At the outset, we would like to congratulate former President Mbeki and Mr. Menkerios for their important success in today’s signing of the agreement aimed at settling the conflict in the Abyei Area. We welcome the desire for compromise shown on this
matter by both Khartoum and Juba. We would like …
Russia voted in favour of resolution 1984 (2011), which extends the mandate of the Panel of Experts of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) on sanctions against Iran.
The Panel is an important component of the Iranian sanctions regime and does useful and practical work in as…
We are grateful to you, Mr. President, for having taken the initiative to hold today’ s very timely meeting of the Security Council, on the eve of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly, where Member States will adopt a comprehensive political declaration on the key areas for a global respon…
In the spirit of our close cooperation during the mission itself, Ambassador Rice has just briefed the Council in both our names.
Sir Mark Lyall Grant (United Kingdom): The leg of the Security Council visit in Nairobi was jointly chaired by Ambassador Sangqu and myself. We also worked very cooperat…
We would like to welcome the Minister for International and Regional Cooperation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Raymong Tshibanda, to today’s meeting.
We believe that the process of settling the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has seen substantial positive progress. …
We express our gratitude to the Permanent Representatives of India, Germany and South Africa for their reports on the work of the Committees they respectively head.
The Russian Federation views the stepping up of efforts in the work of these Committees as an important precondition to enhancing the …
We would like to thank Mr. Zannier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, for introducing the report (S/2011/281) of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We welcome the participation of Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Forei…
Sir, you are absolutely right, but we have listened to three very important statements. It seems to me that it may be useful to discuss those statements before the Council gives its final endorsement to the text.
We are grateful to Ms. Amos, Mr. Le Roy and Mr. Šimonović for their briefings.
The issue of the protection of civilians holds a prominent place on the Security Council’s agenda. We welcome regular discussion of the topic and the close attention to the various aspects of the protection of civilians …
Today’s meeting of the Security Council is taking place without the traditional participation of the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We know that Mr. Radmanović underwent an operation that prevented him from coming to New York. We would like to wish him a speedy recovery.
We l…
We thank Mr. Moreno-Ocampo for presenting his initial considerations about prospects for an investigation into the situation in Libya and for briefing us on the work carried out by his Office pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011). The Council adopted that resolution unanimously based on its serious con…
The worsening piracy off the coast of Somalia requires that the international community
adopt qualitatively new measures to combat it. Today, we have taken a great step forward in combating piracy. The resolution adopted on our initiative includes a broad array of qualitatively new measures aimed a…
Allow me first to share with the members of the Assembly an address by the President of the Russian Federation.
“I welcome participants in the special meeting of the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly devoted to the fiftieth anniversary of the first human space flight.
“Russia is rightly …
We are pleased to welcome the President of Colombia to the Security Council for our discussion of topical issues regarding the situation in Haiti. We also welcome the presence here today of President Préval.
Over the past year, Haiti has had to confront serious trials. The destructive earthquake wa…
We welcome the new Chairman of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), Permanent Representative of Colombia Néstor Osorio, and assure him of our support and cooperation. We are grateful to the Chair for his briefing on the work of the Committee over the past three months.
In t…
The Russian Federation abstained in the voting on the draft resolution on Libya on the basis of a number of considerations of principle. Our position regarding the clear unacceptability of the use of force against the civilian population of Libya remains unchanged. Any attacks against civilians and …
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Security Council of the Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, and we listened carefully to his assessment. The complex military and political situation and the humanitarian situation in Somalia give greater urgency to…
The Russian Federation supported Security Council resolution 1970 (2011) because of our serious concern over the events taking place in Libya. We sincerely regret the many lives lost among the civilian population. We condemn the use of military force against peaceful demonstrators and all other mani…
The Russian Federation voted in favour of the draft resolution. Given our fundamental position, we will not accept any unilateral actions that prejudge the outcome of negotiations on final status issues. We strongly urge the Government of Israel at last to comply with the demands of the internationa…
