I am ready, first, to give the floor to the Permanent Representative of Georgia since he spoke first, but I understand that so far he is not ready and that he does not have that intention yet. Therefore, I will take advantage of the fact that the President has kindly given me the floor.
If, here in…
First of all, I would like to thank the representatives of the United Nations Secretariat for their briefings. I think that their briefings compellingly testify to the fact that despite the continuing problems — and there are many caused by the most recent military escapade undertaken by Georgia aga…
I shall begin with the second question posed by the Permanent Representative of Georgia. Where is the ambiguity? I said very definitely that we are complying with and intend to implement the six principles that were worked out by the President of France and the President of Russia in the Kremlin on …
If there are no further speakers wishing to take the floor, I should like to say a few words.
At a previous meeting of the Security Council, I asked the representative of the United States a question: What, in his opinion, should the Security Council be focused on — serious political work or propag…
I believe that I gave a complete response. Perhaps the ambassador was not listening when I gave my response. Perhaps he did not have his earpiece on. I believe, again, that I gave a full response to his question.
Ambassador Khalilzad’s statement was rather polemical, and I shall not respond: I think we have had enough polemics today. I will limit myself to a question of substance.
First of all, it is untrue to say that I did not respond to the appeal for a ceasefire. I explained, in realistic terms, the for…
I would say that I have already responded in my statement to the overwhelming majority of comments and statements by colleagues; I do not think there is any need for me to go back to them. I would, however, like to respond to just one question that related to the intentions of the Russian Federation…
First of all, I would like to express my thanks for the briefings given by Under-Secretary-General Pascoe and Assistant Secretary-General Mulet. Unfortunately, I have to point out that the content of the briefing by Mr. Pascoe shows that the Secretariat and its leadership have not been able to adopt…
Of course, this meeting of the Security Council is not the best place for an exchange of questions and answers between one Permanent Representative and another, but there is an answer to that question.
For a start, the Georgian authorities could state that they intend, in the future, to abide by th…
Who would object to a ceasefire? Who would object to peace? Of course, peace is better than war. But unfortunately, in this kind of situation, you cannot just get away with slogans. You need a serious political analysis of the situation. You not only need an appeal to cease combat; you need to state…
The Permanent Representative of Georgia has said that he is surprised that in my statement I used the words “ethnic cleansing”. How else can we describe it when during the course of today a town of 70,000 inhabitants is being destroyed? What else can we call it when hospitals, schools and residentia…
Unfortunately, I must note that the statement by the Permanent Representative of Georgia at this evening’s meeting included many distortions and contradictions. On the one hand, the representative of Georgia said that the Russian Federation is controlling everything in South Ossetia, but at the same…
I am compelled to state that Georgia is continuing its treacherous attack on South Ossetia. That is occurring despite the appeal of the Russian leadership for an immediate ceasefire, an end to this fratricidal conflict and a resumption of the negotiating process. This situation has become possible a…
The Russian Federation took the initiative of calling for this emergency meeting of the Security Council because of the alarming situation in South Ossetia, which has been brought about by the blatant and aggressive actions of the Georgian armed forces against that republic, which is an internationa…
First of all, I should like to congratulate Ambassador Le Luong Minh and the delegation of Viet Nam on their successful guidance of the Security Council in July, and to wish you, Sir, equal success for the delegation of Belgium in doing your difficult job as President of the Security Council for thi…
The Russian Federation has consistently supported the efforts of the international community to resolve the situation in the Sudanese province of Darfur. The activities of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) have become an inseparable component of the Darfur peace pr…
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Security Council of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, Mr. Jeremić, and thank him for his assessment of the situation regarding developments in Kosovo, which we share.
We cannot say the same of the opinions voiced by Mr…
We thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing on the situation regarding a Middle East settlement. We listened carefully to the statements made by the representative of Palestine and the Permanent Representative of Israel. We hope that, after he leaves New York, Ambassador Gillerman will,…
I wish first of all to respond to the irresponsible and factually inaccurate statement made
by the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, who took it upon himself to interpret the Russian position with reference to a decision of the Group of Eight (G-8). I would recall something that anyon…
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, Mr. Spantâ, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, Mr. Qureshi. We thank Mr. Eide for his briefing on the situation in Afghanistan and for submitting the report of the Secretary-General. We…
