We are grateful to the Secretary-General for preparing his very thorough report. We share his concern over the high number of refugees and internally displaced persons throughout the world.
According to the report, poor leadership is in evidence in Iraq. Known events in that country have created mo…
We thank you, Sir, for organizing today’s meeting and express our appreciation to the Chairs of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1540 (2004), Ambassadors Verbeke, Arias and Burian, for their reports on the work of the Securi…
We are grateful to Mr. Ibrahim Gambari, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, for his comprehensive briefing on his latest visit to Myanmar. We thank him for his considerable efforts to carry out the good offices mission of the Secretary-General. We view as hopeful the results of the Special Envoy…
We are grateful to Under-Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing on the work of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) covering the months that have passed since the Council adopted resolution 1770 (2007), which reviewed and considerably broadened United Nations authority in Iraq.
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We are glad to welcome the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. ElBaradei, and to thank him for presenting the Agency’s annual report.
Russia was one of the founders of the IAEA and has always actively supported its work. Over the half- century of its existence, th…
First of all, I would like to congratulate the Permanent Representative of Japan, Yukio Takasu, on his appointment to the post of Chairman of the Commission. We would also like to thank the previous Chairmen, Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins and Kenzo Oshima, for the efforts they made in the work of the…
We would like to thank Mr. Koenigs for his efforts and his briefing on the situation in Afghanistan and for introducing the report of the Secretary-General.
It is absolutely clear that during the time that has elapsed since the overthrow of the Taliban regime, the country, with the assistance of th…
Achieving stable peace and an effective settlement of armed conflicts is possible only on the basis of a comprehensive strategic approach and agreement. The transition to sustainable socio- economic recovery is accompanied by many difficulties. The danger of renewed conflict is always present in soc…
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Secretary-General. We are grateful to the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ibrahim Gambari, for his comprehensive briefing on the outcome of his important and useful visit to Myanmar. Russia has consistently supported the good office…
We are pleased to welcome to today’s Security Council meeting Mr. Moratinos Cuyaubé, Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Spain. It is a particular pleasure because at this time Mr. Rodríguez Zapatero, President of S…
In his report (A/62/1), the Secretary-General
rightly advances the idea that today no one can deal with the multitude of global problems alone. Those problems can be effectively resolved only through collective efforts, primarily through the most representative international and inter-State mechani…
The Russian Federation has traditionally supported the activities of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, as well as
extend its mandate for an additional period of 12 months. The International Security Assistance Force is combating the terrorist threat from the Taliban…
The Russian Federation supported resolution 1770 (2007), adopted today, on the extension of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the expansion of the scope of its activities. Over the past few years, Russia has been in favour of the maximum possible involvement of the United Na…
The Russian Federation believes the Security Council’s adoption of resolution 1769 (2007), authorizing the establishment of a African Union/United Nations hybrid operation in Darfur that seeks to bring about a speedy and peaceful settlement of the situation there, to be important and timely. That de…
Allow me first to express my delegation’s gratitude to Mr. Perricos for his final briefing on the activities of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC), its predecessor, the United Nations Special Commission, and their many years of work in Iraq. We take note …
The Russian Federation welcomes the Council’s adoption today of a draft resolution prepared by my delegation on the Council’s agreement to the appointment of Ambassador Miroslav Lajčák as the new High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. This decision is in keeping with the Dayton Agreement, p…
Mr. Minister, we are pleased to welcome you as President of the Security Council and to
congratulate you on Belgium’s successful presidency of the Council this month.
In regions of crisis, particularly in States in which the proper mechanisms for regulating of the use of natural resources are insu…
We are grateful to Mr. Holmes for the updated information he has provided on the status of protection of civilians in armed conflict. Not a day goes by that we are not made aware of new instances of killing, torture, cruelty and other forms of violence against civilians in armed conflict.
In recent…
Allow me at the outset to thank the leaders of
both Tribunals for their briefings and for the reports they have submitted to the Security Council under resolution 1534 (2004) on the implementation of the Completion Strategy for their work.
We have a positive assessment of the work of the Internati…
First, I would like to thank Mr. Qazi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for having presented the report (S/2007/330) of the Secretary- General on the situation in Iraq and the work of United Nations agencies there. We take note of Mr. Khalilzad’s briefing on the Multinational Force, …
