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Iliichev

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first: 2012-12-12
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“Efforts in this area should be based on the principles of gradualism and reciprocity and be in line with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. However, we are convinced that collective actions by the international community to resolve issues related to Iran's nuclear programme are being undermined by unilateral sanctions. In a number of cases, such sanctions are extraterritorial in nature, which is categorically unacceptable from the point of view of international law. Russia will continue to do its utmost to achieve progress in settling the situation concerning Iran's nuclear programme.”
2013-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6999 (2013) · source
“Hassan Rowhani, with regard to Tehran's readiness to demonstrate more openness, including on the nuclear programme. Transparency in the monitoring of the process is precisely what the international community is striving for through the six international mediators and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). We trust that those intentions will be borne out in practice, both on the IAEA platform and at the negotiating table between Iran and the six mediators. We hope that, soon following the assumption of office by the new President of Iran, another full- scale round of dialogue will take place between the six mediators and Iran, especially as the substantive work to move towards initial negotiated solutions has already been done. We see no alternative to a political and diplomatic settlement.”
2013-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6999 (2013) · source
“We note the useful work of the Panel of Experts to provide the Committee with tangible assistance. We have always believed that the Panel should work in a balanced and objective manner and carry out its activities under the Committee's guidance. At the same time, we would like to recall that the members of the Panel act in a personal, not a national, capacity. In the context ofthe investigation ofcases ofpossible sanctions violations, we should like to emphasize that the Committee's conclusions and assessments should be based only on reliable and verifiable information, with a thorough analysis of all circumstances surrounding an incident. Hasty conclusions not based on facts must be avoided. We welcome the statement by Iran's President-elect, Mr.”
2013-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6999 (2013) · source
“Mr. Iliichev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We are grateful to Ambassador Gary Quinlan for presenting his report on the activities of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). The Committee must continue to work impartially and objectively and in the interest of a political and diplomatic solution concerning Iran's nuclear programme. The Committee undertook intensive work during the reporting period: a programme of work was adopted and the final report of the Panel of Experts, among others, was considered (see 8/2013/331, annex). Efforts also continued in the main areas of the Committee's activity, including investigation into possible sanctions violations and processing information received concerning agreements and drafts of various documents.”
2013-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6999 (2013) · source
“Is there a risk that the drones could become an irritant, hindering the establishment of an atmosphere of trust among neighbours and even the very process of Congolese peacebuilding?”
2013-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6987 (2013) · source
“How is it perceived as an instrument for achieving a qualitative turnaround in combating anti-Government units? An important United Nations peacekeeping innovation, which has been noted in MONUSCO, is the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. It is still our view that this experimental process will require a careful analysis of all aspects ofthe implementation ofnew technologies and is not a carte blanche for similar steps in other missions. In this regard, we would like to know at what stage the deployment of the drones within MONUSCO is, and when the United Nations anticipates achieving their operational use. What is the perception of this question on the ground?”
2013-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6987 (2013) · source
“Separately, we would like to talk about the challenges for the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). These are laid out in resolution 2098 (2013), which calls for the implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region with a view to a political path towards a long-term settlement of the conflict and the establishment of peace and stability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region overall. We look forward to the full implementation of the provisions of that resolution, including that establishing the intervention brigade with the Mission. In this context, we would like to inquire how the process for the deployment of the Brigade is going.”
2013-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6987 (2013) · source
“There must be minimum threats to the security ofthe Blue Helmets. In the majority of cases, peacekeepers and equipment are being sent into the most tense and dangerous circumstances. We need to approach the idea of standardizing cooperation between peacekeeping operations very carefully, especially in moving troops and equipment, bearing in mind the range of political, legal and financial considerations. Such questions must include the agreement of the country concerned to the change, even if it involves temporary configurations of the international presence, the peacekeepers being prepared to be moved, and United Nations administrative and budget procedures. Of major significance is Security Council agreement to the movement of personnel and resources.”
