the important thing now is to take urgen…
I would like to join others, Mr. President, in wishing you well during your presidency and I would also like to extend my thanks to the Permanent Representative of Spain.
The Israeli-Palestinian situation is still moving in the wrong direction. On all sides of the conflict there is still deep-seate…
I should like to welcome President Obasanjo to the Security Council. We are pleased at the opportunity to learn first-hand about the assessment of the African Union (AU) with regard to developments in the Sudan, particularly those in Darfur.
Russia has consistently supported the peacekeeping effort…
The Russian Federation has been closely following the complex political and humanitarian situation in the Sudanese province of Darfur. We share the assessment of the Secretary-General and his Special Representative, Jan Pronk, with regard to its complex development.
The Government of the Sudan has …
At the outset, given the theme of today’s meeting, let me thank all those who have responded to the latest terrorist attacks against Russia, particularly the tragedy of unprecedented magnitude in the Russian city of Beslan.
The Security Council adopted, on 1 September, a presidential statement cond…
Yesterday during the Council’s discussion of the draft resolution on the situation in Lebanon proposed by our United States and French colleagues, we said that from our point of view its main purpose was to prevent further escalation of tension in the Middle East. We note that a high level of attent…
I would like first of all to thank you, Mr. President, for your warm words of welcome. I shall do everything in my power to strengthen our cooperation in the interests of international peace and security.
The humanitarian and political situation in the Sudanese province of Darfur remains complex. U…
