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Kuzmin

lines on the record: 337
first: 2008-06-05
most recent: 2023-03-07
sittings or episodes: 60
sources: un-security-council

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“So far, it is clear that in the Libyan context the ICC has achieved only one objective, and it is certainly not the provision of justice. Council members may remember that the speedy fabrication — it took just three days — of false accusations against Muammar Al-Qadhafi served as a way to justify to the international community NATO’s illegal bombing of Libya, which resulted in numerous civilian casualties and destroyed the economy, industry and statehood of a once prosperous country. Who knows — had it not been for the utterly wild fake facts and tall tales invented by the then Prosecutor, perhaps the bloody vigilante killing of the Libyan leader might not have happened. Incidentally, that brutal crime against a Head of State was never given any consideration by the Court.”
2022-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9187 (2022) · source
“Meanwhile, the report itself was circulated to the Council literally on the eve of today’s meeting, precluding any possible analysis or preparation for a substantive discussion. You also spoke about it, Madam President — in fact, that was what you opened this meeting with. Lateness and postponements seem to have become a habit for the ICC. Perhaps the Court is no longer ashamed to show that the obligation to report to the Council is just an annoying formality. This raises the question as to whether it is worth it for the Security Council to continue to waste its precious time on reports that show nothing but a lack of results. It also leads to the fair conclusion, even if not an easy one for delegations that believe in the Court, that the 2011 referral of the situation in Libya to the ICC was a mistake.”
2022-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9187 (2022) · source
“Mr. Kuzmin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): It is a good thing that Prosecutor Khan is in Libya now and is able to see with his own eyes the blood, pain and tears of the Libyan people. Our position on the biased and politicized activities of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has not changed. For 11 years now, the Security Council has heard biannual reports on the progress of the investigation in Libya. There has been no progress in the area during that entire time, as our delegation has spoken about frankly and openly. The most recent report of the Court’s Prosecutor is no revelation either. The Council is being asked to see the International Criminal Court’s increased financial appetite as progress. We can hardly agree with that logic.”
2022-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9187 (2022) · source
“They are also granted the right to work in the Russian Federation without obtaining work permits or patents and can apply for one-time lump-sum financial assistance and monthly payments. Therefore, our migration and social mechanisms have made it possible to fully resolve issues related to the reception and welfare of forcibly displaced persons from the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics and Ukraine and facilitate their further integration. Employees of the UNHCR Office in Moscow regularly visit the temporary accommodation centres for those forcibly displaced in various Russian regions and note the effectiveness of our efforts to ensure decent living conditions for those persons in my country. For its part, Russia will continue to provide the UNHCR with comprehensive support.”
2022-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9178 (2022) · source
“More than 4.5 million people, including 688,000 children, have found refuge in Russia. All those people came to our country voluntarily, saving their lives and the lives of their loved ones from the Kyiv regime. The Russian side is making every effort to receive and accommodate those individuals and provide them with comprehensive assistance, including in areas related to employment, the placement of children in kindergartens and educational institutions and the provision of social payments and benefits. People arriving from those territories receive free health care and a free medical examination and medicine. Procedures have been simplified for them to obtain proper legal status on the territory of the Russian Federation.”
2022-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9178 (2022) · source
“We call on UNHCR to continue to support the implementation of the initiative for the voluntary return of Syrian refugees to their homeland. We note the efforts of UNHCR to address the problems of Ukrainian IDPs and refugees. A number of our colleagues today emphasized in particular the situation of refugees from Ukraine. As Council members know, the Ukrainian crisis entered its hot phase primarily owing to the unwillingness of the Kyiv authorities, who were encouraged by Western sponsors, to implement the Minsk agreements. For eight years, the incessant shelling of the peaceful cities of Donbas by the Ukrainian armed forces led to a mass exodus of the residents of those territories to Russia. That process accelerated after the Kyiv regime abruptly intensified its shelling of Donbas on the eve of our special military operation.”
