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Evstigneeva

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first: 2020-08-10
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“But these appears were not taken seriously, and the accommodating steps undertaken by Pyongyang in 2018 and 2019 and the positive signals that the North Koreans sent at that time were also not heeded. It is because of the United States position that the Council could not find within itself the ability to react to them appropriately and help with the process of easing tensions. We have stated it many times and are repeating it now: introducing new sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a dead end. It is a measure that, as we just stated, is bringing us zero results when it comes to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.”
2022-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9146 (2022) · source
“Pyongyang, out of all the dishes on the menu, is only offered one, namely, sanctions. Since 2006, on initiatives of the United States, a large number of restrictive measures have been imposed on Pyongyang, each stronger than its predecessor, but over the course of the years, it has become very clear that the sanctions paradigm cannot ensure security in the region, nor can it bring us closer to the settling of the issues of missile and nuclear proliferation. We deeply regret that our Western colleagues have consistently ignored the numerous appeals by Pyongyang to the United States to stop its hostile activity, which could open an opportunity for dialogue.”
2022-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9146 (2022) · source
“In the Security Council, we often hear from its Member States that preventive diplomacy cannot be replaced, that there are no military solutions to conflicts, and that, when trying to settle explosive situations, priority needs to be given to political and diplomatic means. These are very important words — they are the very essence of the United Nations Charter — but when it comes to our Western colleagues, these methods are emphasized only where they have an opportunity to interfere into others’ internal affairs. But when we talk about the regions where their geopolitical interests are truly at stake, then condemnation, pressure and sabre-rattling come to the fore. In the eyes of the United States and other Western countries, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was long ago excluded from the so-called civilized world.”
2022-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9146 (2022) · source
“Furthermore, the situation on the Korean peninsula cannot be considered separately from complicated processes that are currently taking place in this part of the world, and we can but note Washington’s persistent pushing forward of their unilateral security doctrine in the Asia-Pacific region, which only creates new risks for the countries in the region and is trying to divide them according to the principle of “if you are not with us, you are against us”. Part of such activity includes creating new military blocs, such as, for example, the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, in the so-called AUKUS, and this gives rise to doubts about the good intentions of these States, in particular for Pyongyang, which is not conducive to dialogue.”
2022-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9146 (2022) · source
“The leaders of these countries are talking irresponsibly about deploying American means of deterrence, including nuclear means, on the Korean peninsula and in the region. We regret that this factual information was not reflected in the briefing provided by the United Nations representative. It is obvious that the missile launches by Pyongyang are a consequence of a short-sighted, confrontational military activity conducted by the United States of America surrounding this country, which hurts its own partners in the region and also worsens the situation in North-East Asia as a whole.”
2022-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9146 (2022) · source
“Ms. Evstigneeva (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We would like to thank Mr. Khaled Khiari for his briefing. Russia objects to any military activity that threatens the security of the Korean peninsula and the countries in North-East Asia. We note with regret that in recent months the situation on the Korean peninsula has shown a tendency to worsen. In August, the United States and its allies in the region resumed a large-scale military- training activity, and at the end of September, for the first time in five years, exercises were held in the Sea of Japan by the United States, the Republic of Korea and Japan, with the participation of a nuclear-missile carrier, with a view to training to hit targets of critical importance in the Democratic People’s Republic.”
