We are grateful to Ambassador Gary Quinlan for presenting his report on the activities of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). The Committee must continue to work impartially and objectively and in the interest of a political and diplomatic solution concerni…
We thank the Force Commanders, Lieutenant General Dos Santos Cruz, Major General Ngondi and Major General Iqbal Asi, for their briefings on current issues of concern to peacekeeping operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire and United Nations peacekeeping overall.…
We listened carefully to the statement of High Representative Inzko. His report to the Security Council (S/2013/263, annex) is informative and detailed, but unfortunately it is far from an objective analysis of the true situation in the country and suffers from bias in its criticism of the Bosnian S…
Peacebuilding activities are one of the key factors for effectively settling conflicts, stabilizing post-conflict situations and avoiding a resumption of crises. However, despite the efforts taken in that area by the United Nations through its peacekeeping operations, the Peacebuilding Support Offic…
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Abou Moussa for his briefing, and we note the progress in consolidating the democratic processes in a number of States of Central Africa, including the peaceful holding of elections this summer in Angola and the Congo.
We welcome the efforts …
The Russian Federation believes that assistance in strengthening national civilian capacities is an important aspect of United Nations assistance to post-conflict States. Consistent with resolution 66/255 of 16 March 2012, the report of the Secretary-General on measures to build civilian capacity in…
We thank Under-Secretaries-General Hervé Ladsous and Ameerah Haq for their thorough briefings.
The theme of inter-mission cooperation remains very topical. We support the desire of the Secretariat to be prepared for the last-minute deployment of missions and negative developments in the field, espe…
