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Denisov

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first: 2004-07-30
most recent: 2006-03-27
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“In that connection, we commend the efforts of MINUSTAH and its head, Mr. Valdes, whom we thank for his briefing today. In particular, we note the Mission's important role in successfully organizing and holding the first round of national elections. We pay tribute to all peacekeepers who have given their lives for the cause of peace in Haiti. We are also grateful to the Argentine delegation and to the Group of Friends of Haiti for the draft Security Council presidential statement, which we fully support.”
2006-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5397 (2006) · source
“It is particularly important that we promptly implement the framework plan for reforming the Haitian police in order to create an effective and functional police service. If that plan is to be implemented, there must be greater interaction between the national police and the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Despite the great importance of international assistance to Haiti, the primary responsibility for strengthening stability and advancing the peace process continues to lie with the Haitians themselves. Without true desire or energetic efforts on the part of the Haitian people to improve daily life in their country, a long-term positive outcome in Haiti will not be possible. The new Haitian leadership has the main responsibility for engaging in productive cooperation with the international community.”
2006-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5397 (2006) · source
“We expect that the Haitian Government, drawing upon appropriate international support, will do everything possible to ensure that the second round of legislative elections and the subsequent local government elections take place in accordance with democratic norms and standards and within the planned time frame. It is essential that all political forces in Haiti accept the outcome of the forthcoming elections, in the interests of promoting the political process over the long term. In the post-election period, all political forces in Haiti, guided by the country's vital interests, must work more actively to promote national conciliation and political dialogue and to strengthen State institutions. If there is to be long-term stabilization of the situation in Haiti, reform of the law enforcement structures is key.”
2006-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5397 (2006) · source
“Mr. Denisov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): I am pleased to see you, Mr. Minister, presiding over the Security Council. I welcome the presence of the President-elect of Haiti, Mr. Preval. I congratulate him on his electoral victory and wish him every success in his efforts to improve the lives of all Haitians. We also welcome other participants, our eminent guests and the briefings given at today's meeting. We regard as generally successful the first round of national elections in Haiti, which are intended to restore constitutional law and order in the country.”
2006-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5397 (2006) · source
“Without effective assistance on the part of the international community, including the donor countries and the development partners, and without the firm political support of the Security Council, it will be extremely difficult to resolve those issues, although the fate of the country is naturally in the hands of the Liberians themselves. In conclusion, I should like to express our full support for the efforts of the new Government of Liberia and for Mrs. Johnson-Sirleaf personally. We are certain that, in the near future, life in Liberia will return to normal and that the country will embark on the path of sustainable development and prosperity.”
2006-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5389 (2006) · source
“Mr. Denisov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): At the outset, I wish to welcome President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first woman in Liberia to assume such a senior post following free and democratic elections. The Government of National Unity has achieved truly significant success in strengthening the country's unity and overcoming the consequences of the lengthy conflict there. However, much remains to be done to ensure the irreversibility of achievements in the peace process, to rebuild the war-torn and shattered country, to reconstruct the economy and infrastructure, and to restore and consolidate legitimacy, law and order.”
2006-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5389 (2006) · source
“A proposal to establish cooperation using that format was sent to the Afghan side. We regard multifaceted cooperation between Afghanistan and neighbouring countries as an important factor in promoting a comprehensive settlement. In that regard, the programme of assistance to Afghanistan should embrace neighbouring countries, possibly including through placing orders in those countries from donor countries and international organizations. The members of the CSTO are ready to continue to contribute to the process of regional interaction in key areas of international efforts in Afghanistan, including economic rehabilitation, security and the fight against drug trafficking.”
2006-03-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5385 (2006) · source
“As a part of the efforts to create anti-drug security belts along Afghanistan's borders, the CSTO member States carried out a two-stage preventive operation, named Operation Channel, from 25 to 31 October and from 5 to 12 December 2005, with invited observers from Azerbaijan, Iran, China, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and the Ukraine. That operation has become more effective every year. This time more than 11 tons of narcotics and psychotropic substances, including half a ton of heroin and more than a ton of hashish, were confiscated. In addition, 1,030 firearms and more that 37,000 rounds of ammunition were confiscated from offenders. Afghanistan remains one of the priorities in the work of CSTO. A working group on Afghanistan was launched under the Organization's Council of Foreign Ministers.”