2022-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9178 (2022) · source
“They have plundered the resources of African States, strangled their economic independence, destroyed the statehood of Libya by military force, occupied part of Syria and abandoned Afghanistan to its fate while seizing or indeed stealing its national assets. All those countries and regions are hotbeds of mass migration. We would like to draw attention to the importance of the continuing efforts to facilitate the voluntary return of Syrian refugees. Russia’s initiative to promote the voluntary repatriation of Syrian forced migrants remains relevant. We consider ensuring favourable conditions for the return of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) to their places of permanent residence an absolute priority and an important step towards achieving long-term stabilization in Syria.”
2022-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9178 (2022) · source
“We believe it is very important to improve our cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), as the main international body for addressing issues in the area of forced migration. We see UNHCR’s work as particularly important in major humanitarian crises and consider it a crucial part of comprehensive measures to resolve such crises. The expanding geography of conflicts, poverty and economic inequality continues to force people out of their countries of origin. However, the reasons for these problems often lie in the irresponsible policies of Western States, which have acquired a taste for imposing their dictates and conducting geopolitical experiments on weaker countries.”
2022-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9178 (2022) · source
“Mr. Kuzmin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We congratulate Ghana on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month and thank Gabon for its successful presidency in October. We welcome Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and thank him for his briefing. Assistance to refugees is an essential component of comprehensive efforts aimed at maintaining international peace, security and stability. Russia continues to take measures to maintain high standards and further develop mechanisms for providing assistance to persons seeking protection, in accordance with its international legal obligations and the objectives of the Global Compact on Refugees.”
2022-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9178 (2022) · source
“They deprive women of employment opportunities, education, social protection and the opportunity to raise children under normal conditions. For our part, we intend to continue to contribute constructively to ensuring the advancement of women’s position in society, the protection of their rights and their effective participation in all decision-making processes.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158 (2022) · source
“Alas, the procedure for the adoption of documents fails to meet the requirements of transparency and agreement among members of the Security Council as a key condition for the maintenance of intergovernmental dialogue, and these flaws undoubtedly need to be addressed. Turning to the activities of the Secretariat, in its work for the advancement of gender equality and women, peace and security, more women from developing countries need to be brought in, not those who know about situations on the ground through hearsay. We read with interest the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary General. We believe that they can be complemented with recommendations to reject the use of Illegitimate, unilateral coercive measures, which have a very damaging impact on the situation of women and their family members.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158 (2022) · source
“We have repeatedly called upon the membership of the Security Council to focus on issues of women’s employment and property rights, including to land, access to credit and advanced technologies, as a necessary aspect of the development of States affected by armed conflict or those in post-conflict recovery. We see in this regard a clear flaw in the Council’s Informal Expert Group on Women, Peace and Security. To date, the Group is not in a position to serve as a coordinating link in the work of the Security Council in this area. Its activity bears the hallmarks of clear politicization.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158 (2022) · source
“In this regard, we are talking about a constructive, effective instrument, not yet another declaratory document. The adoption of action plans for the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) through checking boxes cannot serve as a criterion for the assessment of the effectiveness of policies for the advancement of women carried out in countries around the world. We believe that, in discussions on the questions of women, peace and security, the Security Council still pays insufficient attention to the need to invest in science and health care and in social-protection and development as a whole. We embrace the premise set out by the presidency in the concept note (S/2022/743, annex) that investments in expansion of women’s economic rights and opportunities make a tangible contribution to peace and security.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158 (2022) · source