2013-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6987 (2013) · source
“In this regard, we would like to express our appreciation to the troop- contributing countries, which flexibly and promptly agree to such movements. However, although such interaction between peacekeeping operations in West Africa as a temporary mechanism for dealing with emergency problems has shown itself effective in a number of emergency situations, for example maintaining security during elections in Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire, it is vital to ensure that all United Nations peacekeeping operations have the necessary resources to discharge their mandates. From a political and operational standpoint, it is important to take into consideration all possible scenarios in countries where cooperating are missions deployed. Each peacekeeping operation should at any time be prepared to fulfil its mandate fully.”
2013-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6987 (2013) · source
“Mr. IliicheV (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank the Force Commanders, Lieutenant General Dos Santos Cruz, Major General Ngondi and Major General Iqbal Asi, for their briefings on current issues of concern to peacekeeping operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire and United Nations peacekeeping overall. Regarding cooperation between peacekeeping operations, it is our View that missions and the Secretariat must be fully prepared for any negative scenarios that may develop in the field, in particular with respect to the exchange of information between missions in the same region, the coordination of their activities and the movement of troops and equipment in case of emergency resource shortage.”
2013-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6987 (2013) · source
“We recognize the importance of amending the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina following the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the Sejdie-Finci vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina case. We are convinced that compromise in that respect is possible and must be sought through continued dialogue. However, we cannot agree with the broad interpretation of the views of the Court on the use of that decision as a pretext to impose a review of all of Dayton provisions.”
2013-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6966 (2013) · source
“At the moment, the cases being considered before either the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia or within the Bosnia and Herzegovina judicial system are clearly biased; they tend to deal only with allegations against Serbians. We question the demonstrative disengagement of the Chief Prosecutor of The Hague Tribunal from contact with organizations of relatives of Serbian and Croatian victims of the crisis in Yugoslavia. We attached great importance to the collective efforts to enhance the comprehensive inter-Bosian dialogue, free from outside intervention, regarding consultative options for socioeconomic and structural reform, in keeping with the Dayton Agreement and mechanisms.”
2013-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6966 (2013) · source
“In that context, we support a clear division of labour between the High Representative and the European Union Special Representative, and strict compliance with their mandates so as to avoid any duplication. While we do not contribute to the European Union-led force Operation Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina, we do support its tasks of ensuring security in Bosnia and Herzegovina and training personnel of the national Ministry of Defence and armed forces. We should like to touch specifically on the matter of international reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We support an impartial investigation of all crimes committed from 1992 to 1995.”
2013-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6966 (2013) · source
“There is a clear need for the Office of the High Representative to work more actively to lift sanctions imposed on Bosnian officials, primarily Serbians, due to allegations of their having assisted suspects of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. This process continues to move at a snail's pace. I recall that over the past six months, restrictions were lifted only with respect to one individual and continue to be applied to three out of approximately a dozen others. The High Representative, together with the Steering Committee, should consider appropriate steps towards the final closure of the frozen international supervisory regime in Brcko and the Arbitral Tribunal. As a step in the drawdown of the Office of the High Representative, we support a scaling up of the European Union mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
2013-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6966 (2013) · source
“We caution the High Representative against using the obsolete Bonn emergency powers, which have only exacerbated situations that were already negative in Bosnia and Herzegovina over the past year. A striking example of this was the removal in March 2011 of the procedural obstacles to the establishment of guiding bodies in the Federation without the leading Croatian parties. That is, to a large extent, the reason why the crisis remains unabated today. We feel that decisions on key matters in the settlement of the situation should be taken on the basis of the internationally agreed format emanating from the Security Council and the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board.”
