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“We thank the delegation of France for preparing the draft presidential statement to be adopted today. We also appreciate the flexibility and constructiveness shown by colleagues in discussing the draft statement, which is a substantive and useful document.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270 (2010) · source
“Of particular significance is the development of strategies for the drawdown of peacekeeping operations once their Security Council mandates have been implemented. We believe that a discussion on the exit of operations and a transition from peacekeeping operations to other types of United Nations presences will help us to address this challenge. We were interested to acquaint ourselves with our partner's concept paper (S/2010/67) on the theme "United Nations peacekeeping operations: Transition and exit strategies". We believe that a wide range of its ideas and concepts could serve as a reasonable basis for further discussion aimed at achieving concrete results. Of course, the major criterion in planning such strategies must be to ensure that peacekeepers create favourable conditions for advancing the process of political settlement.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270 (2010) · source
“Experience has shown that more active use of the potential of regional organizations and subregional mechanisms is justified so long as they operate in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and their relations with the Organization, and with the Security Council in particular, are governed by the provisions of Chapter VIII of the Charter. Good opportunities for establishing cooperation with the United Nations in the area of peacekeeping are emerging as a result of the establishment of the peacekeeping capabilities of the Collective Security Treaty Organizations (CSTO). The upcoming adoption, on the initiative of Russia and other CSTO members, of a General Assembly resolution on cooperation between the United Nations and the CSTO will provide further impetus in that regard.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270 (2010) · source
“The assessments of the Committee with regard to the situation in countries where peacekeeping operations exist, its recommendations on operational aspects of peacekeeping and its participation in and cooperation with the Secretariat in missions and in defining the preparedness of contingents and the infrastructure of peacekeeping operations would provide the Council with reliable and timely information and build up the military expertise of United Nations peacekeeping. The scope of the challenges to contemporary peacekeeping requires effective interaction between the United Nations and regional organizations.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270 (2010) · source
“Such programmes must be implemented solely with the consent and in coordination with national Governments. The problem of ensuring the required level of military expertise in the Council's peacekeeping decisions deserves particular attention. We believe that, along with related initiatives, it remains relevant to consider the Russian proposal on reinvigorating the work of the Military Staff Committee, with a full complement of 15 Council members and the flexible involvement of leading troop-contributing countries.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270 (2010) · source
“A relevant issue is the need to ensure the effective transition from peacekeeping to peacebuilding functions for the purpose of consolidating stabilization achievements. It is important to clearly delineate between peacekeeping and peacebuilding activities, which should be clearly defined in mandates. United Nations peacekeepers should be given only initial recovery duties, while, for peacebuilding processes and interventions of a purely socio-economic nature, we should more actively involve United Nations specialized agencies, regional and subregional organizations and the donor community. In developing and adopting peacebuilding decisions, we need to consider the interests of all parties, respect the sovereignty of States and encourage national responsibility for implementing relevant programmes.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270 (2010) · source
“Addressing that challenge will require our collective efforts and productive cooperation among the Security Council, General Assembly and Secretariat. A major line of action should be aimed at increasing the effectiveness of United Nations peacekeeping operations. They should be undertaken in strict conformity with the Charter of the United Nations, with unfailing respect for the Security Council's primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security. That is the political guarantee of the successful conduct of peacekeeping operations. The lack of financial, logistical and technical resources dictates the need to enhance the quality of management of peacekeeping operations and to make optimal use of existing potential in that respect.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270 (2010) · source
“United Nations peacekeeping operations are undergoing not only quantitative but also qualitative changes with the growing complexity of peacekeeping mandates. Many peacekeeping operations are given a whole range of varied duties, such as helping to advance political settlements, monitoring compliance with peace agreements and identifying tasks to strengthen national capacities. In addition to military and political stabilization in zones of conflict, peacekeepers also provide support to security sector reform, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, the building of durable governing institutions and the completion of other complex tasks of State-building. The challenge before us is how to further improve the work of United Nations peacekeeping.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270 (2010) · source
“Mr. Churkin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank the delegation of France for having organized today's meeting on the timely theme of United Nations peacekeeping operations. We welcome the participation of the Secretary-General, the Under- Secretaries-General and the leaders of three important United Nations missions. We listened carefully to their assessments. Russia attaches the highest importance to the role of United Nations peacekeeping in maintaining international peace and security, and seeks to build up its capabilities for peacekeeping operations. United Nations peacekeeping is now more necessary than ever, and it is quite possible that the demand for peacekeepers will only grow.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270 (2010) · source
“In this context, Russia is eager to create conditions such that no country would be able to promote its own security at the expense of another's. We hope that the conception of the Kazakhstan chairmanship's work, as Mr. Saudabayev has presented it today, will help us to overcome the crisis situations encountered by the OSCE in the last few years and to adapt it to the world's new realities. Russia is ready to cooperate constructively with the Kazakh chairmanship-in-office and all other participating States on these issues.”
