We are grateful to the Deputy Secretary- General, Mr. Jan Eliasson, to the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mr. Maurer, and to Mr. Karokhail for their participation in today’s meeting and their substantive briefings.
The protection of humanitarian personnel is an im…
I should like to start with two introductory comments.
First and foremost, it would be remiss of me not to note that we deem completely wrong the engineering decision that was taken during the reconstruction of the Security Council Chamber. Mr. Šimonović should not cover up the historical picture b…
Unfortunately, a number of members of the Security Council have not heeded our call to reject
any politicizing of this discussion of the humanitarian situation in the eastern part of Ukraine on the provision of humanitarian assistance to the population in need. Someone, as always, has protected the…
We thank the Director of the Coordination and Response Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Mr. John Ging, for his briefing on the situation in eastern Ukraine. We think that OCHA and other humanitarian agencies should regularly inform the Security Council of t…
We are grateful to you, Mr. President, for your leadership of the Security Council during this past month.
The Council’s work in July took place against the backdrop of a number of regional crises. Unfortunately, the Security Council was not able to play the role that the international community ri…
We thank you, Sir, for organizing today’s open debate. We also thank the Secretary-General for
his very informative briefing. We listened carefully to the representatives of the African Union and the European Union.
For the past few years, the Security Council has repeatedly drawn attention to the…
Our meeting today underscores the fact that it is unacceptable, against the backdrop of the upheavals in the Middle East, to relegate the Israeli-Palestinian, and the Arab-Israeli settlement more generally, to the back burner. They are key to the stability, well- being, prosperity and flourishing of…
On behalf of the Russian Federation, allow me once again to convey our condolences to the families of all of those who lost their lives and to the Governments of those countries whose nationals were aboard the plane that went down in Ukraine on 17 July.
There is the need for a full, impartial, inde…
One cannot simply remain unfazed by what is happening. Since the beginning of the Israeli ground military operation, the situation around Gaza has entered a dangerous new spiral of tension. We are extremely alarmed by this turn of events. There is every reason for concern that the scale of the blood…
First, we would like to express our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and friends of the passengers and crew of the Malaysia Airlines flight that
crashed in Donetsk, as well as to the Governments of the countries whose citizens were on the list of victims of the tragedy.
An open and i…
Today the Security Council has adopted a resolution that once again reminds the Syrian parties of the need to stop the violence and immediately implement the Geneva communiqué (S/2012/522, annex) and requires them to complly with their obligations under
international humanitarian law and internatio…
I am not certain how the representative of Ukraine wishes to engage in dialogue with us, but we believe that negotiations should address the broader agenda of our relations. They cannot be dictated by Kyiv on one, two, three or four specific points; they should be based on a broad agenda concerning …
I think that the representative of Ukraine making ironic comments about the Chechens is pointless. I do not understand. He could talk to them. Perhaps that could lead to a diaologue with the people in the southeast of Ukraine. But I will not go further into that issue.
I will say that I liked the f…
You looked at me, Mr. President, and I decided that I would say literally just a couple of words after all. Needless to say, I will not respond to the array of facts or pseudo-facts presented by my Ukrainian colleague, but I want to point out for the umpteenth time that the representative of Ukraine…
The 25 May elections were a step in the right direction. As the President of Russia, Mr. Vladimir Putin, stated before they were conducted, “we respect the elections of the Ukrainian people”. However, we would stop short of the euphoria that our Western colleagues have demonstrated. Elections are no…
We welcome the participation of President Tomislav Nikolić in this Council meeting. At the outset, we would like to express our condolences for the natural disaster that has struck Serbia. The Russian Federation has been providing assistance in overcoming the consequences of the disaster. We agree w…
We understand the motives of many delegations that supported or co-sponsored draft resolution S/2014/348, referring the case of Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC). We share the emotions elicited in them by the crisis in Syria, which has dragged on for far too long. It is hard to witness…
I would like to welcome Mr. Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, once again, we must note that his report (S/2014/314, annex), which we have studied carefully, reveals a trend with regard to Bosnian Serbs, that is, they are blamed for all the political ills in Bosnia and H…