“We wish to emphasize that, in efforts aimed at empowering women, protecting their rights and ensuring gender equality, the General Assembly, the Human Rights Council and the Peacebuilding Commission also all contribute. We advocate the Security Council’s stringent compliance with its mandate, and we reject attempts to sanction its intervention in issues covered by other bodies. What is inappropriate is the use of the Security Council for the advancement of contradictory concepts and approaches that do not enjoy broad international support. We call for a focus on concrete measures to support women in armed conflict, including, inter alia, the development of national action plans, the adoption of which should be contingent on situations related to armed conflict.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158 (2022) · source
“The specificities of every conflict must be taken into account, and accounting for gender perspectives in the work of the Security Council should not become an end in itself. At the same time, let us recall that the leading role in the protection of women in conflict is borne by national Governments, whereas measures adopted by the United Nations and civil society should be geared towards supporting and complementing the efforts of States. Duplication must be avoided in the work of various United Nations bodies, and it is necessary to focus on situations that pose a clear threat to international peace and security in line with the prerogatives of the Security Council.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158 (2022) · source
“The report of the Secretary-General that has been submitted (S/2022/740) attests to progress in raising the profile of women and strengthening their role in the preservation and resolution of armed conflict, as well as in post-conflict recovery. We are thankful to the Secretary-General for the ongoing focus on issues of expanding the full-fledged participation of women in peacekeeping operations, peace talks and political processes as a whole. A key objective of the Security Council is the protection of women from violence, which they continue to endure during armed conflict, and there is a great deal yet to be achieved in that regard. Despite the measures that have been adopted, women continue to fall prey to various forms of violence. They are killed and wounded during armed conflict.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158 (2022) · source
“Mr. Kuzmin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank you and your team, Mr. President, for having organized today’s meeting on strengthening women’s resilience and leadership as a pathway to peace in regions plagued by armed groups. We are grateful to the Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Amina Mohammed, Executive Director of UN-Women, Ms. Sima Bahous, and Special Envoy of the African Union, Ms. Diop, as well as the Editor-in-Chief of the Zan Times, for their assessments and the information that they have provided. Our discussion reaffirms the timeliness and relevance of resolution 1325 (2000), which was adopted more than 20 years ago, laying down the bedrock for the issue of women, peace and security.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158 (2022) · source
“For example, they now demand that charges be dropped for criminal acts perpetrated before mid-1998 or after 10 June 1999, or committed in the territory of Albania. Why is it necessary to drop charges for crimes committed in the territory of Albania? Who is interested in the industrial-scale kidnapping of Serbs, the harvesting of their organs and the sale of those organs to wealthy individuals in Europe and beyond that took place during the Balkan war?”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9062 (2022) · source
“The initiative to establish the Kosovo Specialist Chambers to investigate the atrocities committed by the Albanians does not resolve the question of why the ICTY has turned a blind eye to such egregious crimes in all the years of its existence. The ICTY was supposed to be committed to bringing the perpetrators of the most serious crimes to justice. Its policy of selective hearing is an indelible stain of shame that will forever remain part of the legacy of the ICTY and the Residual Mechanism. As for the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, that initiative is long overdue, to put it mildly, by some 20 years. Even now, it is in no hurry to hand down convictions. Indeed, the mandate of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers was deliberately constructed with various loopholes that are now skilfully exploited by lawyers.”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9062 (2022) · source
“Those bandits and criminals, who have blood on their hands, were suddenly transformed into respectable politicians who were lauded as national heroes, gave interviews, shook hands with European leaders and, until very recently, enjoyed freedom and impunity. I would like to ask our Western colleagues, who are so fond of talking about a victim-centred, rights- focused approach, what they think it was like for the families of those people who were sold into slavery or had their organs harvested to see the likes of Mr. Hashim Thaçi, Mr. Ramush Haradinaj and their accomplices on political tours and trips around Europe? Where in all of that did the fight against impunity feature?”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9062 (2022) · source
“During interviews, witnesses spoke of organ harvesting and other inhumane acts committed by the leaders of the Kosovo Albanians, but the ICTY did not consider it necessary to bring any of them to justice and did not even launch an investigation. That is all there is to know when it comes to the impartiality and objectivity of the ICTY, the Mechanism and the international criminal justice system in general. The protection afforded by the ICTY convinced the leaders of the illegitimate territorial entity that was illegally torn away from Serbia, once and for all, of their own infallibility.”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9062 (2022) · source