2010-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6268 (2010) · source
“Such coordination must be based on the firm foundation of the Charter of the United Nations and its Chapter VIII in particular, taking into account the comparative advantages inherent in the global Organization and its mechanisms. What is unalterable here is respect for the Security Council's lead role in the responsibility for maintaining international peace and security. As a regional mechanism, the OSCE has established close and fruitful cooperation with the United Nations in a whole range of key areas, first and foremost of which are security and the settlement of regional conflicts. The primary mission of the OSCE is to ensure equal and indivisible security for all participating States. We believe that this key postulate of the Charter for European Security has yet to be fulfilled.”
2010-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6268 (2010) · source
“The next task is to reform the OSCE and to shift all of its work to a clear, collectively agreed normative basis, including adopting a charter for the organization; streamlining the work of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and its field missions; countering neo-fascism and xenophobia; protecting the rights of national minorities; agreeing common principles for conflict management; and dialogue on freedom of movement and liberalizing visa regimes. The Russian Federation supports multilateral development and improved cooperation with the United Nations, its Security Council and regional and subregional mechanisms, among which the OSCE occupies an important position.”
2010-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6268 (2010) · source
“The Chairman-in-office's intention to include on its agenda such issues as current problems of European security and tolerance is worthy of support. From our point of View, we would like to highlight a number of key issues on the OSCE's agenda to which Russia intends to give special attention in 2010, including within the framework of the Corfu discussions. Among these are the development of dialogue on military-political issues, including confidence- and security-building measures, modernizing the 1999 Vienna Document on confidence-building measures and the fight against terrorism and the drug threat.”
2010-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6268 (2010) · source
“Mr. Churkin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): 1 would like to welcome Mr. Kanat Saudabayev, Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and Secretary of State and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan. We are grateful for his comprehensive statement. The priorities of the Kazakh chairmanship-in- office of the OSCE that have been described to the Security Council are a sound basis for the implementation of objectives that we hope will take that organization to a qualitatively new level. All of us want the OSCE to become a more effective organization that meets the interests of all its participating States. We welcome Kazakhstan's initiative to convene an OSCE summit in 2010.”
2010-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6268 (2010) · source
“This approach is in line with the objective of strengthening the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Lebanese State.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“Palestinians are regularly educated in Russia, paid for by Government grants. Palestinian Authority security bodies are staffed with individuals trained in Moscow. We affirm our solidarity with the Palestinian people and their yearning for their own State. We will leave no stone unturned in order to assist, together with other members of the international community, in achieving a settlement in the Middle East, mindful, of course, of the fact that a final settlement must be comprehensive and include the Syrian and Lebanese fronts. Concerning Lebanon, we welcome the existing positive momentum of developments in its internal domestic situation, which resulted from the patient dialogue among all Lebanese parties aimed at seeking consensus.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“Of course, we work with all Palestinian sides, firmly convinced that without Palestinian unity based on platform of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Arab Peace Initiative, under the leading role of Mahmoud Abbas, the legitimate head of the Palestinian Authority and the PLO, it will be very difficult to achieve a final status for the Palestinians. At their meeting in Sochi on 26 January, President Medvedev of the Russian Federation held a thorough discussion with President Abu Mazen on the entire spectrum of issues related to the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations. We are devoting special attention to developing bilateral Russian-Palestinian cooperation in the context of important economic projects and cultural, humanitarian and educational links.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“The lack of unity within the Palestinian and Israeli societies on the prospects for settlement of the Middle East conflict complicates the international community's diplomatic efforts in that respect. A clear priority is restoring intra-Palestinian unity towards the signing of an agreement on reconciliation between leading Palestinian factions, elaborated with Cairo's assistance. We support Egypt's efforts, which are playing a key role towards resolving the problem. The Russian Federation is pursuing its contacts with Hamas, and within that framework continues to seek to convince the leaders of that movement to transcend any consideration not conducive to achieving the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“At the same time, the need to convene that forum has been confirmed directly by the concerned parties, our Quartet partners and the entire international community. We are therefore pursuing preparations for the conference in cooperation with a broad circle of partners. We believe that close agreement on steps to provide international assistance for the peace process is important. The Russian Federation proposes to organize, in February in Moscow, a ministerial-level meeting of the Quartet to discuss possible opportunities to overcome the crisis in the Israeli-Palestinian dialogue. It will also serve as an important step on the path to organizing the Moscow conference. Collective efforts, including within the format of the Quartet, are currently of fundamental importance to extricating the regional peace process from its impasse.