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Kononuchenko

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2015-07-30
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2018-03-23
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  1. “All of us, including humanitarian agency personnel, are familiar with the negative effects that such irresponsible measures can have for entirely innocent populations, to the discredit of the initiators of such steps. We hope that these factors that are aggravating the humanitarian situation will receive as much attention as all the others in our public work.”

    2018-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8213 (2018) · source

  2. “We believe that as a rule, freely interpreting those principles and exploiting the humanitarian agenda for short-term military and political purposes in practice lead only to increasingly confrontational rhetoric, politicization and thereby to aggravating the suffering of the millions of people who have become victims of protracted military conflicts - and the famous "fighters for justice and democracy" have played a not insignificant role in fuelling those conflicts. It is worth adding something about the consequences of the unilateral sanctions and economic blockade policies of certain countries, including self-styled humanitarian rights champions.”

    2018-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8213 (2018) · source

  3. “With regard to the humanitarian response to threats related to food security, we would like to express our gratitude to the humanitarian organizations that have been taking steps to prevent hunger in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. Unfortunately, the situation in those countries remains tense, which does not exclude the possibility that the alarming situation that arose last year will recur. We will continue to provide donor support to the efforts of the WFP, the FAO and their partner organizations. We hope that their activities will always be conducted in accordance with the humanitarian principles defined in General Assembly resolution 46/182.”

    2018-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8213 (2018) · source

  4. “There are qualified experts working on all of these situations who can make objective assessments of the causes underlying local threats in the area of food security support andpropose various solutions, assuming any are possible. The same applies to the international legal aspects of hunger in the context of conflicts. The Security Council's responses should be planned and implemented in conjunction with the country dossiers that the Council addresses. Incidentally, all four issues that the President outlined today are being attended to within the framework of country-specific areas that are on the Council's agenda. We are ready for more active collaboration with experts from the United Nations specialized agencies within the framework of existing formats and negotiation platforms.”

    2018-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8213 (2018) · source

  5. “It is hardly likely that we in the Security Council will be able to come up with some universal formula - a panacea, if you like - for solving the problem of food security in such circumstances. We have not heard any groundbreaking ideas in that regard so far. Basically, all the proposals boil down to affirming and reaffirming the principles ofinternational humanitarian law, but that work is already being done in the framework of country-specific topics. Where is the added value in this case? In that connection, we firmly maintain the position that the Security Council should consider problems of food security only in the context of specific country situations that pose a threat to international peace and security.”

    2018-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8213 (2018) · source

  6. “There is no justification for ignoring such factors, especially their underlying causes. In response to that, it is argued that a focus on conflict favours strict compliance with the Security Council's mandate. If our colleagues are indeed guided by that objective, we can only welcome such efforts, since we ourselves consistently object to overburdening the Security Council's agenda with issues beyond its purview. However, we have participated in a series of discussions on the links between hunger and conflict, and having studied the arguments for possible response measures on the part of the Council, we have concluded that considering this issue generally cannot be productive. Each conflict has its own specific characteristics, participants, reality and plans for a resolution.”

    2018-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8213 (2018) · source

  7. “As those reports rightly note, armed conflicts are by no means the only reason for the increasing numbers of hungry people in the world, although they undoubtedly have a negative impact on the ability to ensure food security for needy populations. However, we see a clear desire on the part of some countries to entrench and promote the link between conflict and hunger both in the work of the Security Council and more generally. We feel that is problematic chiefly because in practice it effectively pushes the key drivers of food insecurity - volatile world food prices, global economic stagnation, unequal access to agricultural and agro-industrial technology, lack of investment, weak progress in the areas of sustainable consumption and production, unfavourable weather conditions and others - into the background.”

    2018-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8213 (2018) · source

  8. “Mr. Kononuchenko (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We would like to welcome you, Madam President, to today's meeting of the Security Council. We thank Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, and Mr. David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme, for their briefings assessing the issue of food security in countries in situations of conflict. We have also taken note of the reports published by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAQ) on this topic following presidential statement S/PRST/2017/14, issued by the Security Council in August last year.”

    2018-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8213 (2018) · source

  9. “In the context of the development of Russian- Guinean cooperation in the area of combating infectious diseases, a decision to provide financing of$ll.7 million over three years has been taken in the framework of a joint scientific research programme aimed at training staff and providing material and technical support for the infrastructure of Guinea. We intend to continue to cooperate fully with our African partners in ensuring the permanent eradication of the virus and overcoming its negative consequences.”

    2015-08-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7502 (2015) · source

  10. “Russia has allocated $20 million to the budgets ofWHO, UNICEF, the World Food Programme, the International Civil Defence Organization, the World Bank and the Ebola Response Multi-Partner Trust Fund. The total Russian contribution has exceeded $60 million. Since August 2014 a Russian mobile laboratory has been working in Guinea, on the basis of which Russian experts are providing practical and advisory assistance to the Guinean authorities. In November 2014, Russia transferred to Guinea a 20-bed field hospital. In January 2015, in the city of Kindiya, Russian private-sector contributions helped contribute to the building of a permanent hospital with 65 beds for the treatment of infectious diseases. Russia also is actively working on creating a vaccine against Ebola.”