2022-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9146 (2022) · source
“Normalizing the security situation will be crucial to improving the humanitarian situation, achieving sustainable socioeconomic development and strengthening integration processes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as with regard to the preparations for the presidential elections, scheduled for the end of 2023. In conclusion, we would like to underscore that responsibility for the country’s fate ultimately lies with the Congolese themselves. The future of their families and of their State is in their hands. We are convinced that, with the support and engagement of the international community, the Democratic Republic of the Congo will be able to overcome all its difficulties and return to peace and development.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“At the same time, it will be vital to continue working for the full implementation of 2013’s fundamental Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework Agreement for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes Region. We want to reaffirm our principled support for the efforts of MONUSCO, its leadership and its peacekeepers, as well as the activities of Xuang Shia. We hope that together with the peacekeeping Mission and its partners in the region, the Democratic Republic of the Congo will be able to regain control over the situation and begin to implement long-overdue measures to address the root causes of the crisis in the east of the country.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“In that regard, we welcome the resolute approach of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s neighbours to overcoming the escalation in the east and launching new conflict resolution mechanisms in the Great Lakes region. We commend the peacekeeping efforts of President Lourenço of Angola. We are also closely monitoring the Nairobi process, launched in April, and we welcome the significant decisions taken by the States of the region during the consultations in the Kenyan capital, including the decision on the creation of a joint force. It is important to ensure that they are implemented with the support of the international community and in direct coordination with MONUSCO, with Kinshasa playing the leading role.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“With regard to the implementation of the joint transition plan for the phased downsizing and subsequent withdrawal of the Mission from the country, we believe that first and foremost it is essential to take the evolution of the situation on the ground into account and to act gradually and responsibly. We believe that the events that took place this summer have confirmed that our top priority should be to ensure peace and stability in the region through political means. It is therefore essential to achieve a comprehensive cessation of hostilities and create the conditions for constructive dialogue with a view to fostering a sustainable stabilization process. In our view, the key to resolving security issues lies in constructive cooperation between regional players.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“We strongly condemn the attacks on MONUSCO facilities in North Kivu in which Blue Helmets and Berets, as well as local residents, were killed and injured. We have no doubt that the Democratic Republic of the Congo authorities will conduct a thorough investigation into the incidents and take all the necessary measures. For our part, we consider it important to do everything in our power to resolve these issues without violence. We believe it is therefore vital to significantly increase the coordination and exchange of information between MONUSCO and the official structures of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“While at the moment we are seeing a certain level of calm thanks to the absence of large-scale hostilities, particularly between the Mouvement du 23 mars and Government forces, the numerous illegal armed groups operating in the east continue to terrorize the local population and fight actively among themselves over natural resources, using the revenues from the illegal exploitation of those resources to finance their illicit activities and expand their armed capacity. As a result of militants’ attacks, dozens of Congolese civilians are dying every month while thousands of men, women, children and the elderly end up internally displaced or refugees. The humanitarian situation is also worsening. The recent spike in clashes between the local population and peacekeepers was an additional challenge.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“We note with regret that despite the state of emergency that has been in force in the provinces of Ituri and North Kivu since May 2021, as well as the military operation led by the Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo and Uganda and the efforts of the peacekeepers of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), the situation in the eastern part of the country has not improved.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“Ms. Evstigneeva (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank Special Representative Keita for her briefing and listened carefully to Mr. Mudinga’s remarks. We would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Gabon for presenting the report on the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We welcome the participation of the Permanent Representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi and Rwanda in this meeting. Like all of our Security Council colleagues, we are following the situation in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with concern.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“Ms. Evstigneeva (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): I feel compelled to respond to the statement made by our United States colleague and his claims that Russia has done nothing to benefit Afghanistan. In that regard, just as at the last meeting of the Security Council on Afghanistan (see S/PV.9118), it is important to recall the state in which the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics left Afghanistan. I am sure that some Afghans still remember it very well. However, the United States cannot boast of the methods it used to combat that Soviet legacy in the 1990s or of what became of Afghanistan with the assistance it provided during those years. Nor can it be proud of the shape it left Afghanistan in last year. The issue here is not who was worse or who was better.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9137 (2022) · source
“Russia has consistently advocated efforts to strengthen cooperation with our brother people of Afghanistan, whom we will continue to provide with assistance aimed at achieving a comprehensive settlement. We also continue to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghans, despite attempts to exclude Russia — one of the world’s major agricultural Powers — from international trade and the obstacles created to prevent our cooperation even with the World Food Programme. We will continue to cooperate with Afghanistan through bilateral contacts with the de facto authorities and other Afghans in regional formats, including the Moscow format, meetings with regional neighbours, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9137 (2022) · source