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“Equally alarming is the fact that settlers are openly modifying the status quo in the historical part of Jerusalem near the holy sites of three world religions, creating a source of ongoing tension. All parties need to refrain from any step that might prejudice the outcome of future negotiations on the final status of the occupied territory. Lasting peace cannot be achieved without resolving the problem of Gaza and the complete lifting of the blockade along its entire perimeter. Similar steps are urgently needed to address the ongoing humanitarian disaster under which Gaza's inhabitants live. The lack of progress in the settlement process and the continuing pause in negotiations do not, regrettably, make it possible for us to announce the dates for the Moscow conference on the Middle East.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“However, in order to achieve this objective, the parties must scrupulously discharge their commitments under the Road Map, first and foremost the cessation of Israeli settlement activity, including natural growth, in the occupied Palestinian territory. The settlement issue, although under the Road Map not a precondition for the resumption of negotiations, has become a genuine barrier to Israeli-Palestinian understanding, given the objective development of events. For that reason, the Secretary-General, the Russia and a great number of our partners, including within the Quartet, have expressed their deep concern regarding the decision of the Jerusalem Municipal Planning and Construction Committee to build new settlements and facilities in the occupied part of the city.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“Mr. Churkin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez-Taranco, for his briefing on the situation in the region, which contained precise and balanced assessments of recent developments in the Middle East. Priority attention should now, as in the past, be devoted to the issue of relaunching Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, whose path has long been obstructed by a number of obstacles. The moment dialogue ceases, diplomatic activity withers and other, highly alarming factors take over that often lead to serious upheavals in that part of the world. We therefore advocate a new start in consultations between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli Government.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“President, and the entire Chinese delegation for organizing this meeting and for preparing the excellent draft presidential statement that will be adopted today with our full support.”
2010-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6257 (2010) · source
“We would also like to see further development, in accordance with Chapter VIII of the United Nations Charter, of the cooperation between the United Nations and such structures as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the European Union and NATO. We are certain that the growing cohesiveness between regional partners and the United Nations will continue. On the one hand, regional and subregional organizations must more actively offer their help in terms of providing resources and comparative advantages. On the other hand, the United Nations should give further attention to maximizing coordination and interaction with these structures while reasonably dividing the labour and maintaining the prerogatives of this universal Organization and its Security Council. In conclusion, I would like to thank you, Mr.”
2010-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6257 (2010) · source
“Its members have made clear their readiness to develop cooperation with the United Nations in a number of key areas, including in countering international terrorism and the illicit spread of drugs and assisting in the post-conflict rebuilding of Afghanistan. We must continue to build upon the experience of positive cooperation between the United Nations and its Security Council with regional and subregional partners in Africa, including the African Union. An excellent example of such cooperation is the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur. An important role in finding peaceful ways to address the myriad problems of their respective regions is also being played by the League of Arab States, the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Organization of American States.”
2010-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6257 (2010) · source
“Bordyuzha. It is important that, within the CSTO, intensive work is under way to develop its own peacekeeping capacity, including for involvement in United Nations peacekeeping operations. In addition, the CSTO is making considerable contributions to international efforts for the post-conflict rehabilitation of Afghanistan and addressing the drug threat emanating from that country. A serious contribution to ensuring stability and security in the Eurasian region is being made by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, as reflected specifically in the statement of its Secretary General, Mr. Imanaliyev.”