2006-03-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5385 (2006) · source
“Resolving that problem will be key in achieving success in the fight against terrorism in economic rehabilitation and in establishing stable central authority in Afghanistan. Only determined and coordinated steps by the international community and the Afghans themselves can truly put an end to the drug trafficking from Afghanistan by combining internal measures and tougher border controls and cutting off drug-trafficking channels, including through the involvement of neighbouring States. It is important that a comprehensive international strategy against the drug threat from Afghanistan be developed as soon as possible, with the participation of the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan.”
2006-03-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5385 (2006) · source
“Given the increasing threat from the Taliban and Al-Qaida, strict compliance - including by the Afghan Government - with the sanctions imposed by the Security Council takes on special relevance. We share the view that the implementation of the national reconciliation programme is important for the long- term stabilization of the situation in the country. At the same time, that process should not contradict the decisions taken by the Security Council or the task of fully eradicating the terrorist threat from the territory of Afghanistan. We note with concern that efforts by the international community and the Afghan authorities to counter the production and smuggling of drugs have not yet produced the desired results.”
2006-03-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5385 (2006) · source
“That will contribute to effective coordination of international efforts in the post-war recovery and economic rehabilitation of Afghanistan. To successfully implement the tasks set forth in London, it is necessary to radically alter the security situation, which has recently worsened. We are seriously concerned about the fact that the attacks of extremists from the Taliban and Al-Qaida are growing bolder and reaching into ever-larger territories. We support the broadened activities of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) authorized by Security Council. Further building the capacity of the national security forces would contribute to the speedy stabilization of the situation. That priority will ensure a stable security situation in Afghanistan in the future.”
2006-03-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5385 (2006) · source
“It is important that in this new, post-Bonn stage the central role in coordinating international efforts on the Afghan track continues to belong to the United Nations. As adopted, the Compact provides for clear time frames for the practical implementation by the Afghan Government - with international assistance - of large-scale tasks in the areas of security, governance, human rights, development and the fight against the drug threat in the coming five years. We expect that the Afghan authorities will act with full awareness of their broad responsibilities for those tasks. The Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board is meant to play a useful role in monitoring the implementation of the Afghanistan Compact. We expect that all the key players in Afghan affairs will be involved in the activities of the Board as permanent participants.”
2006-03-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5385 (2006) · source
“Mr. Denisov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): I have the honour to speak on behalf of the member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), namely, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation and Tajikistan. We express our appreciation to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Tom Koenigs for the detailed briefing on the current situation in Afghanistan. We note with satisfaction that the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) continues to perform its important functions effectively. The Afghanistan Compact, adopted by consensus at the London Conference, has showed that the international community is determined to continue to provide large-scale assistance to the Afghan people in the post-conflict rehabilitation of their country.”
2006-03-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5385 (2006) · source
“We, too, believe that there is a need to develop a strategy better to organize leisure and recreational activities for the contingents. Nevertheless, we believe that what is even more important is the rational organization of the on- duty time of the peacekeepers. Here it would be good, perhaps, to remind ourselves of the old saying that exists in the military that a soldier's idle mind is the devil's workshop.”
2006-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5379 (2006) · source
“The third step would involve the establishment of a mechanism that is effective and as transparent as possible to ensure accountability with respect to the investigations conducted and the measures taken. We believe that all of those measures must receive in-depth consideration so as to make them effective in the long term. The Security Council can also play an important role in combating sexual crimes. The role of this body must be first and foremost to draw up the mandates of peacekeeping missions with great care and to establish a reliable political monitoring mechanism for their implementation. Peacekeeping contingents must receive clear instructions as to what actions they are allowed to take, and their preparation and numbers must be in line with their functions.”
2006-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5379 (2006) · source
“In our view, critical tasks in terms of eliminating instances of sexual exploitation and abuse in peacekeeping operations would involve the following steps. The first step would require a harmonization of the existing rules of conduct for peacekeepers and their articulation in a clear and accessible form, so that they could become an important part of the training of peacekeeping personnel. Secondly, a system should be established for interaction among the Secretariat, the troop- contributing countries and the host States, within their respective competencies. Success in that regard would lie not in redistributing responsibilities among participants in peacekeeping work, but rather in establishing channels for their interaction.”
2006-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5379 (2006) · source
“Guehenno, and to the Secretariat as a whole for their report today, which, in our view, is indeed of a comprehensive nature. I should like also to express our appreciation to the Adviser to the Secretary-General, the Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations, Prince Zeid Al-Hussein, for his contribution to the development of a "zero tolerance" policy for sexual exploitation and abuse. We also welcome the efforts being undertaken in that regard by the General Assembly and by its Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, and we are prepared to participate actively in that work. We will be interested to see the results of the work of the legal experts on a seldom-studied question: that of eliminating impunity among the civilian personnel of peacekeeping missions.”