“The work of UNAMA should be based on just such constructive, pragmatic and comprehensive approaches. We have high hopes for the efforts of the incoming Head of UNAMA, Ms. Roza Otunbayeva, considering her understanding of the specifics of the situation, the country and the region as a whole. However, these issues should not be used as preconditions for the resolution of urgent humanitarian and economic problems. In that regard, it is unacceptable to tie the Taliban delegation’s travels to attend negotiations on issues of peace and stability to the human rights situation. That approach only harms the cause and hinders regional players in contributing effectively to a peaceful solution.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9137 (2022) · source
“Building a sustainable peace in Afghanistan will be impossible without international assistance to its people in post-conflict reconstruction and economic development, while also resolving its long-standing problems in the areas of terrorism and drugs. At the same time, it is important to maintain dialogue with the new authorities while refraining from using blackmail. Its own history of relations with the Taliban should have taught the United States the futility of such a policy. It will be essential to work patiently with the Afghans to create a State that is politically and ethnically inclusive, free from terrorism and drugs, economically stable and developed, and where the rights of all its citizens, including religious and ethnic minorities, women and girls, are respected and protected.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9137 (2022) · source
“However, it has been a long time since we were surprised by the methods used by Washington, with the support of its allies, in relation to regimes that it deems undesirable. We are familiar with their use of unilateral sanctions, political pressure and ultimatums. At the same time, our colleagues will carefully erase from history evidence of the war crimes that the United States and other NATO countries committed in Afghanistan, ensuring that those crimes will never end up in the reports of United Nations bodies or the International Criminal Court (ICC), as though they never happened. Nevertheless, we expect the ICC to resume its work collecting evidence on war crimes by the United States and its allies in Afghanistan and that the perpetrators will be held to account.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9137 (2022) · source
“Alas, we have merely become witnesses to an announcement about the transfer of the Afghan assets to a special account in a Swiss bank, which will be inaccessible to the country’s authorities and will be spent on the implementation of temporary socioeconomic and humanitarian projects. We call for the stolen assets to be immediately returned to the Afghan people. At the same time, we are hearing constant accusations against the Taliban leadership of systematic violations of human rights, especially of women and girls. We consider the problems in Afghanistan today extremely serious, and they should be remedied. But neither should we ignore the fact that the result of the country’s 20-year democratization process has been to put Afghan women and girls’ principal right — the right to life — under threat.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9137 (2022) · source
“Despite the Council’s efforts through resolution 2615 (2021) to expand the channels for unconditional humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, the reality is that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and other humanitarian agencies continue to face a slew of problems due to fear of sanctions. It is clear that Western donors are not interested in expanding assistance beyond basic needs and early-recovery programmes. In that context, the situation regarding the unfreezing of assets is particularly blatant. It would seem that after numerous appeals to the United States and its allies by the Afghan people themselves, American academia and a number of civil-society representatives, there should have been some progress on the issue.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9137 (2022) · source
“We are also concerned about the increase in narcotics production, which has reached unprecedented proportions over the years. We realize that the authorities’ efforts are inadequate, but that comes as no surprise, considering that the issue of drugs was swept under the carpet for years by the Administration in Kabul and its masters in Washington while being used exclusively for money-laundering. We welcome the participation of the representative of UNODC in today’s discussion and count on UNODC’s concrete assistance in the context of the international efforts to help curb the drug threat. It is simply inappropriate to criticize the social and economic situation in the country.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9137 (2022) · source
“The country is once again being shaken by terrorist attacks organized by militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)- Khorasan Province, with religious and ethnic minorities victimized by their heinous acts, including women and children. Tragically, two employees of the Russian Embassy in Kabul also died at the hands of terrorists at the beginning of September. It is clear that ISIL is using all the resources at its disposal to aggravate the internal political situation, creating an atmosphere of fear and despair among the population and a hotbed of instability that could ultimately spill over into Central Asia and then Russia. We see this as an attempt to demonstrate the inability of the Taliban authorities to control what is happening in the country.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9137 (2022) · source
“On 29 August we held a very useful discussion in the Security Council Chamber (see S/PV.9118) devoted to the anniversary of the infamous 20-year campaign in Afghanistan and its sad consequences, which the people of Afghanistan continue to deal with to this day. However, today we are still hearing our Western colleagues, led by the United States — including from the rostrum of the General Assembly — lamenting the horrific results of the Taliban’s 12 months in power, while trying to shift all responsibility for the failure of their 20-year war and the deteriorating situation onto the new authorities. The current internal political situation in Afghanistan is indeed a very difficult one. The security risks are worrying.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9137 (2022) · source
“Ms. Evstigneeva (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank Ms. Ghada Waly, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), for her briefing on the narcotics situation in Afghanistan. We also listened carefully to Mr. Markus Potzel, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Acting Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), and to Ms. Fawzia Koofi, the representative of civil society. We took note of the latest report of the Secretary- General on the situation in that long-suffering country (S/2022/692). We also want to express our condolences to those affected in the wake of yet another bloody act of terror in Kabul last week.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9137 (2022) · source
“In conclusion, we would like to emphasize our consistent position that the main task of UNMISS should remain the stabilization of the security situation and the provision of assistance to the South Sudanese authorities in its implementation of the agreement. The task of resolving issues related to the protection of human rights and the fight against corruption falls within Juba’s responsibilities.”