2010-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6257 (2010) · source
“This holds true above all for the mandate authorization and oversight of regional or coalition peacekeeping operations that allow for the use of force. We favour regular meetings between the Secretary-General and the heads of regional organizations. The United Nations cooperation agenda with regional partners is growing in scope. Peacekeeping and peacebuilding missions have been complemented by efforts to deal with the spread of weapons of mass destruction and the illegal trafficking of small arms and light weapons, to address other destabilizing transboundary problems, and to counter drug trafficking and organized crime. There is great potential in the growing cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). The core areas of CSTO activities today were laid out by its Secretary General, Mr.”
2010-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6257 (2010) · source
“The United Nations and regional organizations ought to harmoniously complement each other, bringing to bear their objective comparative advantages. For the United Nations, this is above all its universal membership, the nature of its activities and its universally recognized legitimacy. The regional organizations, in turn, have a better awareness of situations within their own areas of responsibility and in many instances have targeted preventive and peacekeeping mechanisms. Given the growing need for the effective division of labour between the United Nations and regional organizations, the leading role of the Security Council, as enshrined in the United Nations Charter, remains inviolable in issues related to the maintenance of international peace and security.”
2010-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6257 (2010) · source
“Mr. Churkin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): At the outset, allow me to join in the expressions of solidarity and condolences with respect to the tragedy that has struck Haiti, the people of that country and United Nations personnel there. We welcome the representatives of a number of leading regional organizations and have carefully listened to their assessments of such a compelling subject. The issues being discussed today are of key importance to the maintenance of international peace and security. The global nature of today's challenges and threats and the formulation of collective approaches necessary to address them effectively require an enhancement of United Nations cooperation with regional and subregional organizations, in accordance with the United Nations Charter, above all its Chapter VIII.”
2010-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6257 (2010) · source
“States of the region should also play a positive role, as should organizations active there, including the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the CSTO, within the framework of which concrete plans for counter-terrorism and counter-narcotics activities have been drawn up and are being carried out alongside development activities in Afghanistan. Russia will continue to provide Afghanistan with the necessary assistance. Resources are currently allocated to developing the education system in Afghanistan, including rebuilding the Polytechnical University of Kabul. Assistance is also being extended in other forms. Russia recently sent a large shipment of 52 Kamaz trucks to Afghanistan.”
2010-01-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6255 (2010) · source
“We believe that the 28 January International Conference on Afghanistan in London will prove to be an important international event and that it will give new impetus to the phased transfer to the Government of Afghanistan of full responsibility for ensuring security throughout the national territory, parallel with the creation of effective Afghan armed forces and police. Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov intends to participate in the Conference. The broadest possible international cooperation, under United Nations auspices, is needed to address all these challenges.”
2010-01-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6255 (2010) · source
“The global scale of the Afghan drug threat requires more decisive action and a new level of international cooperation. In that context, we trust that NATO troops in Afghanistan will cooperate more actively with the Afghan Government and establish cooperation with the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which has undertaken effective anti-drug operations along the external perimeter of Afghanistan's borders for several years. There is also a need for more resolute action to curb the trade in precursors, which enter Afghanistan from Europe, inter alia, and without which it is impossible to produce heroin.”
2010-01-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6255 (2010) · source
“We support the goal of national reconciliation in Afghanistan, although that process should not prejudice the achievement of long-term stability in the country or contravene relevant decisions of the Security Council, including with respect to the effective implementation of the Al-Qaida and Taliban sanctions regime. The possibility of reaching agreement with the leaders of the Taliban and other terrorist and extremist organizations cannot be seriously envisaged. Dialogue is possible only with those who have laid down their weapons, recognized the Government and Constitution of Afghanistan, and broken their ties with Al-Qaida and other terrorist structures. The situation of drug production and trafficking remains of particular concern.”
2010-01-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6255 (2010) · source
“Regrettably, we must note that, in spite of the efforts of the Afghan authorities and the international presences, the security situation continues to deteriorate. Violence has reached unprecedented levels in the country, and the situation in the previously calm northern provinces is worsening. In that connection, it is bewildering that the report makes practically no direct reference to the main source of the threat to the security of Afghanistan and the entire region - the activities of the Taliban and Al-Qaida. We believe that we must dispense with euphemisms in this regard.”