“It is not merely a question of considering how many persons from each ethnic group have been convicted by the ICTY and the Mechanism, which would be a gross oversimplification. The main questions to consider are who exactly was convicted — or not convicted — of what particular crime and what happened to the leaders of each of the parties. In that connection, the release, on 7 January 2011, of the report of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the atrocities committed by the leadership of the Kosovo Liberation Army between 1998 and 2000, including crimes against humanity, war crimes, systematic kidnappings and murders, as well as large-scale trafficking in human organs, was a real revelation. Surprisingly, the ICTY and its successor, the Residual Mechanism, had no questions for those mentioned in the report.”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9062 (2022) · source
“At the same time, there is a growing practice of denying the results of the work of those bodies, including the glorification of some persons convicted by them. Let us try to grasp precisely what kind of legacy the Tribunals and the Mechanism will leave behind and whether it will make a real contribution to the process of inter-ethnic and interfaith reconciliation in the Balkans. Despite the high hopes placed on it, from its very inception the Mechanism has followed in the footsteps of the one-sided and politically biased ICTY. The anti-Serb bias in its investigations and the conviction that the events of the 1990s were the exclusive responsibility of the Serbian people has not disappeared.”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9062 (2022) · source
“We are concerned about the information in the report on the death in Arusha of one of the acquitted persons. We note the lack of details provided on the circumstances surrounding that death. A year has passed since the dismissal of the appeal by Mr. Ratko Mladić, who remains under the Mechanism’s supervision. We are concerned by the news of his deteriorating health. We call on the Mechanism to redouble its efforts to monitor the medical condition of supervised persons and ensure that they receive timely and qualified medical assistance in accordance with resolution 2529 (2020). I am speaking at the beginning of this meeting, but I have no doubt that those members who speak after me today will discuss at length the so-called legacy of the Mechanism and the Tribunals. Much has also been said on that topic by the leadership of those bodies.”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9062 (2022) · source
“Efficiency in the use of available resources was never the strong suit of the respective International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda (ICTR) and the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). It is regrettable that the Mechanism has inherited that characteristic. From its most recent report, it is clear that the Mechanism has been chasing ghosts throughout its entire existence. It turns out that one of the so-called major fugitives, Mr. Protais Mpiranya, has been dead for 15 years, while another, Mr. Phénéas Munyarugarama, has been dead for 20 years. Their deaths have only just come to light, which is hardly evidence of outstanding efficiency. We regret that the ICTR and the Mechanism failed to bring those prime suspects to justice. Our delegation has been closely monitoring compliance with the rights of the persons under the supervision of the Mechanism.”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9062 (2022) · source
“In other words, over the past five years there has been no real downsizing — only time-wasting tactics and bureaucratic obfuscation. Let us underscore that the Mechanism has only three cases before it. By July, it will be down to two cases, with one at first instance and one at appeal. No new cases are foreseen — unless the Mechanism cannot resist the temptation to use contempt of court cases as a tool to prolong its own existence. Why it continues to retain so many staff in such circumstances, we do not know. The next biennial review of the Residual Mechanism is now under way, the results of which will determine the parameters of its further functioning. We trust that the process will help the Mechanism’s leadership undertake the necessary efforts to draw down its work as soon as possible.”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9062 (2022) · source
“Mr. Kuzmin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We welcome the presence of Judge Agius and Mr. Brammertz. We are compelled to note that, over the past six months, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals — the very name of which includes the word “residual” — did not make any progress in the planned completion of its activities. The resolution establishing the Mechanism (resolution 1966 (2010)) emphasizes that its functions and size will decrease over time. Yet we have not seen any real cuts in terms of staff or budget. The progress allegedly made, and so enthusiastically announced from report to report, should be considered over a broader period of time to make it clear that, for example, the Mechanism currently employs the same number of staff as it did in 2017.”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9062 (2022) · source
“We are convinced that this will significantly speed up the process of holding people accountable for international crimes.”