2022-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9134 (2022) · source
“We are concerned about the outbreaks of violence in Unity state and strongly condemn any violations of the Revitalized Agreement and any acts of violence against civilians, including humanitarian personnel working in South Sudan. We pay tribute to the mediation efforts of the African Union and States members of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development. We note the work of the Community of Sant’Egidio, which ensured the return of two more groups to the path of dialogue during the reporting period. We call on all parties that are not signatories to the Revitalized Agreement to join the peace process.”
2022-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9134 (2022) · source
“In order to facilitate the training of military personnel of the unified forces and State security bodies, we believe it would be justified to consider the possibility of easing the sanctions regime currently in force against South Sudan. We believe that the Security Council’s approval in May of a notification regime for simplifying the delivery of non-lethal military equipment to the country was an important but insufficient step aimed at meeting Juba’s legitimate wishes, which are supported by the solidarity of its African neighbours. Against that difficult background, the peripheral security situation remains fraught with difficulties.”
2022-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9134 (2022) · source
“We consider it the right decision in the current circumstances. We call on the South Sudanese parties to work together to implement the road map. All structures operating within the framework of the peace agreement must have the necessary funding. We welcomed the graduation of the contingent of the unified armed forces at the end of August. Together with the establishment in April of a single joint command structure, it represents an important step towards strengthening the country’s defence capabilities. We urge Juba to continue to prioritize the formation of a unified army, which we consider key to the successful subsequent advancement of the peace process and the smooth conduct of the general elections scheduled for 2025.”
2022-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9134 (2022) · source
“Ms. Evstigneeva (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank Special Representative Haysom for his briefing on developments in the situation in South Sudan. We welcome the participation of Mr. Akuei Bona Malwal, the Permanent Representative of South Sudan, in today’s meeting. We also listened carefully to the remarks by the South Sudanese civil-society representative, Ms. Lilian Riziq. We support the international efforts, and especially those of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), to stabilize the situation and strengthen peace and security in that young State. We welcome the unanimous decision on 4 August by the parties to the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan to extend the transition period by 24 months, as well as the road map adopted in that regard.”
2022-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9134 (2022) · source
“We believe that the arms embargo imposed on the Sudan 17 years ago no longer corresponds to the current situation in Darfur and is hindering the implementation of the authorities’ in the field of State-building, maintaining law and order, as well as the socioeconomic development of the region. In that regard, we were disappointed by the decision of the United States penholders of the Sudanese sanctions dossier to end work on the Security Council document on benchmarks for lifting the arms embargo. We consider it an irresponsible approach that means that for the second year in a row the Security Council has sabotaged its own decisions on the review of the Sudanese sanctions.”
2022-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9129 (2022) · source
“We fully support the steps taken by the Government of the Sudan to normalize life in Darfur and contain the outbreaks of intercommunal violence. We welcomed the recent completion of the training of the first 2,000-strong contingent of the joint security-keeping force in the region. We also welcomed the Deputy Chairperson of the Sovereign Council Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo’s extended visit to Darfur and the reconciliation initiatives and other measures launched during it. We believe that the Secretary-General should include more information on those efforts in his reports.”
2022-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9129 (2022) · source
“Mobilizing international support for a country dealing with many different problems should be treated as one of the main tasks of a special political mission, not a reward for some achievements or domestic political actions. Otherwise, such conditions could be regarded as manipulative and a tool for putting pressure on the Sudanese authorities. In that connection, we urge the Head of UNITAMS, Mr. Perthes, to act strictly in accordance with his mandate, every component of which deserves equal attention. He might otherwise lose the trust of the Sudanese authorities, and, no less important, of the Sudanese people, which would be a serious blow to the United Nations presence. We would not want that to happen.”
