The Russian delegation wishes to say that it disassociates itself from the consensus on a number of paragraphs in resolution 78/229 on strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity. I am referring to the fifty-seven…
We are grateful to the delegation of Morocco for taking this very important initiative, which led to the adoption of resolution 77/318, on promoting interreligious and intercultural dialogue and tolerance in countering hate speech. We were pleased to join the consensus on the document, which makes a…
For yet another year in a row, this draft resolution (A/77/L.73) has been introduced before the General Assembly. Its sponsors have consistently said that they are driven by their concern for the needs of those who have lost their livelihoods and have been displaced by armed hostilities. It must be …
We would like to thank the President for convening today’s meeting on such an important topic. We believe that it is particularly important to disseminate knowledge about the causes, consequences, lessons and legacy of the slave trade. We are convinced that present and future generations must not fo…
Sport is a paramount achievement of human civilization, a universal language of human communication. The well-known expression “sport is an ambassador of peace” acquires particular significance when it is sanctified by the noble traditions of the Olympic truce. The need to raise future generations i…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s meeting on such an important topic.
The Russian Federation attaches great importance to disseminating knowledge and improving awareness through the media of the causes, consequences, lessons and legacy of the slave trade. Current and …
Recent years have witnessed a steady uptick in confrontation and politicization in the work of the Human Rights Council, which impedes the thorough and constructive discussion of human rights issues. We are alarmed at the ongoing practice on the part of a number of States, or groups of the States, t…
We would first like to thank the delegation of Mexico for its efforts in facilitating agreement on the text of draft resolution A/72/L.54, on interaction between the United Nations, national parliaments and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Our delegation has become a sponsor of this important dr…
The Russian Federation attaches great importance to the General Assembly’s consideration of cooperation on oceans and the Law of the Sea. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which is the basis of contemporary rela…
The Russian Federation warmly welcomes the outcome of the efforts to implement the decisions of the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE III). It was during that Conference that an
initiative was launched to observe World Space Week annually …
