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Kozyrev

THE RECORD WRITES THIS SPEAKER AS KOZYREV

lines on the record: 54
first: 1992-09-24
most recent: 1995-09-24
sittings or episodes: 3
sources: un-general-debate

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“Today this is the policy of the true national interests of the Russian State as a normal rather than an aggressive great Power, as one that recognizes and shoulders its responsibilities as a permanent member of the Security Council. The basic elements of this policy are as follows: partnership and alliance for democracy and a dynamic market economy with countries that share these values; good-neighbourly relations with all neighbouring States; comprehensive strengthening of the Commonwealth of Independent States, strategic partnership with Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and all other countries created in the place of the former Soviet Union; and solidarity and mutually advantageous cooperation with all the members of the world community.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“Neither the President, nor the Government, nor the majority of Parliament, nor the country at large will turn aside from the path of reform, no matter how difficult it may prove. Totalitarianism robbed Russia both of its unique identity and of the possibility of self-fulfilment in its relations with other nations. Through its self-imposed isolation, the richest country of Eurasia became the sick man of Europe and Asia. In contrast, only an open society and a policy of openness will enable Russia to find and play to the fullest extent its unique and historic role. This policy has its roots in an age-old Russian idea. Back in the thirteenth century Saint Alexander Nevsky, one of the founders and defenders of the Russian State, said: "God is to be found not in power but in truth".”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“a pax Americana, a pax Islamica or a pax Christiana, nor is it a monopolistic system of any kind, but rather the multipolar unity in diversity that the United Nations has symbolized from the very outset. For the present, such a world is only a possibility yet to be realized through our joint efforts. Realism leaves no room for euphoria. A difficult period of transition lies ahead. But realism compels us to reject any alternative to the democratic choice. Russia, which has rejected communism, has, perhaps more than any other country, learned from its own experience that there can be no alternative to democratic development; our country voted for democracy during the first nation-wide presidential election in its history, and defended it at the barricades around the Moscow White House.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“First, I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to this important post. The fact that a representative of Bulgaria has assumed this post at the head of the Assembly at precisely this time is a sign of the importance that the world community attaches to the peaceful democratic revolution in Eastern Europe. And we are proud that our countries, linked by ties of traditional friendship, are treading this path together. The democratic movement has prevailed in the cold war. For the first time in history unprecedented opportunities have opened up for the implementation of the principles proclaimed by the United Nations. The post-confrontational and post-communist world is not a pax Sovietica.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)