2022-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9059 (2022) · source
“We also note evidence continues to be collected on the aspects of investigation that have already been completed, including crimes against the Yazidi in Sinjar, the murder of students at the Tikrit Air Academy and the execution of Shia detainees in Badush Central Prison. We emphasize that the mission of the UNITAD should not be limited only to the collection of evidence. First and foremost, the team’s job is to support the domestic efforts in Iraq aimed at bringing terrorists to accountability within the framework of their respectiveits national judicial systems. The main recipient of the evidence collected by the Team should be the Iraqi authorities themselves, as explicitly set forth in resolution 2379 (2017). We encourage them to be given this access as soon as possible.”
2022-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9059 (2022) · source
“Council members understand the matter to which I am referring: the plan that three permanent members of the Security Council — the United States, the United Kingdom and France — used on 14 April 2018, in an act of unprovoked and unjustified aggression of choice. At that time, they used cruise missiles launched from sea and from air to hit Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus. The Investigative Team is working at a good tempo in investigating the functioning of ISIL’s central treasury. We believe that this is one of the most promising areas from the point of view of collecting evidence, which will allow us to establish the main connections within ISIL and maybe identify the sponsors of that organization. The Russian delegation welcomes the investigation of crimes against the Sunni, Christian, Kaka’i, Shabak and Shia Turkmen communities.”
2022-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9059 (2022) · source
“We hope that the Investigative Team will redouble its efforts for fuller collection of data and comprehensive analysis of all available information on ISIL’s chemical programme in Iraq. It would probably be naive to think that, given their programme to develop and use chemical weapons in Iraq, terrorists from ISIL would not use a similar approach beyond the borders of the country as well, for example, in neighbouring Syria. And if, in this neighbouring State, the Western coalition is, at the same time, as usual striving to overthrow a legal Government, then those terrorists would have every opportunity to evade responsibility and accountability, and the blame for their actions would be placed on the undesirable Government, after which a series of missile strikes would be carried out on its facilities.”
2022-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9059 (2022) · source
“Mr. Kuzmin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank Mr. Ritscher for his substantive briefing on the outcome of six months of work by the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (UNITAD). We have studied closely the eighth report (see S/2022/434) of the investigative team he heads and welcome the completion of the preparations for the initial case-assessment report investigating the development and use by terrorists of chemical and biological weapons in Iraq. As we see from the report, the use of such weapons was encouraged by the High Command of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).”
2022-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9059 (2022) · source
“In conclusion, let me say a few words about the current situation in Libya. Only now, almost 10 years since the NATO aggression, are we seeing positive signs of overcoming the deep-rooted political crisis in Libya. We call on all parties not to interfere in the electoral process in Libya, whose long-suffering people have long deserved lasting peace.”
2022-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9024 (2022) · source
“The principle of inevitable and inescapable punishment, so often invoked by Western countries, fails to apply to their own actions. I would like to ask Prosecutor Khan: Who will be held responsible for the breakdown of Libyan statehood and the years of its people’s suffering? Why does the ICC have no questions about the extrajudicial killing of Muammar Al-Qadhafi? Should we regard that as the Court’s endorsement of the policy of overthrowing undesirable Governments and killing the leaders of sovereign States? We are convinced that a comprehensive analysis of the tragic events of 2011, while objectively taking into account the role and responsibility of all parties, must remain within the focus of the ICC. Without that, it would be utter hypocrisy to speak of justice and a so- called victims rights approach.”
2022-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9024 (2022) · source
“What was done to Muammar Al-Qadhafi was done with the connivance and full approval of United States officials. It is worth recalling how then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton commented on his gruesome massacre with a smile, “We came, we saw, he died”. If the words “justice” and “impartiality” really meant anything to the ICC, it would not have focused solely on investigating the supporters of Muammar Al-Qadhafi; it would have also focused on NATO and opposition war crimes. Instead, according to its report, the ICC plans to end its investigation into the events of 2011. It turns out that, in the opinion of the Office of the Prosecutor, no one else is to blame for the catastrophe in Libya but the brutally murdered Muammar Al-Qadhafi. That approach is simply astounding in its one-sidedness.”