2006-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5379 (2006) · source
“Mr. Denisov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): The Russian Federation attaches great significance to upholding high moral and ethical standards of conduct for all categories of United Nations peacekeeping personnel. This matter deserves ongoing attention by the Organization and its Member States. Today, when peacekeeping activities are increasingly serving as a gauge of the effectiveness of the United Nations in matters of international peace and security, we cannot allow the good reputation of peacekeepers to be sullied by actions of sexual exploitation and abuse. We believe that the United Nations must undertake comprehensive and vigorous actions to combat this scourge. In that regard, we would like to express our appreciation to the Under-Secretary-General, Mr.”
2006-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5379 (2006) · source
“We believe the Secretary-General will soon be submitting a comprehensive report to the General Assembly on this matter, as provided for in resolution 59/296 on the administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations. It is our hope that this report will also include specific proposals on further improving procurement activities in the United Nations. The Russian delegation believes it is important that today's Security Council meeting should provide further impetus for the future work in the Organization on improving the effectiveness of procurement and the adoption of effective measures to prevent and eliminate any financial violations in planning and equipping peacekeeping missions.”
2006-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5376 (2006) · source
“There is a broad collection of recommendations in this report that relate to key issues on procurement in the United Nations, including those on how to improve the quality of planning procurement for peacekeeping operations, on ensuring clear interaction between the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the procurement services, on improving monitoring of the costs of contracts, on registration and decision-making on the awarding of contracts to suppliers, on avoiding conflicts of interest in procurement, and so forth. In principle, the recommendations in the report are in line with improving United Nations procurement activities to the maximum possible. However, they do need thorough and careful analysis.”
2006-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5376 (2006) · source
“We must also seek to ensure that solutions to such problems are fully in accordance with the more complicated nature and scale of peacekeeping operations. As for procurement activities, they must be transparent, swift and flexible, as regards both the operational level and long-term planning. There must also not be any superfluous expenditure. This is something that must be monitored by the States Members of the United Nations. The Russian delegation notes the appearance of the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on procurement for United Nations peacekeeping operations.”
2006-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5376 (2006) · source
“Mr. Denisov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): Mr. President, may I first of all extend my thanks to the Secretariat for the report that has been introduced to us by Mr. Mark Malloch Brown. The Russian Federation attaches great importance to reform of the procurement system in the United Nations, fully in accordance with the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly on enhancing the effectiveness and transparency of procurement, ensuring equal access to the United Nations market for all suppliers in good standing from all United Nations Member States and removing any possibility of duplication of function, fraud or abusive authority. In our view, matters relating to improving the planning of peacekeeping operations and the managing and equipping of such operations should be the focus of attention here in the Security Council.”
2006-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5376 (2006) · source
“That is the only way to achieve the goal of solid stabilization in Kosovo and in the Balkans as a whole. When resolving conflict, the international community should not use double standards. It is clear to us that the formula for resolving the problem of Kosovo objectively will have an impact on the development of the situation with regard to other conflicts, too. That is precisely why the Security Council can support only a negotiated decision, not a one-sided one. This would not create a negative precedent in international crisis settlement. At any event, the situation in the province cannot be called unique, and the exact way in which a solution to the future status issue is found will have a universal character. In conclusion, I wish once again to welcome President Tadic, who has come here to be present at today's meeting.”
2006-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5373 (2006) · source
“The Security Council has a lead role to play in Kosovo's affairs, and it will continue, on an ongoing basis, to monitor the implementation of standards in the provinces and the development of the status process. We believe that it would be counterproductive to set any strict time frames in that regard. We are not talking about protracting the talks indefinitely. However, as experience in resolving many conflict situations has shown, arbitrary time limitations could undo any possibility of reaching necessary compromise decisions. Ensuring the success of the international effort in Kosovo will depend on subsequent compliance with resolution 1244 (1999) and the guiding principles of the Contact Group, and on the parties to the process agreeing on a mutually acceptable negotiating outcome.”
2006-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5373 (2006) · source
“During the direct talks, the parties must themselves reach agreement on the future status of Kosovo, without any decisions being imposed on them- with, of course, international facilitation, represented by the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General, Mr. Ahtisaari. Such agreement must be equally acceptable to Belgrade and to Pristina and must be in keeping with international legal norms and with resolution 1244 (1999), and must then be backed up by a new Security Council resolution. Working out a compromise will require time and a major effort by the parties, as well as by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General and the Contact Group.”
