Unfortunately, our discussion today did not reach the requisite level of objective analysis with respect to the implementation of the Minsk agreements and resolution 2202 (2015). The pervasive lies in the statement of the representative of the United States of America prove that throughout the crisi…
With all due respect to you, Madam President, I cannot fail to note that Security Council meetings should start on time. Unfortunately, the American presidency this month has introduced an element of nervousness into the work of the Council and has not always acted on the basis of consensus.
The co…
Strengthening international coordination in providing humanitarian assistance is the most important task of today’s world. In recent years, we have witnessed an unprecedented increase in the number and scale of humanitarian crises. Humanitarian needs
are growing rapidly, as well as the required vol…
The Security Council is meeting today following a series of atrocious terrorist attacks that resulted in hundreds of deaths. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and its affiliates are now threatening new attacks. We are all outraged by the deaths of those killed in the Sinai Peninsula an…
We would like to congratulate the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Mr. Zahir Tanin, on the successful start of his work. We welcome his commitment to assisting in strengthening stability in Kosovo pur…
The topic that the British presidency has chosen for today’s debate, despite its innocuous appearance, poses, in our view, certain risks for the Security Council. On the one hand, it does not take much imagination to understand that there is a definite link between security and development. The dang…
Russia has carefully studied the annual report (see A/70/219) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for 2014, prepared by the Director General of the Agency, and the additional information on it. We note that an annex to the report contains the factually inaccurate assertion that during t…
We welcome the convening of today’s meeting of the General Assembly on revitalizing its work. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Permanent Representatives of Croatia and Namibia on their reappointment to the posts of co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group. We noted their work i…
The time has undoubtedly come for Security
Council reform. The question is how to implement it so that it strengthens not only the Council itself but the Organization as a whole. It is important to strive for a final outcome that will truly help to strengthen the position of developing States, whic…
The situation at present in the Israeli- Palestinian conflict has again spiked quite seriously. There is a need for immediate steps to de-escalate the situation, to attenuate the fervency of the rhetoric on both sides and to promote rejection of all forms of violence. We hope that this will be helpe…
First of all, allow me to commend you, Mr. President, on convening today’s debate. We have seen a genuine revolution in the working methods of the Council, with Angola speaking on behalf of six members. Such initiatives should be supported — for example, it could be emulated by the new members joini…
Resolutely overcoming many challenges, Africa has recently achieved significant successes in socioeconomic, scientific, technical and cultural development. It is playing an important part in building a just, democratic and multipolar world. Of course, most of the credit goes to the Africans themselv…
The ongoing escalation of the situation in the Palestinian territories, particularly in East Jerusalem, is a matter of great concern to Moscow. It is causing increased suffering among peaceful Israelis and Palestinians, exacerbating the lack of trust between them and reducing the possibility of a po…
Let me begin by thanking Spain for organizing
this open debate. We are grateful to the Secretary- General, the Executive Director of UN-Women and all the other speakers for their substantive contributions to today’s discussion.
This month marks the fifteenth anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000), …
We thank you, Mr. President, for preparing decision 69/560, on carrying forward the review of the issue of Security Council reform to the next session of the General Assembly. We supported the text because we are convinced that the work on the reform of the Security Council must absolutely be based …
We would like to thank you, Madam President, and the entire Nigerian delegation, for your capable leadership of the Security Council in August, and we would also like to express our appreciation for the work of the New Zealand presidency in July. We would also like to join the rest in offering our c…
The effective implementation of the decisions of the Security Council and its resolution 2118 (2013), on the destruction of Syria’s chemical arsenal — adopted at the initiative of Russia and the United States of America — is one of the Council’s most significant successes and reaffirms the possibili…
I shall be very brief.
Today’s meeting was a very emotional one, which is understandable. At times it gave rise to the question: are there any limits to the political exploitation of the feelings of the families of those who perished and who are experiencing a living horror?
A number of accusation…
We would like to begin by again extending our condolences to the families of the deceased, as well as to the Governments of the countries whose citizens were on board the flight that crashed in Ukraine on 17 July 2014. Russia has consistently advocated for a swift determination of the reasons for th…
Russia has consistently advocated in favour of the speedy achievement of a just Palestinian-Israeli settlement on the basis of agreed international law, including the implementation of the Madrid principles, the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, the Arab Peace Initiative and previously r…