2022-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9129 (2022) · source
“We all know what became of the attempts to create dubious democratizing and socioeconomic schemes based on Western models, which merely compounded the burdens on the people and undermined trust in the civilian transitional authorities. We disagree with the description of the events of 25 October 2021 as a coup in the report of the Secretary-General (S/2022/667) on the activities of United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan (UNITAMS), which has been actively promoted by a number of our colleagues on the Council, especially those from the West. We also consider it unacceptable that the report ties the resumption of international development assistance to the Sudan to the transfer of power to a civilian Government.”
2022-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9129 (2022) · source
“We specifically noted the 4 July statement by General Al-Burhan, Head of the Sovereign Council, in which he announced the military leadership’s withdrawal from the internal Sudanese political process in order to enable the civilian politicians to reach agreement among themselves on the new transitional Government, and the military’s announcement of its willingness to dissolve the Sovereign Council while reserving for itself issues of defence and national security. We believe that step demonstrates a responsible and constructive approach on the part of the leadership. We continue to believe that the Sudanese people can and should resolve their internal issues independently. Military intervention in the affairs of a sovereign Sudan is unacceptable.”
2022-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9129 (2022) · source
“Against the backdrop of the suspension of a significant share of donor funding, its humanitarian and socioeconomic challenges remain unresolved. We are troubled by the deadlock that began in July among the local political forces in negotiations conducted with the facilitation of the trilateral mechanism of the United Nations, the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development. However, we have also seen many initiatives aimed at addressing the situation. We believe that their success will depend on the degree to which they include the participation of all politically significant actors in the country. In that regard, we welcome the important steps undertaken by the Government of the Sudan to stabilize the political situation and its demonstrated willingness to compromise.”
2022-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9129 (2022) · source
“Ms. Evstigneeva (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We are grateful to Mr. Volker Perthes, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his information on developments in the Sudan. We have taken note of the report of Mr. Harold Agyeman, Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations and Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan, on the work of that subsidiary body of the Council in the past 90 days. We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of Ambassador Mohamed, Permanent Representative of the Sudan to the United Nations. We listened closely to the statement delivered by Mr. Ibrahim Mudawi. The situation of the Sudan continues to be a difficult one. The country’s political landscape remains fractured and polarized.”
2022-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9129 (2022) · source
“I should like to take this opportunity also to say to Mr. Annadif that Russia welcomes his commitment and efforts to help the countries of West Africa, the Sahel and the Lake Chad basin in overcoming their current difficulties.”
2022-07-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9086 (2022) · source
“We support the conclusions of the African Union Peace and Security Council meeting held on 1 June on the need to strengthen interaction and coordination between all of the structures working in the region in order to resolve the issues in the Sahel. In conclusion, we would also like to remind colleagues that after the closure of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau, in 2020, the responsibility for monitoring the situation in that country became part of the mandate of UNOWAS. We therefore believe that maintaining Security Council sanctions on Guinea-Bissau under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, which relates only to conditions involving threats to international peace and security, is absurd, and we call for these to be gradually lifted.”
2022-07-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9086 (2022) · source
“Coming back to the subject of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), we are convinced that the Office has a large-scale and difficult set of tasks in helping to resolve regional crises, participating in political mediation, providing assistance to strengthen State institutions and implementing the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel, as well as carrying out coordinating functions for other United Nations structures on the ground. The effectiveness of the Office’s work will depend directly on how successfully it is able to work with other regional organizations, including the African Union, ECOWAS and the Lake Chad Basin Commission.”
2022-07-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9086 (2022) · source
“We see that outside intervention continues to cause discord in the region, for example in the important structure of the G-5 Sahel Joint Force, from which Mali has been virtually compelled to withdraw. But what is also not being taken into account is the commonly recognized fact that without the participation of that country, it will be impossible to defeat terrorism in the region. We are therefore convinced that the main role in maintaining peace and security in the Sahelo-Saharan region should fall to the Sahelians themselves. We are in favour of the States of the region holding a truly independent line in resolving the corresponding issues on the basis of the principle of African solutions to African problems.”
2022-07-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9086 (2022) · source
“We are deeply concerned at the fact that some countries, as we heard today in the statement made by the representative of the United States, speak so confidently on behalf of the population of the countries in the region, including Mali, saying that they know what the people want and what they expect and that that is the same as what Washington expects. That is very worrying, because evidently, the United States knew what ordinary people wanted in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. I think that the inhabitants of the Sahel or Libya could not have imagined the nightmare that people are suffering now as a direct result of the intervention in Libya in 2011.”
