We would like to join the other delegations that have congratulated you, Sir, and the Guatemalan delegation on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the first time, and to wish you every success in your forthcoming tasks.
We are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary…
We are grateful to Mr. Zarif for presenting the report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) (S/2012/603). We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Prime Minister of Serbia, Mr. Ivica Dačić, and we share his vi…
We are grateful to Mr. Moussa and Mr. Madeira for their briefings.
We share the assessments and conclusions contained in the reports of the Secretary-General (S/2012/365 and S/2012/421). We note some progress in consolidating democratic processes in a number of States in the subregion, including th…
We are pleased to welcome the Force Commanders back to this meeting of the Security Council, which has now become a regular event. Lest we forget, it was first held in August 2010 during the Russian presidency of the Security Council (S/PV.6370). It gives us a chance to better understand the current…
Peacebuilding support is one of the key factors in effective conflict resolution, in stabilizing post-conflict situations and in preventing crises from re-erupting. A great deal of work is being done by the United Nations through peacekeeping missions, through the Peacebuilding Support Office and th…
We are grateful to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Fernández for his briefing on the situation in Haiti and the work of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). We have listened with interest to the briefing and have taken note of the Secretary-General’s report (…
Allow me to welcome you, Madam, as President of the Security Council at today’s meeting.
We are grateful to Under-Secretary-General Pascoe and Mr. Lamamra, Commissioner for the Peace and Security of the African Union, for their briefings on the situation in Somalia. We listened carefully to the sta…
We thank Mr. Da Costa, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste, for his statement, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Haq, for her briefing on the activities of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT).
We welcome recent developments…
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Abou Moussa for his informative briefing on the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) and the situation in the region with respect to the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). We listened with interest to the stat…
We are grateful to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Fernandez Amunategui for his briefing on the situation in Haiti.
In spite of the difficult challenges faced by the country, it is encouraging that its leadership and people, with the active support of the international community, ha…
We would like to join in condemning the criminal terrorist actions carried out today in Abuja, which we condemn unconditionally and steadfastly. We express sincere condolences to the Nigerian delegation and through it to the Government of Nigeria to the families of the bereaved, and to all staff of …
The Russian Federation wholeheartedly supports the revitalization of the multilateral disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control machinery. We support the preservation and strengthening of the existing disarmament triad: the United Nations Disarmament Commission, the First Committee and the Con…