2010-01-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6255 (2010) · source
“Mr. Churkin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank the Secretary-General for introducing his latest report (S/2009/674) on the situation in Afghanistan. We also thank his Special Representative, Mr. Eide, for his assessments. We commend his work as head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and wish him success in his future endeavours. We share the Secretary-General's view that the complex electoral process in Afghanistan resulted in an important outcome that satisfies the Afghan people themselves and fully meets the requirements of Afghan law. We trust that the formation of a new, effective Government for the country will be completed in accordance with constitutional procedures.”
2010-01-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6255 (2010) · source
“We expect that Iran will take the signals contained in the IAEA resolution very seriously and that it will cooperate fully with the IAEA for a swift return to negotiations on the situation relating to the Iranian nuclear problem.”
2009-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6235 (2009) · source
“At present, the situation relating to the Iranian nuclear programme is not simple. Unfortunately, it is still not possible to have substantive negotiations with the Iranian side. Nevertheless, the six States, including Russia, have not discarded the possibility of renewed dialogue with a view to reaching a comprehensive resolution of all issues relating to the nuclear programme of Iran. In our work in this area we need to be patient and calm, and must not let ourselves be overcome by emotion. Emotion will only hinder us in achieving our objective. We hope that the resolution adopted on 27 November (GOV/2009/82) by the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will have a positive impact.”
2009-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6235 (2009) · source
“Mr. Churkin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We are grateful to the Permanent Representative of Japan, Ambassador Takasu, for having briefed the Council on the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) over the past 90 days and for the work undertaken in that period. The Committee will need to continue to study the specific situation, which was the main focus of his briefing. Over the period in question, the Committee continued to act in strict compliance with the provisions of the Security Council resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007) and 1803 (2008). In our view, the Committee should, in its future work, continue to work in the spirit and letter of those resolutions, with a view to effectively resolving the Iranian nuclear problem exclusively through political and diplomatic means.”
2009-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6235 (2009) · source
“The Economic Community of West African States and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime must step up their efforts in that regard through the development of operational counter-narcotics programmes. The United Nations Office for West Africa should pursue its practical contributions to the work in this area. We consider the problem of drug smuggling and associated transnational organized crime to be one of the most serious threats to the security of African countries, in particular those in transition towards recovery following destructive armed conflict. It may be concluded that the problem of the spread of drugs has become global, and that more robust measures to eradicate it are called for.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233 (2009) · source
“In 2009, the Operation sought to close off the conduits for smuggled Afghan 09-6381] opiates into the territories of States of the Eurasian region, synthetic drugs from Europe and cocaine from Latin America; to curb the illegal flow of precursors into Central Asian States and Afghanistan; to seize illicitly trafficked weapons, munitions and explosives; and to counter the laundering of drug revenues. The problem of drug trafficking has also deteriorated in West Africa. Exploiting the weakness of existing West African counter-narcotics mechanisms, porous borders and feeble national security sectors, international criminality has turned that subregion into a major new transit hub for cocaine.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233 (2009) · source
“A call to develop broad and effective international cooperation consonant with that initiative is contained in the outcome document of the special conference on Afghanistan held in Moscow in March under the auspices of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. We believe that one example of effective cooperation among States in curbing the illegal flow of drugs is Operation Channel, carried out under the auspices of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. The list of participants in the Operation grows ever year, and its purposes reflect the global nature of drug trafficking and its nexus with other types of criminal activity.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233 (2009) · source
“The Russian Federation believes that the impetus for mobilizing international cooperation in countering the Afghan drug threat lies in the decisions adopted within the framework of the Paris-Moscow process, under United Nations auspices. The time has come to consider how to build on and complement these decisions, taking into account the latest trends in the evolving drug situation in and around Afghanistan. In that regard, we favour the convening of a third ministerial conference within the Paris-Moscow process in late 2010. There is a growing and urgent need to create buffer zones around Afghanistan to ensure anti-drug, counter-terrorist and financial security.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233 (2009) · source
“Mr. Churkin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank you, Sir, for your initiative to organize this meeting of the Security Council on the fight against the illicit traffic in drugs and for the adoption of today's important presidential statement (S/PRST/2009/32). Drug trafficking poses a serious and growing threat to international peace and security. Together with organized crime and terrorism, drug trafficking has grown to dangerous proportions in various regions of the world. We support the resolve of the Security Council, the principal organ responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security, to assist in resolving this pernicious problem. The grave drug threat emerging from the territory of Afghanistan is of a global nature.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233 (2009) · source
“Russia has consistently helped to establish dialogue in such formats. We believe that progress in all areas of the settlement process will be made only on the basis of constructive and equal dialogue between the international community and the Government of the Sudan, with respect for the sovereignty of that country.”