2022-07-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9086 (2022) · source
“At the same time, we must note that the withdrawal of the Barkhane counter-terrorist operation and the European Union and Takuba forces without Bamako’s agreement, at least in the short term, is having a negative effect on the security situation. Given those conditions, on the basis of a bilateral agreement Russia is providing the country with assistance in the fight against terrorism. We have already seen positive results. Here we reject any baseless insinuations that attempt to depict the help provided by Russia to Mali and other countries on the continent in a negative light. We have heard no complaints from the countries themselves.”
2022-07-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9086 (2022) · source
“We therefore wish every success to the countries of the region in carrying out the joint strategic assessment of the governance and security situation and in implementing the Accra Initiative. We welcome the agreement between Mali and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) reached on 3 July at the summit held in Accra. The lifting of sanctions from Bamako and the agreement on the deadlines for elections are positive events for the whole region. We hope that that will help to rebuild trust, normalize relations, re-establish economic and other relations and open the path to cooperation in the fight against increasing threats and challenges. That could be helped by significant progress in settling the disagreement regarding the issues involving Burkina Faso and Guinea.”
2022-07-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9086 (2022) · source
“The region is facing increased terrorist threats and ongoing inter-ethnic and intercommunal conflicts, while organized crime and drug trafficking are flourishing. During the first half of 2022, more people died at the hands of militants than in the whole of 2021. We express our support to all of those who are leading the complex fight against terrorism in the region. The humanitarian situation is also very difficult. The number of internally displaced persons has significantly increased, as has the number of people requiring food assistance. Many schools and medical establishments have closed. All of that requires that the States in the region, first and foremost in the Sahel, redouble their efforts to re-establish effective State control and socioeconomic governance as well as strengthen regional cooperation.”
2022-07-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9086 (2022) · source
“Ms. Evstigneeva (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, and the Brazilian delegation on your assumption of the Security Council presidency. I am confident that your presidency will be productive and successful. I would also like to thank the Albanian delegation for its presidency last month. We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Mr. Khatir Mahamat Saleh Annadif, for the information he provided. We also thank the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, Ms. Rabab Fatima, and the civil society representative, Ms. Rabia Djibo Magagi. We share the concerns that have been voiced today about the situation in many countries in West Africa, in particular in the Sahel.”
2022-07-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9086 (2022) · source
“Ms. Evstigneeva (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): The Russian Federation abstained in the voting on the resolution prepared by France for the extension of the sanctions regime imposed on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (resolution 2641 (2022)). We believe that Security Council sanctions should reflect the situation on the ground, facilitate the political process and account for the views of the host country and countries in the region. Restrictions need to be regularly reviewed and modified up to the full lifting thereof. Based on our assessments, many of the sanctions regimes of the Security Council currently in effect now fail to reflect the situation on the ground. They impede national Governments’ plans in the area of State-building and the establishment of effective armed forces and security structures.”
2022-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9084 (2022) · source
“Despite the external pressures placed on them, we are confident that the United Nations and the Mission’s leadership will remain impartial, act only in the interests of the Malian people and resolve all issues that arise through constructive engagement with the authorities of the host country.”
2022-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9082 (2022) · source
“MINUSMA is finding it increasingly difficult to fulfil its mandate in the face of the increasing security threats that have resulted from, inter alia, the withdrawal of French forces. Nevertheless, for our Western colleagues all such dire challenges fade into the background when it comes to Russian assistance to this African country. Instead of working to ensure that our assistance to the Malians is more effective, and thereby resolving rather than exacerbating existing regional disagreements, our Western colleagues would rather focus on issues that have nothing to do with the priorities of MINUSMA, or Mali itself for that matter. That raises the question of what their true motives are with regard to MINUSMA’s activities.”
2022-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9082 (2022) · source
“We are concerned that the resolution could be used by those who are displeased with the independent approach to foreign policy of the transitional Government to damage its reputation. We have become somewhat inured to the fact that our Western colleagues continue to feed the Security Council with false stories about Russia’s allegedly destructive activities in Mali. They do not want to hear from us or our Malian colleagues, who have thanked Russia, along with others in this Chamber, for its bilateral assistance in combating terrorism. Moreover, we have not hear any complaints about us from other African partners. However, something else comes as a surprise to us. Mali is engaged in a difficult struggle against terrorism. Every month, hundreds of civilians and dozens of peacekeepers are killed by extremists there.”
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