We would like to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his report (S/2008/354) on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We welcome the participation in today’s meeting by President Tadić of the Republic of Serbia and are grateful for his analysis. We also listened at…
In conflict as in peacetime, sexual violence is a detestable crime that requires condemnation and strict sanctioning. We are especially concerned about situations in which that phenomenon is widespread and systematic. It is also unacceptable for violence and sexual exploitation to be committed by th…
We are pleased to welcome to the Security Council Mr. Hoshyar Zebari, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq. We listened attentively to his statement on Iraq’s efforts to bring about national reconciliation and economic development in his country. We are also grateful for the briefings given to the C…
The Russian Federation welcomes the Security Council’s adoption of resolution 1817 (2008)
on controlling the illicit trade in chemical precursors used for drug production in Afghanistan. We consider that this complements the Security Council’s systematic efforts to stabilize the situation in Afghan…
Allow me first of all to thank the leadership of both Tribunals for their briefings and for the reports submitted to the Security Council on the implementation of the completion strategies for the work of those two judicial bodies. Unfortunately, the information to be found in the reports is cause f…
We are grateful to Under-Secretary-General Holmes for his briefing, which was pertinent to the topic under discussion.
The protection of civilians must be the highest priority for Governments involved in conflicts. We emphasize that all parties to armed conflict bear responsibility for ensuring the…
The high level of representation at this meeting attests to the importance of the issue of peacebuilding in countries emerging from conflict as well as the importance of formulating practical recommendations on improving the United Nations system’s activities on the ground and coordination between t…
We welcome the participation in this meeting of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Špirić. We are grateful to the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Lajčák, for his report to the Council on developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
We note the agr…
We are grateful to the Secretary-General for submitting his report on small arms.
The Russian Federation has consistently supported the strengthening of the United Nations role in coordinating the efforts of the international community to resolve the problem of illicit trafficking in small arms and…
We are grateful to Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for briefing the Council on the activities of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).
We listened carefully to the report of the Permanent Representative of the Unites States, Mr. Khalilzad, on the efforts on the multinational f…
We are pleased, Sir, to welcome you and to congratulate you on the Republic of South Africa’s successful presidency of the Security Council. We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of leaders of African and European States, other representatives and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Such high i…
The Russian Federation has supported the Republic of Serbia’s request to convene an emergency Security Council meeting. We fully understand the reaction of President Tadić and the Serbian leadership to the Kosovo developments, and we support Belgrade’s legitimate demands to restore the territorial i…
The international situation is today becoming increasingly characterized by the international community’s growing awareness of the serious challenges posed by global climate change and the need for joint action to address them. Russia has traditionally been an active participant in the international…
We are pleased, Mr. Minister, to see you presiding over the work of the Security Council today. We are grateful to Ms. Coomaraswamy, Ms. Veneman and the representative of civil society for the updated information they provided on the situation with regard to the protection of children in armed confl…
We are grateful to the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Darfur, Mr. Eliasson, and to the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Guéhenno, for their comprehensive briefing on progress on the political track of a settlement in Darfur and the deployment of the African Union-…
We are grateful to the Under-Secretary- General, Mr. Pascoe, for his substantive briefing on the situation in the Middle East. We share the deep concern over developments in and around Gaza. We firmly condemn both rocket firing against towns in southern Israel and the blockade of Gaza that causes th…
We are grateful to Under-Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing, which provided us with a sombre picture of the dire humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. Israeli measures to permit Gaza to have access to fuel for its power plant are clearly insufficient. Much more needs to be done to avert a ge…
First, I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. De Mistura, for his briefing on the situation in Iraq and for his presentation of the report on the activities of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). I would also like to express particular grat…
The Russian delegation supports the statement made by Tajikistan as the president of the Eurasian Economic Community. The 2005 World Summit Outcome consolidated our understanding of the indivisible nature of peace, security and development. The outcome document also asserted that the formation of th…
We are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson, for the thorough briefing on progress on the political track for a settlement in Darfur. We are also grateful to the Under-Secretary-General, Mr. Guéhenno, for the information on the enhanced efforts by the Secreta…