2022-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9024 (2022) · source
“Western countries blatantly violated the provisions of resolution 1973 (2011) when they interpreted the imposition of the no-fly zone as giving them carte blanche to carpet bomb the sovereign and, at that time, prosperous State of Libya. The outcome of those actions are well known: civilian deaths, chaos and devastation within the country and mass flows of refugees. As of today, Libya continues to suffer from the consequences of the 2011 NATO actions. Overall, everything that was imputed to Mr. Al-Qadhafi and used by the West to destroy both him and his country cannot be compared to the suffering that Libya has endured as a result of the NATO invasion and the years of chaos, the power vacuum and the civil war that ensued. We would especially like to emphasize another point.”
2022-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9024 (2022) · source
“We recall that the events of that period led to the Security Council’s referral of the Libyan dossier to the International Criminal Court (ICC). More precisely, it was not the events themselves, but the way they were projected by the Western media and non-governmental organizations. The hastily fabricated case against Al-Qadhafi by the ICC Prosecutor at the time, Mr. Moreno-Ocampo, was built on such crude and apparent fabrications that it began to fall apart even before the murder of the Libyan leader. At the same time, as we well remember, the Al-Qadhafi case at the ICC was used to justify NATO’s unprovoked military aggression against the Libyan State.”
2022-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9024 (2022) · source
“Mr. Kuzmin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We have read the latest report of Mr. Karim Khan on his investigation of the situation in Libya. We also note the so-called road map, which sets out the Prosecutor’s vision for further work on the Libyan file. The attempt to review the approaches of the previous Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, which were far from ideal, is certainly a step in the right direction. However, so far, a number of ideas raised in the report raise serious questions. The most substantive among them is the decision not to investigate the crimes committed in Libya in 2011. The Prosecutor has explicitly stated that the phase of his work related to the investigation of the events of 2011 has been concluded and that no new cases are planned.”
2022-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9024 (2022) · source
“I can expect the representatives of countries like Lithuania and Estonia to say that Russian soldiers raped women and then ate them, or anything else they can think of, but I did not expect that from him, and I really am very disappointed about that.”
2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Mr. Kuzmin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): I would like to respond to the statement made by the Head of Delegation of the European Union. Mr. Skoog represents a major organization, the European Union. I did not respond to the statements by individual members of the European Union that, to varying degrees — depending on their respective levels of Russophobia historically — accused Russia and its armed forces of things they have never done and that Mr. Skoog knows they have never done. I expected a more sober and balanced assessment from him of what is going on in Ukraine, particularly regarding the crimes being considered.”
2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016Resumption1 (2022) · source
“According to available information, the specialized agencies of the European Union have assessed the vulnerability of Ukrainian refugees to trafficking as being very high, given the fact that in recent years Ukraine has ranked as one of the top five countries in terms of the number of victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation in Europe. It would be naive to believe that the situation had suddenly changed overnight We urge our colleagues not to ignore those disturbing trends or the evidence of sexual crimes committed by the Ukrainian military that I mentioned.”
2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016 (2022) · source
“On 3 April, in the centre of Pavlograd, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, representatives of the Territorial Defence Forces stripped and tied a local woman to a pole. Police officers who observed the incident did not intervene. Yesterday, however, concerned Ukrainian citizens posted a video online in which police officers publicly beat a woman tied to a pole with a rod, having first humiliated her by stripping her naked. These are facts that are publicly available and accessible to all — not unsubstantiated allegations. This heinous practice of forced public nudity, violence and punishment is characteristic of medieval Europe and has now, unfortunately, become commonplace in Ukraine. The conflict in Ukraine has intensified the industry of exploiting Ukrainian refugees in European countries.”