2013-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6966 (2013) · source
“We are convinced that the residual issues in that framework and any other matters vital to the future of the country should be resolved by Bosnians themselves through agreement among all three constituent peoples of the Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniaks, Serbians and Croatians. In that context, we support the principled position regarding the inadmissibility of outside intervention in the internal negotiating process in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Any outside support to a single side would undermine the delicate political balance in the country. We oppose a resumption of the activities of the Office of the High Representative in the European integration agenda for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The right to define their future integration and to breathe new energy into the reform process is proper to Bosnians themselves.”
2013-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6966 (2013) · source
“Russia supports the territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina and hopes to see its institutions function on a sound basis, with equal footing for the three constituent peoples of the State, in line with the Dayton Agreement. One important task for the international community at this stage of the Bosnian process would be to hand over responsibility for the future of the country to the Bosnians themselves. In that regard, we advocate the abolition of the Office of the High Representative and a return to efforts to achieve agreement on the "5+2" programme set by the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board.”
2013-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6966 (2013) · source
“How else can we characterize allegations that Republika Srpska arose solely as a result of ethnic cleansing and war crimes? We are concerned to note a significant rise in Islamist radicalism in the Federation. Unlike that in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the situation in Republika Srpska is on the whole stable. Its political forces continue to cooperate successfully in Bosnian affairs on the basis of an approach that upholds the Dayton Agreement and the national interests of the Bosnian Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its Government has insisted on the need for an agreement to be reached in Bosnia and Herzegovina on reform in the country, refraining from violations of consensus, including when taking decision on political matters. Unless these principles are upheld, the existence of Bosnia and Herzegovina will be impossible.”
2013-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6966 (2013) · source
“However, the reason for yet another crisis at the State level is hardly to be found in the rhetoric of the leaders of Republika Srpska. Of true concern is the exacerbation of antagonism between the two primary Bosnian parties. The effectiveness of the intra-Bosnian dialogue has been undermined, creating complications for the central Bosnian institutions. Indeed, the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is indeed paralysed. The recent detention of its President on charges of corruption illustrates the further exacerbation of the political crisis in the Croatian-Muslim entities against the backdrop of tensions between Bosniaks and Croatians. We are seriously concerned by the inflammatory rhetoric of the Bosniaks.”
2013-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6966 (2013) · source
“Mr. Iliichev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We listened carefully to the statement of High Representative Inzko. His report to the Security Council (S/2013/263, annex) is informative and detailed, but unfortunately it is far from an objective analysis of the true situation in the country and suffers from bias in its criticism ofthe Bosnian Serbian leaders. So as to obtain a more objective idea of the situation in Bosnia and the processes there, we recommend that members of the Council also read the ninth report of Republika Srpska to the Secretary-General and the Security Council, in which the commitment of the Bosnian Serbians to international law and the spirit of Dayton is absolutely clear. We agreethatthesituationinBosniaandHerzegovina continues to worsen.”
2013-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6966 (2013) · source
“I thank Mr. Tillander for his briefing. There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. I now invite members to informal consultations to continue our discussion on this subject. The meeting rose at 3.30pm.”
2013-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6941 (2013) · source
“Under rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Ms. Karin Landgren, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in Liberia, to participate in this meeting. Under rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite His Excellency Mr. Staffan Tillander, Chair of the Liberian country configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission and representative of Sweden, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2013/l24, which contains the twenty-fifth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Liberia. I now give the floor to Ms. Landgren.”
2013-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6941 (2013) · source
“We note the contribution of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa in the collective efforts to fight the Lord's Resistance Army, and its importance in preventing conflict, ensuring peace and security, and strengthening the coordination of United Nations activities and the regional and subregional organizations in Central Africa.”
2012-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6891 (2012) · source
“In that regard, we support efforts to implement the comprehensive United Nations regional strategy to address the threat and impact of the activities of the Lord's Resistance Army. The priority tasks include assisting in the establishment of the African Union Regional Task Force. We share the View on the need to speed up its deployment and to promptly agree and adopt the concept of operations for the African Force. Of equal urgency is the implementation of tasks with regard to protecting civilians, the provision of humanitarian assistance, and the disarmament, demobilization, repatriation, resettlement and reintegration of LRA fighters, as well as providing the countries of the subregion with support in terms of peacebuilding and establishing Government authority in remote regions.”
