We thank the Chilean presidency for its proposal to once again take up the issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. We are grateful to the briefers for their assessments and their very useful information.
The situation in the area of the protection of civilians in armed conflict cont…
We opposed the initiative to hold this meeting. We believe that it could well have negative consequences in terms of maintaining the effectiveness of the work of the Security Council and other United Nations bodies.
The Council is often criticized for the fact that it is increasingly involved in ma…
Today’s discussion has once again demonstrated that our Ukrainian colleagues, as ever, see terrorists, threats of terrorism and transnational organized crime in places where other members of the international community do not. We believe that
Ukraine’s abuse of the topic of today’s discussion under…
We are grateful to the delegation of Chad for its timely initiative to hold today’s meeting on such an important and urgent issue. We should like to thank the Under-Secretary-General, Mr. Feltman, and the Permanent Observer of the African Union, Mr. António, for their substantive briefings.
I would…
We take note of the twentieth report of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the situation of the investigation in Darfur. We are grateful to Ms. Bensouda for her comments on the document.
The military, political and humanitarian situation in Darfur remains complex. Intercomm…
I, too, should like to thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the Residual Mechanism for their briefings. We have taken note of the report of the leadership of the Tribunals and of…
This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, of 1982. We join others in underscoring the historical significance of the Convention — a document that is undoubtedly unprecedented in its scale and its scope. This is the only …
Given the lateness of the hour, I shall make only a brief comment.
Some delegations in today’s meeting have made inappropriate allusions to, and interpretations of, matters that have nothing to do with the topic under consideration. We believe that this distracts members from the Council’s discussi…
First of all, I would like to thank the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the report on the work of the Court for the period from 1 August 2013 to 31 July 2014 (see A/69/321).
The Russian Federation is firmly committed to combating impunity for the most serious crimes under in…
The Russian Federation greatly appreciates
the work of the International Court of Justice as the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. We would like to thank the President of the Court, Judge Peter Tomka, for his detailed report. The report of the Court (A/69/4) shows that States continue…
We have been compelled to take the floor again in connection with the statement made by the representative of Ukraine. Once again, colleagues are attempting to turn things around in order to put the blame on Russia for the consequences resulting from the unwillingness or incapacity of the Kyiv autho…
Allow me to thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. I would also like to express my gratitude to all the briefers for their detailed statements on this important topic.
Resolution 1325 (2000) was adopted 15 years ago and has lost none of its relevance. It provides guidance on increa…
Sport is a universal language for human interaction. It promotes the strengthening of understanding among peoples and intercivilizational comity. International sporting cooperation can play an important role in overcoming national and religious enmity and in countering the ideologies of intolerance.…
Our delegation would like to thank the Presidents of International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for presenting to the General Assembly the annual reports on the activities of the Tribunals (see A/69/225 and A/69/206, respectively…
The statement we just heard by the representative of the Ukrainian delegation once again reiterated unfounded accusations directed at Russia. It is regrettable that Ukraine persists in its efforts to use the various forums of the United Nations, including the General Assembly, to repeat its fabricat…
We have had to take the floor once again with regard to the statement made by the representative of Ukraine. Our Ukrainian colleagues’ attempts to use any United Nations context to spread trumped- up accusations about the Russian Federation are not surprising. It is clear that their assertions are n…
We are grateful to the United States delegation for its initiative to convene today’s meeting. We also would like to thank all the invited briefers for their assessment of the situation on the protection of children in armed conflict and their commitment to that objective. We would like especially t…
We thank the Permanent Representatives of Lithuania, Australia and your country, Mr. President,
for their briefings on the work of the respective Committees. Such activities are an important contribution to strengthening the central coordinating role of the United Nations and the Security Council i…
I would like to start by thanking you, Mr. President, for having convened today’s meeting and to express my gratitude to the Prosecutor for her participation. My delegation has familiarized itself with the seventh report of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the investigatio…
I, too, would like to thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. I also thank the Secretary-General, his Special Representative and Ms. Misaka for their statements and the information they have presented to us on issues of sexual violence in armed conflict.
For almost six years, the Se…