    2015-08-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7502 (2015) · source

  11. “At this juncture, a key role in achieving and maintaining a sustainable zero indicator of infection will be played by the expert capacity and coordinating activities of the World Health Organization (WHO). The Russian Federation continues to make a significant contribution to international efforts to eradicate Ebola, including providing bilateral assistance to the aforementioned States of West Africa, strengthening international response mechanisms for emergency public-health and epidemiological situations, enhancing national readiness on preventing the transboundary spread of the virus, and carrying out scientific research to devise new means of diagnosis and prevention.”

    2015-08-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7502 (2015) · source

  12. “Mr. Kononuchenko (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): I wish to thank you, Madam President, for having organized today's briefing. I am also grateful to Ms. Margaret Chan, Mr. Nabarro and other speakers for the updated information of the situation regarding the Ebola virus. The decision of the Secretary-General on the withdrawal of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response on July 31 is clear evidence of the real progress achieved in countering the epidemic. At the same time, although there has been a significant improvement in the situation in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, which have been affected by Ebola, the international community must continue to take active measures to prevent similar events in future. As long as there is even a single case of infection, the threat of the spread of the virus remains real.”

    2015-08-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7502 (2015) · source

  13. “Since the Security Council does not possess comprehensive expertise on issues of socioeconomic development and the protection of the environment, we believe it can do more to emphasize the importance of supporting small island developing States in grappling with new challenges and threats on their path to achieving sustainable development.”

    2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source

  14. “Another important component for improving the preparedness of small island developing States for disasters will be ensuring that the final document of the Sendai Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (General Assembly resolution 69/283, annex II) is implemented as soon as possible. The Russian Federation actively assists small island developing States. In 2010, our support for that group of countries amounted to about $20 million. Our joint project, with the United Nations Development Programme, on improving Pacific small island developing States' preparedness for natural disasters is in the final stages of preparation with total funding of about $10 million.”

    2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source

  15. “We believe that only an understanding of our collective responsibility and a willingness to seek compromise will enable us to make progress at the UNFCCC Climate Conference to be held in Paris in December. At the same time, no agreement can have positive results without creating the financial and institutional mechanisms required for their implementation. The mobilization of financial assistance and transfer of environmentally clean technologies - as provided for in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, adopted a few days ago by the General Assembly (see A/69/PV.99) in resolution 69/313 - and the operationalization of the Green Climate Fund are essential tools for successfully adapting the socioeconomic systems of small island developing States to new conditions.”

    2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source

  16. “As a result of climate change, the oceans are gradually wresting territory from SIDS, changing the balance of ecosystems and the traditional economic structures of SIDS, and threatening their lifestyles. The Russian Federation has consistently advocated a comprehensive and integrated approach to addressing climate change within the framework of the specialized international forums and formats, particularly the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). We urge all Member States, in accordance with the Lima Call for Climate Action, to submit to the UNFCCC secretariat information on the parameters of their potential obligations under a future climate agreement, as Russia and a number of other countries have already done.”

    2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source

  17. “It is important to continue to strengthen the legal and treaty basis for international cooperation to counter transnational organized crime and piracy. We cannot relent in our efforts to create and develop mechanisms for bringing pirates and the sponsors of criminal trade to justice. We acknowledge the existing experience accumulated by SIDS in that field. The provision of specialized technical assistance to SIDS for capacity- building in law enforcement agencies and the bolstering of border security are particularly important. We would like to separately underscore the role of public-private partnerships in combating criminal challenges. It is important at the national level to create the conditions needed to forge full-fledged cooperation between business and State bodies in that area.”

    2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source

  18. “The pressing needs of the 50 million inhabitants of SIDS are worthy of being appropriately reflected in the new agenda. The location of SIDS along the important trade routes and the serious gaps in global security systems turn them into convenient transit points for traffickers in natural resources, wildlife, drugs and weapons. The threats posed by the financing of terrorism through the proceeds of crime are high, as was rightly noted in resolution 2195 (2014). We are convinced that an effective response to the threats of transnational organized crime, drug trafficking and piracy hinges on the actions of the international community as a whole, with a leading role being played by the United Nations.”

    2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source

  19. “Mr. Kononuchenko (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): The Security Council has already held open debates on the threats posed by transnational organized crime, piracy, illicit drug trafficking and climate change. A recent example of that was the Arria Formula meeting on climate change held last month. We hope that today's discussion will enable us to focus on the consequences and other threats being faced by one of the most vulnerable groups, namely, the small island developing States (SIDS). It is significant that we are focusing on SIDS today, at a time when the international community is on the threshold of adopting a post-2015 development agenda, which includes a broad spectrum of means and resources to implement the new agenda.”

    2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source