We listened with interest to the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Inzko. Regrettably, his report to the Security Council is again written in alarmist tones and is critical of the Bosnian Serb leadership (see S/2012/813). To create a more balanced impression of the processes under …
We have carefully studied the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the General Assembly (see A/67/152). Russia highly commends the work of the Agency aimed at improving and strengthening the global non-proliferation regime and at guaranteeing the widespread and safe use of nucl…
We would like to thank Guatemala and its Minister for Foreign Affairs for having taking the initiative to convene this Council meeting on the promotion and strengthening of the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security, with a special focus on the interaction between the Sec…
We are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Mr. Augustine Mahiga, for his briefing on the situation in that country. We were pleased to see the completion of the transition period in Somalia and the implementation of a number of important political tasks, incl…
We are deeply disturbed by the present momentum of affairs in the Middle East peace process, or, rather, the lack of it. Trust between Palestinians and Israelis is close to zero. Israel’s settlement activities are reaching alarming levels. Acts by Jewish extremists in the West Bank, including in Eas…
We thank Mr. Kubiš for his analysis of the situation in Afghanistan. We listened carefully to the statement of the Afghan Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Rassoul. Russia is interested in seeing Afghanistan become a peaceful, stable, democratic nation. Naturally, we hope that the threats posed by t…
We thank the Chairman of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006),
Mr. Néstor Osorio, for his briefing on the work of the Committee. We are pleased to note that the Committee has acted in a balanced and objective manner, not overstepping its mandate. Such work must continue in t…
We welcome France’s initiative in convening today’s meeting. We thank Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson for the assessments he provided. Mr. Guterres also shared critical information with us. We have paid particular attention to the statements made by the Ministers representing Syria’s neighbouring …
The Russian delegation deems regrettable the adoption by the General Assembly of resolution 66/253 B, which only exacerbates the confrontational approach to resolving the Syrian crisis and in no way helps to bring the parties to a platform of dialogue, with a view to finding peaceful ways to resolve…
No one here doubts that the transformative processes that have engulfed the Middle East are serious and long-term in nature. Their impact is often difficult to predict and will continue for a long time to
come. Russia, which has unswervingly supported the yearning of the peoples of the region for a…
The vote that just took place should not have taken place at all. The sponsors of the draft resolution just rejected (S/2012/538) were well aware that it simply stood no chance of being adopted. The Russian delegation had very clearly and consistently explained that we simply cannot accept a documen…
The Russian Federation is a strong proponent of intensifying effective international counter-terrorism
cooperation and strengthening the central coordinating role of the United Nations in that process. Thanks to the efforts of the United Nations, we have a successfully functioning, broad-based infr…
We are grateful to Mr. Ladsous and Mr. Fedotov for their comprehensive briefings. We look forward to renewing the tradition of personal presentations by the heads of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and meetings of the Security Council. We reaffirm our support for the work of Mr.…
We welcome High Representative Inzko. We must unfortunately note that his analysis today and on previous occasions has not been objective. His analysis of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is still tainted by a biased criticism of the leadership of the Bosnian Serbs.
For a more objective pict…
We would like to welcome the President of the Transitional Federal Government of the Somali Republic, Mr. Ahmed. We are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Mr. Mahiga, for his assessment of the situation in Somalia.
In view of the impending conclusion of the…
We thank Mr. Zarif for presenting the Secretary-General’s report (S/2012/275) on the work of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We welcome the participation in this meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Serbia, Mr. Jeremić. We share his assessments. We list…
We express our gratitude to the Permanent Representatives of Germany, India and South Africa for their reports on the work of the Committees under their leadership. We see the work of the Committees and their increased cooperation as significant preconditions for strengthening the effectiveness of t…
The Russian Federation voted today to adopt resolution 2046 (2012) in view of the need to deal speedily with the dangerous state of relations between the Sudan and South Sudan. We proceeded from the opinion that the text aims to support the road map, adopted on 24 April by the Peace and Security Cou…
The theme of today’s meeting is directly related to the growing and ever-diversifying challenges and threats from terrorism, drug trafficking and cross- border organized crime. Porous borders are one factor encouraging the illicit trafficking of weapons and drugs and the movement of terrorists and t…
The widespread transformational processes taking place in the Middle East region in no way diminish the fundamental importance of the issues of a
Palestinian-Israeli, and in general an Arab-Israeli, settlement. Unless these issues are resolved, it will remain impossible to imagine any dramatic impr…