2009-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6230 (2009) · source
“We support the efforts of the Joint African Union-United Nations Chief Mediator on the political process in Darfur, Mr. Bassole, to bring a broad spectrum of Darfur rebel groups, as well as civil society leaders, into the negotiating process. A critical challenge is for the parties to reach agreement on the cessation of armed hostilities. We are seriously concerned by the obstinate refusal of the leaders of such groups as the Justice and Equality Movement and the Sudan Liberation Movement to participate in the talks. We consider such conduct on the part of the rebels to be a major obstacle to a settlement. We believe that the Darfur problem should be the subject of constructive dialogue and cooperation among the United Nations, the African Union and other mediators, on the one hand, and the Sudanese Government on the other.”
2009-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6230 (2009) · source
“We have noted on a number of previous occasions the need for an objective assessment of the actions of all parties to the conflict. We are pleased that a number of measures are being taken to investigate the attack on AU peacekeepers in Haskanita in September 2007. An important event in that area was the voluntary appearance of the rebel leader, Abu Garda, in The Hague and the start of the trial of his case. We call on the Prosecutor not to slacken in his attention to the work in that regard. The Russian Federation registers its deep regret and concern regarding information on the ongoing violence in Darfur. It is clear that A comprehensive political settlement, with the active assistance of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, is the only way to end it.”
2009-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6230 (2009) · source
“We welcome the report of the African Union (AU) High Level Panel on Darfur, chaired by former South African President Mbeki, containing a number of interesting ideas on the use of national mechanisms to bring about accountability. We look forward to a continuation of contacts between the Prosecutor of the ICC and the High Level Panel for the purposes of achieving peace, justice and reconciliation in Darfur, as well as for dealing with the challenges of criminal justice. We take note of the Prosecutor's assessment of the state of cooperation between Khartoum and the ICC. However, we would call on him to carefully weigh his steps in his work on Darfur and to calibrate them with the challenges of achieving peace and improving the humanitarian situation.”
2009-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6230 (2009) · source
“Mr. Churkin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): First of all, let me express our appreciation to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Moreno-Ocampo, for his tenth report on measures taken to investigate the situation in Darfur under Security Council resolution 1593 (2005) and for today's briefing. We note that, judging by the report, the Office of the Prosecutor in its work on Darfur is paying more and more attention to factors related to achieving a comprehensive peace in Darfur and in the Sudan overall, and also to national and regional efforts to combat impunity. In spite of a few differences in the assessments in today's briefing, we believe that this trend will continue to strengthen.”
2009-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6230 (2009) · source
“I note in conclusion the interesting and diverse proposals for carrying out residual functions of the Tribunals when they have completed their work. We expect the Security Council to come forward next year with optimal and mutually acceptable scenarios for establishing a residual mechanism for the Tribunals.”
2009-12-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6228 (2009) · source
“In that context, we must also address the issue of the deadline for extending the terms of the current judges. It is our view that in 2010 the Tribunals will maintain their current intensive pace of work. Trials - no matter how complex - must not drag on interminably. For the successful completion of the Tribunals' mandates and in order to speed up the trials, it will be particularly to ensure effective cooperation by States, first and foremost States in the regions covered by the Tribunals. Here, we note the positive assessment of the level of cooperation by the Serbian authorities set out in the report of Prosecutor Brammertz (S/2009/589, annex II). We call on other countries to respond promptly and appropriately to requests by the Prosecutors of the Tribunals.”
2009-12-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6228 (2009) · source