I wish at the outset to thank Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for the eighth report of the Prosecutor on steps being taken to investigate the situation in Darfur pursuant to Security Council resolution 1593 (2005), and for his briefing today. This contai…
The Russian Federation is extremely concerned about the increasing number of incidents of piracy and robbery at sea in the area of Somalia and the seas around it. We cannot ignore the fact that the pirates are making use of increasingly sophisticated methods in their criminal activity and that their…
We are gratified to welcome Mr. Óscar Arias Sánchez, President of Costa Rica, to the presidency of the Security Council.
The issues of disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control cannot be considered in isolation from today’s overall security situation. The Russian Federation tirelessly advocat…
Each year all United Nations Member States are given an opportunity to debate together the results of the work of the Security Council, as reflected in its annual report, presented today on behalf of the entire Council by its President, Mr. Jorge Urbina, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica. Such …
First of all, I would like to thank the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), Mr. de Mistura, for presenting the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Iraq and the work of the United Nations there (S/2008/688), and also for his leadership of the United Nations…
We are very grateful to those who initiated this meeting, first and foremost, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, for the opportunity to discuss one of the most urgent issues of the world today — the role of religion in maintaining global and regional stability and in building an eq…
We are grateful to you, Mr. President, for having organized this meeting, and we wish to express our gratitude to the Chairmen of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban and associated in…
It is a great honour for me to speak on behalf of the States members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), namely, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Our countr…
Humankind recalls the terrible crimes of Nazism with indignation and grief. The bloodiest of those crimes was the Holocaust. In my country, we remember those who fell victim to Nazism, including the six million killed in the Holocaust, half of whom were citizens of the Soviet Union.
Russia consider…
Eight years after its adoption, implementing the Millennium Declaration remains an uncontested priority of the international agenda.
Implementing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), increasingly urgent challenges in development financing, combating the negative impact of climate change and iss…
Building a collective approach, which is crucial to overcome temporary threats and challenges effectively, requires a gradual strengthening of cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations, based on the firm foundation of the United Nations Charter, especially Cha…
We welcome the participation in today’s discussion of Mr. Felipe Pérez Roque, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba. We wish to express our gratitude to the Secretary-General for his report contained in document A/63/93, which reflects the unanimous and unequivocal objection of Member States to the i…
We are grateful to Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Ms. Inés Alberdi, Ms. Sarah Taylor and Mr. Alain Le Roy for the very useful information that they provided, and we thank the Secretary-General for the preparation of his thematic report (S/2008/622).
Resolution 1325 (2000) remains our most important guideline …
I take great pleasure in welcoming Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and in thanking him for introducing the Agency’s annual report.
For over 50 years, the Agency has been the global centre of cooperation in the field of the peaceful uses of n…
We are grateful to Mr. Eide for the efforts that he has been making in the post of Special Representative of the Secretary-General. We also thank him for his briefing on the situation in Afghanistan and for having introduced the periodic report of the Secretary-General (S/2008/617).
We share the Se…
We are grateful to the leadership of both Tribunals for the annual reports submitted on the work of these bodies.
First of all, allow me to recall that the Tribunals were established by the Security Council in specific historical circumstances as a temporary measure aimed, inter alia, at restoring …
We are grateful to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Mr. Stubb, for his statement and for his activities as Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
The Russian Federation has consistently supported the overall development and improvement of c…
The gradual socio-economic development of the African Continent is necessary to effectively address global threats and challenges, including in the area of security. Russia fully supports the efforts of the international community to turn Africa into a zone of active partnership and to establish con…
The Russian Federation is at the forefront in combating terrorism and has consistently favoured the robust strengthening of effective international counter- terrorism cooperation. In that regard, Russia would like to reiterate its dedication to the central guiding role of the United Nations in organ…
Well, it is good that Ambassador Wolff said that he is not a psychologist, if I understand correctly, because the distinguished Permanent Representative of Georgia, Ambassador Alasania, thinks that he is a psychologist and has attended enough meetings of the Security Council now that he thinks he ca…