2006-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5373 (2006) · source
“Sejdiu, will do everything possible to ensure calm and security and will demonstrate a responsible and constructive attitude during the talks to determine the future status of Kosovo, in the interests of peace, stability and prosperity for all of its people. The basis for defining the future status of the province should be the principle of gradualism. We should start by reaching agreement on specific aspects of the status process, and only then move on to discussing actual future status. Such a gradual approach could create the necessary atmosphere for subsequent agreement between the parties on a status formula. We believe that there are various possible status options.”
2006-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5373 (2006) · source
“So far in Kosovo, the necessary conditions are not in place for finding a status solution, particularly because of the lack of progress in implementing key standards. In the context of the settlement of such problems, we welcome the organization of direct meetings between the Serbs and the Kosovo Albanians, with the facilitation of Mr. Ahtisaari, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Future Status Process for Kosovo. We are prepared to lend support to his efforts to establish direct dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina. The passing of Ibrahim Rugova was a severe loss for the Albanian community of Kosovo. We will remember him as their most authoritative leader, who strove for a non-violent solution to the Kosovo problem. We hope that the leadership of the province, including the new President, Mr.”
2006-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5373 (2006) · source
“We associate ourselves with the Secretary-General's urgent appeal to the leaders of the province to intensify their efforts to guarantee real, solid progress in the implementation of standards, particularly those standards that are of priority importance for the national minorities. Progress in those areas will be an important indicator of the willingness of the leadership of Kosovo to lay the foundations for a multi-ethnic democratic society in which members of all communities can live in decent, safe conditions. Like our partners in the Contact Group, we are convinced that, with regard to implementing standards, only concrete, practical results - not symbolic gestures - will have an important influence on the pace and productiveness of the negotiating process that is to determine the future status of Kosovo.”
2006-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5373 (2006) · source
“We, like the Secretary-General, have some serious concerns about the stalling and, in some cases, the regression, in the process of the implementation of standards in the province, particularly with regard to the still very low rates of returns of refugees and internally displaced persons. Important steps have not yet been taken to enable those who want to return to do so. It is too early to talk about the existence of the required guarantees in terms of rights, security and freedom of movement for minorities, particularly Serbs. The problems of decentralization are far from being resolved, as are those relating to the protection of the religious and cultural heritage of minorities. Despite the efforts of the United Nations Mission and of the Kosovo Force (KFOR), the situation in the province is far from stable.”
2006-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5373 (2006) · source
“Mr. Denisov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): My delegation welcomes the participation in today's meeting of Mr. Tadic, President of the Republic of Serbia, and of Mr. Jessen-Petersen, Head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, as well as the delegation accompanying him. We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his report (8/2006/45) on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo and to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his comprehensive briefing on the situation in Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro.”
2006-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5373 (2006) · source
“Finally, Madam President, I should like once again to thank you and the delegation of the United Republic of Tanzania for the great effort you have put into preparing and conducting today's meeting.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359 (2006) · source
“Stabilizing the situation in Central Africa and putting in place solid conditions conducive to development are closely linked to a successful outcome of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region. A major task in the upcoming phase will be to carry out an objective analysis of compliance with the Dar es-Salaam Declaration of Principles on Peace, Security, Democracy and Development in the Great Lakes Region and, at the second summit of States of the region, to adopt viable, balanced, achievable decisions binding on all, particularly in the areas of peace and security. I wish to note that my delegation fully supports the draft resolution (S/2006/51) that has been prepared for adoption at the end of today's meeting.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359 (2006) · source
“Still pending is the thorny problem of the disarmament, reintegration and voluntary repatriation of members of foreign armed groups operating in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In our View, it is of great importance that regional cooperation among the States of the Great Lakes region - in particular Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo - be established, along with putting in place confidence- building measures and resolving outstanding bilateral issues. This should be done in the framework of multilateral security mechanisms such as the Tripartite Plus One Joint Commission. In resolving disarmament problems, the regional dimension must be emphasized by broadening and deepening cooperation among neighbouring States.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359 (2006) · source
“That is encouraging, and it reflects a solid trend towards overall stabilization. To consolidate the success of the Burundi peace process and to make it irreversible, the democratically elected Government still has many severe problems to address. Naturally, that will require considerable assistance from the international community, including through the participation of the Peacebuilding Commission, the Friends of Burundi and the leading donors. The priority for the leaders and the parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is to accelerate the establishment of a legal and logistical basis for the holding of free, honest, transparent and democratic elections in June 2006.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359 (2006) · source
