We wish to caution the Assembly against taking a hasty decision on the inclusion of an additional item on the agenda of the sixty-second session of the Assembly, on extension of the terms of the ad litem judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Under rule 15 of…
We are grateful to the Secretary-General for the report (S/2009/277) and to Mr. Holmes for the updated information on the issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
The Council has now been considering the topic for 10 years. In that time, we have managed to make considerable progress …
I thank Mr. Guterres for his interesting briefing on the topic of refugees and their impact on situations in the area of peace and security. Russia welcomes the constructive involvement of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in addressing existing humanitarian pro…
I would like to thank the leadership of both Tribunals for their briefings and for the reports on the completion strategies of the two Tribunals submitted to the Security Council under resolution 1534 (2004) (S/2008/726 and S/2008/729).
This meeting is being held just before the beginning of a new …
I wish at the outset to thank the Secretary- General for his report to the General Assembly on oceans and the law of the sea (A/63/63). The Russian delegation believes in preserving the integrity of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, comprehensively strengthening it and appropriate…
We have just adopted a very important resolution on the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala. We would like to welcome efforts by that country both to combat lawlessness and to strengthen the rule of law. We hope that the International Commission will fulfil the tasks set before it…
At the outset, allow me to extend the Russian Federation’s gratitude to the delegations of the countries of the Caribbean Basin for their draft resolution entitled, “Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade” (A/63/L.5), which the Russian Feder…
The delegation of the Russian Federation regrets Georgia’s decision to submit for the General Assembly’s consideration a draft resolution on the status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, although it does not affect Russian-Georgian relations.
While purporting to ad…
I would like to thank Mr. Bellemare for his briefing.
I would like to receive, for the first time, information on a number of elements of the big picture of the investigation of the killing of the former Prime Minister of Lebanon, Rafiq Hariri, and the fate of the
former Director General of Genera…
Mr. President, allow me to thank the senior officials of both Tribunals for their briefings and for the reports submitted to the Security Council about the status of implementation of the Completion Strategy.
We are also grateful for the interesting proposals contained in the revised document on th…
I wish to join others in thanking Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for his briefing and for his six- monthly report on the work done by his Office in investigating the situation in Darfur.
The Russian delegation commends the efforts of the Prosecutor’s O…
Sport, peace and development are closely interconnected. The absence of war is a precondition for sporting competition. Sporting competition is not a struggle between enemies, but rather a competition among partners in their common aspiration for development. In this period of globalization, when th…
Resolution 1325 (2000) remains significant as a guideline in determining the role of women in the prevention and settlement of conflicts, in post-conflict reconstruction and in assessing the situation regarding the protection of women’s rights in conflicts. It is important that the work of the Secur…
We welcome the adoption of the resolution on the promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace, of which the Russian Federation was a sponsor. This
resolution marks a new step in strengthening constructive interaction among civilizations.
The unive…
The Russian Federation shares the understanding reached in the Security Council on the need to defer until the end of the present year the consideration of the question of the appointment of a new Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. There were several possib…
The Russian Federation attaches great importance to the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples and to the strengthening of international cooperation in that area. From the very outset, we adopted a responsible approach to the process of developing a United Nations declaration on the rights o…
Strengthening international cooperation with regard to issues pertaining to the protection of children’s rights has become an ongoing trend in recent decades. The twentieth century was pivotal as regards children. For the first time, children were treated as individuals endowed with specific rights.…
Mr. President, allow me to thank the leadership of both Tribunals for their briefings to the Security Council and for the reports on implementing the completion strategy, pursuant to Council resolution 1534 (2004).
We commend, in general, the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (…
We are grateful to the Secretary-General and to Ms. Coomaraswamy, Ms. Veneman and the non- governmental organization (NGO) representative Mr. Oling Olang for their attention to the problems of protection of children in armed conflict and for the useful information they have provided on the state of …
Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) continues to be relevant as a guideline in defining the role of women in conflict prevention, conflict resolution and post-conflict reconstruction. We must apply the provisions of the resolution in the process of creating equal opportunities for the women to p…