2012-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6891 (2012) · source
“We are concerned by the growing threat of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. Support must be maintained for the increasing efforts of Central and West African countries to implement the provisions of resolution 2018 (2011) on maritime security. An important step to that end will be the regional summit on counter-piracy issues to be held in April 2013 in Yaounde. We cannot help but be concerned by the ongoing activities of the Lord's Resistance Army. Because of those thugs, 450,000 people remain refugees and internally displaced persons. The activities of that group seriously destabilize the military, political and humanitarian situation in the affected countries, and undermine efforts towards their post-conflict recovery. We advocate a comprehensive approach to addressing this challenge.”
2012-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6891 (2012) · source
“Mr. Iliichev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Abou Moussa for his briefing, and we note the progress in consolidating the democratic processes in a number of States of Central Africa, including the peaceful holding of elections this summer in Angola and the Congo. We welcome the efforts of the Central African countries to advance their integration processes and cross-border cooperation. We support the focus of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa on building partnerships with subregional bodies and assisting them in capacity-building. We note the growing engagement of the Office with the countries of the subregion on issues of counter-terrorism and the illegal trafficking of small arms and light weapons.”
2012-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6891 (2012) · source
“The desire to optimize the use of resources or to broaden opportunities for their more flexible application must have a reasonable limit.”
2012-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6886 (2012) · source
“However, in order to move forward, we need a detailed work-up of all general, non-specific parameters of inter-mission cooperation as well as inter-State coordination of them in the main United Nations bodies. From the political and operational standpoints, it is important to calculate all possible scenarios for developments in countries where those missions are deployed. Every peacekeeping operation must be prepared at any time to fully execute its mandate. There should be no threat to the safety of the Blue Helmets. Indeed, in the majority of cases, peacekeepers and equipment will be redeployed into even more tense and dangerous circumstances. With respect to logistical support of missions, relevant reform proposals must not have an impact on the quality of services provided by peacekeeping operations.”
2012-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6886 (2012) · source
“Among those, we would include the consent of the receiving country for a change, even a temporary change, of the configuration of an international presence, the preparedness of the troop-contributing countries for troop redeployments to other missions, and the harmonization of existing United Nations administrative and budget procedures. Of great significance is the consent of the Security Council to the transfer of personnel and resources. Strengthening the military component of one mission and weakening another in fact means altering their mandates. The necessary legitimacy for such processes can be granted only by Council decision. Inter-mission cooperation has already been consolidated in existing practices of work in peacekeeping operations.”
2012-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6886 (2012) · source
“In that regard, the relevant United Nations bodies must adopt a responsible approach. The Security Council must give missions realistic mandates; the Secretariat must make balanced proposals on the composition of missions, based on objective assessments and forecasting of developments in the field; and the Fifth Committee must meet resource requirements by approving sufficient but not inflated budgets. Inter-mission cooperation, as a temporary mechanism, has shown its effectiveness in a number of emergency situations. However, broad application of those methods, and especially the standardization of parameters of such cooperation, requires a number of political, legal and financial conditions to be met.”
2012-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6886 (2012) · source
“Mr. IliicheV (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank Under-Secretaries-General Herve Ladsous and Ameerah Haq for their thorough briefings. The theme of inter-mission cooperation remains very topical. We support the desire of the Secretariat to be prepared for the last-minute deployment of missions and negative developments in the field, especially when, in many areas of support to peacekeeping operations, there truly is a shortage ofresources. We all remember the Syrian experience, when United Nations observers had to be deployed on short notice. We thank the Secretariat for its promptness and the troop- contributing countries for their flexibility in providing personnel. It is our View that United Nations peacekeeping operations must have enough of their own resources to execute their mandates.”
2012-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6886 (2012) · source