“The Council's consideration of current conflict situations in the Great Lakes region continues to indicate that the greatest difficulties arise in the settlement of problems relating to the transitional and post-conflict periods. The implementation of legislation and the revival or establishment of legal systems take place slowly. Programmes of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration are carried out with difficulty or are completely blocked - notably by illegal Congolese or foreign armed groups operating in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and in neighbouring States, where their destabilizing impact on the region's peace process has recently taken on an increased cross-border character. At the same time, we note the generally positive momentum in the peace processes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Burundi.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359 (2006) · source
“Mr. Denisov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): I wish first of all to welcome you, Madam Minister, and to thank you for presiding over the Security Council at this meeting. I wish also to welcome Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Council members and States of the Great Lakes region who have come to New York to consider the question of strengthening peace, security and sustainable development in the Great Lakes region. African issues are constantly at the centre of the Council's attention. This reflects the international community's grave concern at the complex ongoing situation on the African continent. Recent developments in the Great Lakes region show clearly that the most important way to settle conflict in the region and throughout Africa is to strengthen the rule of law by developing democracy and good governance.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359 (2006) · source
“In 2005, Russia made a further voluntary contribution to the budget of UNHCR, and we hope in the future to continue that practice. If possible, we will try to expand our participation in international humanitarian activities.”
2006-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5353 (2006) · source
“UNHCR can identify the most vulnerable segments of the population, including refugees, and give them the assistance and protection that they need. We believe that a good example of such coordinated work is that of the African Union mission in the Sudan, where, despite all of the complexities and problems, with which we are all familiar, it has been possible to reduce the level of violence against refugees and internally displaced persons in the areas in which they are concentrated in Darfur. The Russian Federation supports the initiatives of the top management of UNHCR, which is seeking to enhance the effectiveness of the organization, and we favour the retention of the existing principles for the voluntary funding of its programmes.”
2006-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5353 (2006) · source
“That massive displacement of people is, of course, having a very negative impact on the economies of the recipient countries, and often becomes a dangerous element of destabilization in the domestic political life of such countries. Banditry, looting, murder and rape are characteristic of virtually all conflict areas, particularly those where illegal armed groups are active. We are all well aware of the criminal activities of such groups of thugs. In those situations, it is becoming increasingly important, especially in Africa, to coordinate the activities of United Nations peacekeeping operations, within the context of their mandates as endorsed by the Security Council, with the country presence of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.”
2006-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5353 (2006) · source
“Mr. Denisov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): The Russian Federation supports the activities of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as the lead international agency providing international protection to refugees. We believe that this meeting of the Security Council, initiated by the Tanzanian presidency, is extremely important. That is borne out by the comments of Mr. Guterres, to whom we are grateful for his comprehensive briefing. The information that he gave us and the figures that he cited were truly enlightening. The High Commissioner gave us a far-from- exhaustive list of countries in which hundreds of thousands - indeed, millions - of people have been compelled to flee their homes, seeking asylum and protection in areas of their own country that are not always safe, or in neighbouring States.”
2006-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5353 (2006) · source
“We hope that during the Belgian chairmanship, the OSCE will continue to facilitate the resolution of a number of other crises and conflicts in its area of competence in the framework of the division of labour that has developed with the United Nations. Russia, for its part, will continue to support such efforts on the part of the OSCE. In conclusion, allow me once again to wish the Belgian chairmanship every success in its work in this very difficult year of 2006.”
2006-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5346 (2006) · source
“The OSCE mission in the province, which is part of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, is playing an important role in particular in monitoring, encouraging and promoting observance of human rights as well as monitoring the local media, and on the whole in introducing the standards adopted by the international community. This is particularly important at this time, in the light of the process that is now under way to determine the future status of Kosovo. Important work in the area of political support provided by the United Nations is being done by the OSCE in the context of the Nagorny Karabakh settlement, where recently we have noted some positive progress.”
2006-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5346 (2006) · source
“We support the all-round development and enhancement of cooperation between the United Nations and its Security Council and regional and subregional mechanisms on the basis of the Charter of the United Nations, in particular its Chapter VIII, duly taking into account the comparative advantages involved. We note with satisfaction that, as a regional mechanism, the OSCE has established close and fruitful cooperation with the United Nations in a number of key areas, primarily with respect to security and to the resolution of regional conflicts. I should like in particular to note the contribution made by the OSCE to the implementation of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) on Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro.”
