We live in an age of globalization that offers immense possibilities for the economic, social and political development of society. However, open borders, free market concepts and various technological achievements are not only of benefit to the peoples of the world, but are actively used by the org…
We thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda for their information on the current state of affairs at the Tribunals and on measures being taken to complete pending legal proceedings.…
We are grateful to you, Sir, for your initiative in holding today’s meeting and to the Secretary- General for preparing the overview report (S/2010/181). We also thank Ms. Coomaraswamy, Mr. Khare, Ms. Johnson and Ms. Gurung for their information.
Russia supports the call by the Secretary-General to…
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of Mr. Mbeki, Chairperson of the African Union High-Level Panel on Darfur, Special Representatives Gambari and Menkerios and Joint Chief Mediator Bassolé. We thank them for sharing their assessments of the situation.
The Sudan is passing through a dec…
Russia voted in favour of resolution 1929 (2010) on the basis of its consistent principled position regarding the Iranian nuclear issue. We have consistently advocated a resolution of all the international community’s questions concerning Iran’s nuclear programme through dialogue and constructive co…
We are grateful to Mr. Lamberto Zannier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for introducing the report of the Secretary-General on UNMIK (S/2010/169) and for his efforts in the complex situation in the dist…
Thank you, Madam President, for having organized this regular briefing by the Chairs of subsidiary bodies of the Security Council related to counter-terrorism. Our gratitude goes also to the Permanent Representatives of Turkey, Mexico and Austria for their comprehensive briefings on the work of the …
Today’s meeting of the General Assembly is dedicated to an event that determined the fate of all humankind — and of all the world’s peoples. Sixty- five years ago, States describing themselves as the United Nations and as the anti-Hitler coalition won a historic victory over Naziism.
I wish at the …
Mr. President, allow me at the outset to congratulate you on your assumption of the important functions of President of the Security Council and to wish you every success in your work.
We welcome Baroness Catherine Ashton, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European …
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of Prime Minister Bellerive of Haiti. We thank Mr. Edmond Mulet, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his comprehensive briefing on recent developments in Haiti and his introduction of the Secretary-General’s report (S/2010/200).
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I should like to express our gratitude to the members of the Council for their support of resolution 1918 (2010), which was submitted by the Russian Federation. We are grateful to our colleagues for the constructive approach and valuable ideas that made it possible to give momentum to this important…
The drafting by Security Council members in 2006 of recommendations on the Council’s working methods, which were incorporated into the relevant note of the President of the Security Council (S/2006/507), was very significant for strengthening the principles of transparency and effectiveness in the w…
We are pleased to welcome you, Sir, to the presidency of the Security Council.
We have listened with interest to the statements made today. The difficult challenge to Governments in post-conflict crisis situations requires the development of balanced strategies to resolve them, based on the interre…
I would like first to extend our deepest sympathy to the Chinese delegation in the wake of the tragic earthquake that struck their country.
We are grateful to the Secretariat and Under- Secretary-General Pascoe for the briefing on the situation in the Middle East.
We would like to reiterate the Ru…
The Russian Federation considers the General Assembly’s High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development as the central intergovernmental mechanism for coordination of the follow-up to the international conferences in Monterrey and Doha. We see the Dialogue as one of the most important platforms for…
The Security Council has just unanimously adopted an important resolution on extending the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for a further 12-month period. This decision of the Security Council addresses a range of Afghan problems and enhances the central role p…
First of all, Mr. President, let me congratulate you and the delegation of Gabon on your assumption of the important functions of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would also like to thank Ambassador Araud and the French delegation for the dynamic and skilful manner in which t…
On its own behalf and that of the 53 sponsors from all regions of the world, the Russian delegation is honoured to introduce the draft resolution contained in document A/64/L.46, entitled “Sixty-fifth anniversary of the end of the Second World War”. We note that since, the draft resolution was submi…
It is an honour for me to speak on behalf of the States members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO): the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan.…
We thank the delegation of France for having organized today’s meeting on the timely theme of United Nations peacekeeping operations. We welcome the participation of the Secretary-General, the Under- Secretaries-General and the leaders of three important United Nations missions. We listened carefull…
