Many times, we have put forth in this Chamber the essence of the Russian position regarding the cause and development of the internal crisis in Ukraine. That general context is important to understanding our view of the draft resolution submitted by the United States (S/2014/189) for the Council’s v…
I shall respond directly to the direct question put to me by Mr. Yatsenyuk. The Russians do not want war, and I am sure that the Ukrainians do not want it either. Furthermore — and this is something that I want to underscore in particular — we see no grounds for viewing the situation in such terms.…
Perhaps I should not comment on such trivial things, but the statement made by my colleague Ms. Power made it sound as if we oppose something that we do not oppose. We are not excluding the role of some international bodies, but I explained why that approach might not be enough.
More importantly, I…
First of all, I would like to welcome my Ukrainian colleague, Mr. Sergeyev, with whom I have been working for quite some time here at the United Nations. I congratulate him on the fact that today he spoke not only in English and French, but also in Russian. It was the first speech that I can recall …
The Russian Federation initiated the convening of today’s meeting of the Security Council because events in our brotherly neighbour Ukraine raise deep concerns for us. The crisis provoked by the State coup in Kyiv as a result of the armed takeover by radical extremists continues to deteriorate and g…
At the outset, I would like to express my sympathy to you, Madam President, because under your presidency we have just wasted two hours discussing the format for this meeting. We agreed that only three people would speak in an open format: Mr. Eliasson, my Ukrainian colleague Mr. Sergeyev, and the P…
We are pleased to welcome the President of Switzerland to the Security Council in his capacity as Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). We thank him for his comprehensive briefing.
The Russian Federation has consistently supported developing and im…
The Security Council decided relatively recently to consider the humanitarian situation in Syria, and only after it became clear that attempts to use the deterioration of the humanitarian situation to effect regime change were unsuccessful.
The Russian Federation supported the resolution just adopt…
We are pleased to welcome you, Mr. Minister, as President of the Security Council. The briefings by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union to the Security Council have become a good tradition. We would like to express our gratitude to Ms. Ashton for tod…
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Serbian Prime Minister, Mr. Ivica Dačić. We share his views. We took note of the statement by Mr. Thaçi.
We are grateful to Mr. Zarif for introducing the Secretary-General’s report on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration …
“War, its lessons and the search for permanent peace” is the theme chosen by the Jordanian delegation for today’s open debate, raising the bar to an unprecedentedly high level. This theme has boggled the minds of thinkers for centuries, and it remains relevant today. There are solid starting points …
We are pleased to welcome you today, Mr. Minister, as President of the Security Council. We also congratulate Jordan on its assumption of the presidency of the Council.
The General Assembly has designated the year 2014 the International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The Russian Fe…
The Security Council and the Secretary- General must rightly give priority to the humanitarian situation in the Sahel region. That is the very reason we welcomed the appointment of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Sahel, who is a man of politics of world renown, Mr. Romano Prodi. We…
We thank Ambassador Gary Quinlan for his briefing on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). We are grateful to him and the Australian delegation for their skilful leadership of that subsidiary body of the Security Council.
Russia’s diplomacy over the years has bee…
We are grateful to the Permanent Representatives of Australia, Morocco and the Republic of Korea for their reports on the Committees they head. What they do is an important contribution to strengthening the central coordinating role of the United Nations and its Security Council in the area of inter…
First of all, the Russian Federation aligns itself with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Tajikistan on behalf of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The situation in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan remains the main focus of the international community’s close attent…
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Serbian Prime Minister, Mr. Ivica Dačić. We share his views.
We listened closely to Mr. Thaçi. He was obviously lacking certain elements of self-criticism.
We are grateful to Mr. Zarif for presenting the Secretary-General’s report (S/2013/631)…
We supported the draft resolution. We regret that the position of Security Council member States on the matter was divided and that the Council was unable to adopt the proposed decision. We feel that the African countries presented very compelling arguments. Indeed, at such a critical time for Kenya…
The Russian Federation has consistently advocated in favour of strict compliance with the Dayton Peace Agreement, with its State structure for Bosnia and Herzegovina and its plan for the country’s unity and territorial integrity. We wish to see the establishment and the normal functioning of a centr…
The Russian Federation voted in favour of resolution 2124 (2013), which was prepared by the delegation of the United Kingdom. We did so in
support of the efforts of the African Union to promote a settlement in Somalia on the basis of the key role that the African Union Mission in Somalia plays in r…