2006-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5346 (2006) · source
“Mr. Denisov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We are pleased to welcome here the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belgium, Mr. De Gucht, and we should like to thank him for his briefing. On the whole, we agree with the approach taken by the Belgian chairmanship to structuring the work of the organization for 2006. Russia welcomes the decisions taken at the recent OSCE Ministerial Council, held in Ljubljana. The positive results obtained were due largely to the persistent efforts of the Slovenian chairmanship. We are convinced that the Belgian chairmanship will carry out its work in a similar manner. Russia is prepared very constructively to cooperate with the Belgian chairmanship, including building on the agreements reached at Ljubljana.”
2006-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5346 (2006) · source
“We understand the magnitude of the problems facing Africa, and in that connection we attach special significance to the strengthening of the peacekeeping integration activities of the African Union and African subregional organizations. We note the fruitful results of the African Union's intermediary efforts in settling conflicts on the continent. The world community's attention to African problems must not abate. In the United Nations and other international structures, Russia will in future pursue a policy in keeping with the interests of the States of the continent and continue to participate in agreed measures for comprehensive assistance to Africa, including through the Group of Eight and other multilateral forums. We will continue to actively support efforts to settle crises and to enhance Africa's peacekeeping potential.”
2005-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5331 (2005) · source
“The Organization, with its unique experience in settling conflicts and in post-conflict recovery, can mobilize the international community and various regional and subregional machineries to achieve a comprehensive solution to the problems of African countries. The positive experience of increasingly fruitful cooperation among the major United Nations organs, within their mandates, is an important enhancing factor in that regard. The forthcoming decision to establish a peacebuilding commission will assuredly mark yet another important step in that direction. Russia welcomes the strengthening of the role of African States in world policy and their efforts to settle the remaining regional conflicts on the continent, to promote economic and social development and to reaffirm human rights and democracy.”
2005-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5331 (2005) · source
“We believe that the situation should change in the near future with the reorganization of the Central Emergency Revolving Fund as the Central Emergency Response Fund. The basic modalities of that mechanism, as we all know, were established in a resolution recently adopted by consensus by the General Assembly. In particular, it provides for the Fund's resources to be allocated to natural disaster warning and to meet the obvious humanitarian needs of countries in which the necessary time frame is inadequate to mobilize resources for a consolidated conventional inter-agency appeal. The United Nations and the Security Council are actively involved in Africa's problems.”
2005-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5331 (2005) · source
“Mr. Smirnov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): At the outset, I thank Under-Secretary- General Egeland for his detailed briefing on the humanitarian situation in several regions of Africa. The real situation and the depth of crises in Africa require us to look into the issue of increasing humanitarian assistance. We pay tribute to the selfless work of the United Nations humanitarian staff in very difficult circumstances, in particular in Darfur and elsewhere. However, of no less strategic importance is the overall systemic approach that should allow us, inter alia, to avoid the inequitable distribution of humanitarian assistance on the continent and to put an end to the phenomenon of so-called forgotten emergency situations.”
2005-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5331 (2005) · source
“We continue to oppose unwarranted pressure on Damascus, as well as interpretations with respect to the degree and nature of Syrian cooperation with international investigators that are not in keeping with the conclusions of the Mehlis Commission. We have noted that Damascus began cooperating with the Mehlis Commission on the basis of the provisions of resolution 1636 (2005). So far, the Syrian side has taken only initial steps in that respect; it still has considerable distance to cover. The Security Council must monitor the manner in which the Syrian side meets its obligations and, where necessary, assist it. We would also reiterate Russia's firm conviction of the need to continue efforts to establish the facts with respect to the circumstances surrounding the death of the former Prime Minister of Lebanon, Rafik Hariri.”
2005-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5329 (2005) · source
“Mr. Denisov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): Right up until the time of today's vote, the members of the Council continued to work on the draft resolution containing the response of the Security Council to the latest report of the Mehlis Commission. We had very much hoped that Council members would be able to overcome their differences of opinion and reach a consensus on that document. Despite the continuing divergences of View, we were able to come to an agreement, and the resolution was adopted unanimously. We proposed our own amendments to the texts prepared by our French and American colleagues, which made it more balanced in nature, without, however, fully freeing it of negativism with respect to Syria - unnecessary in the current situation.”
2005-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5329 (2005) · source