Despite the fact that Security Council resolution 2209 (2015) was adopted by consensus, we do not consider the reference to it in resolution 71/250 to be entirely appropriate. Unlike resolution 2235 (2015), resolution 2209 (2015) is not directly
related to cooperation between the Organization on th…
The Russian delegation welcomes the holding of the sixth High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development. Along with the special spring meetings of the Economic and Social Council, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Tra…
African countries today face complex challenges associated both with internal transformations as well as with the need to respond to external threats, including shocks on financial and commodities markets, climate change and associated natural disasters.
Russia welcomes the efforts of African count…
We are grateful to the Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Sy, and to the representatives of the United Nations Development Programme and the
World Bank for the statements that they made in the Security Council.
We have always supported efforts to build peace, achieve national reconciliat…
We are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Vieira de Mello, for his briefing, which has given us a clear idea of the difficult and large-scale work which is being carried out by the
mission he heads, and for the in-depth analysis he has just given us of what has to …
Before we take a decision on the important item that has been before the Security Council for some time now, we should like to ensure that there is complete understanding among Council members on all aspects of the issue, especially given the fact that, as far as we know, there is additional informa…
In assessing the developments in Burundi, we are disturbed that with the vacuum in the Arusha peace process, because of the death of Julius Nyerere, there has been an increase in violence in the country, and the civilian population is suffering therefrom. We are indeed disturbed over the actions of …
