We are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, Mr. Lamberto Zannier, for introducing the report (S/2011/43) of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We welcome the participation in today’s Security Council
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We welcome the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Mr. Ažubalis, and thank him for his detailed briefing.
The Russian Federation is in favour of improving and comprehensively developing cooperation betw…
We are pleased to welcome you, Mr. Minister, as President of the Security Council.
In today’s interdependent world, development issues are closely linked to security issues. The Russian Federation views sustainable social and economic development as an essential element of today’s collective securi…
We are grateful to Mr. Menkerios and Mr. Mkapa for their briefings and the work they have done. We also welcome the statements by the representatives of the Sudanese parties.
The exercise in expressing the will of the people was a success thanks to the commitment of the leadership in North and Sout…
We would like to welcome Baroness Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission.
This Security Council meeting takes place just a few days after the conclusion of the Munich Security Conference, whic…
I would first like to express our gratitude to all the members of the Security Council and the United Nations for their solidarity and support in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on Domodedovo International Airport.
We are grateful to the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Legal Issue…
We are grateful to the Secretary-General and the Deputy Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, as well as
to the Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission, for their contributions to today’s discussion.
In its meetings the Security Council regularly considers issues of post-conflict peacebuilding, both …
We are grateful to Under-Secretaries-General Le Roy and Amos for their informative briefings on developments in Haiti. We also listened with interest to the statement by Mr. Cazeau, Haiti’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
The situation in Haiti remains difficult. The devastat…
We thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing on developments in the situation in the Middle East.
The situation in the region remains tense and of particular concern to us is the lack of progress towards the resumption of direct Palestinian and Israeli dialogue. The current visit to the…
The self-determination referendum in Southern Sudan marks the culmination of the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) by the Sudanese parties. Russian representatives were involved in monitoring the
referendum; according to them, the polling took place in a generally calm and f…
We thank Mr. Staffan de Mistura for his
thorough analysis of the situation in Afghanistan. We greatly value the work of Mr. De Mistura and the Mission he heads.
The Kabul process is at a watershed point in the continuing tense conditions in the country’s military and political situation. The main …
The Russian delegation abstained from the voting for the following reasons.
The adoption of resolution 1966 (2010) by the Council was a step it was forced to take as a result of the Tribunals’ drawing out their activities. The work of the Tribunals was to end by the deadlines established by resolut…
My delegation is grateful for the briefings that we have heard this morning and welcomes this morning’s constructive discussion. We believe that, whatever the outcome of the referendum may be, it will not only determine the future and status of the Southern Sudan, but will also impact significantly …
Today’s meeting of the Security Council opens a new chapter in the contemporary history of Iraq. We have just adopted three resolutions lifting the majority of Chapter VII restrictions placed on that country. This was possible as a result of the planned and joint work of the Iraqi authorities and th…
The international community is still focused on the Middle East but, despite its efforts, the Palestinian-Israeli peace process is still stagnating. The situation concerns us greatly.
This past year has demonstrated that if the chronic mutual distrust of the parties is not dealt with and if there i…
We welcome the constructive nature of today’s discussion, which is in line with the Russian
approach. The Russian Federation has consistently supported the efforts of the Sudanese parties to implement the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the main document for a settlement in Southern Sudan. By …
We thank the Permanent Representatives of Austria, Mexico and Turkey, Ambassadors Mayr- Harting, Heller and Apakan, respectively, for their briefings on the work of the Committees they head and for their views. The Russian Federation considers the strengthening of the efforts of these Committees and…
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, Mr. Lamberto Zannier, for presenting the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (S/2010/562). We welcome the participation in today’s Security Council meeting of the Forei…
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Radmanović. We listened attentively to his assessment of the situation in that country. We are grateful to the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Inzko, for presenting th…
At the outset, I would like to convey my gratitude to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Yukiya Amano, for his introduction of the Agency’s report (see A/65/140). The Russian Federation greatly values the IAEA’s work to improve and strengthen the global non-pr…