2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016 (2022) · source
“On 7 March, in the vicinity of the Kommunar coal mine in the Donetsk region, Donetsk People’s Republic soldiers who arrived to demine the area discovered a grave containing the bodies of four women. Forensic examination showed that they had been tortured and raped before their deaths. One of the victims was pregnant. The Aidar Nazi Battalion was based in the area. On 28 March, Azov Battalion Nazis entered school number 18 in Mariupol and tortured a girl to death. Her mutilated body with severed arms and a swastika branded into her stomach shocked everyone who saw it. We mentioned that tragedy during the 11 April meeting in this Chamber. On 21 March, nationalists abused Roma women who had fled to western Ukraine by stripping them, dousing them with green dye and tying them to lamp posts, after accusing them of looting.”
2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016 (2022) · source
“We are convinced that such crimes must be emphatically condemned and deserve severe punishment, in contrast to the silence they are often met with in the West. Today, the actions of the Ukrainian Nazi battalions and so-called territorial defence units are carbon copies of the tactics used by the terrorists of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant — including the use of civilians as human shields and the placement of weapons in residential buildings, schools, hospitals and other civilian infrastructure. At the same time, the bacchanal of murder and humiliation of Ukrainian citizens suspected of being disloyal to the regime is skyrocketing. Here are just a few examples.”
2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016 (2022) · source
“For years, the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and other international institutions have been publishing numerous reports of egregious instances of beatings, electric shock being applied to the genital area, threats of rape and forcible nudity against men and women accused of collaborating with the authorities in Donetsk and Luhansk. The detainees were denied medical assistance and received death threats and threats of a sexual nature against themselves and their families. It is therefore not surprising that we have noted a sharp upsurge in cases of sexual violence in territories controlled by the Ukrainian Government.”
2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016 (2022) · source
“We emphatically reject those insulting and baseless insinuations. We see them as part of the unprincipled information war unleashed against the Russian Federation by Ukraine and its Western patrons. The actions of Russian field units — in combat and outside of it — are subject to strict, unchanging rules for all personnel, regardless of rank or position. One of the objectives of the smear campaign against Russian military personnel is to cover up real cases of sexual violence by Ukrainian radicals, who have been practicing it against the residents of Donbas since 2014.”
2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016 (2022) · source
“Measures adopted by United Nations entities and civil society should merely supplement the efforts of States. We are troubled by information provided in the Secretary-General’s report about mounting violence against women and girls in conflict areas in Africa, Colombia and Syria. Thousands of people in the Al-Hol and Rukban camps in Syria, which are controlled by the United States occupying authorities, are subjected to violence, exploitation and mistreatment. They are cast aside, are marginalized and are destitute. Prostitution, theft, the sexual exploitation of minors, human trafficking and unequal marriages are rife in the camps. Today, we yet again heard unsubstantiated, baseless accusations against Russian military personnel carrying out their duties as part of the special military operation in Ukraine.”
2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016 (2022) · source
“Mr. Kuzmin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank the Secretary-General and his Special Representative, Ms. Patten, for preparing the 2021 report (S/2022/272). We also wish to thank the guest briefers. We are convinced that work to prevent and eradicate violence must be systematic and comprehensive, taking into account the identified causes and origins of this scourge. Focused efforts to combat manifestations of sexual violence must yield long-lasting and sustainable results. In situations of armed conflict, women and children remain the most vulnerable civilians. We believe that the prevention and combating of sexual violence in all stages of armed conflict and post-conflict situations is first and foremost the responsibility of national Governments.”
2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016 (2022) · source
“For an entire eight years, they showed their absolute indifference and total detachment as cities and towns in Donbas were bombed and shelled by aircraft, artillery, multiple rocket launchers, while a complete blockade was imposed. The Kyiv regime got away with everything, but that could not go on indefinitely. Peace will be restored in Ukraine for the sake of women, children and families. More than 20 years have passed since the Security Council adopted resolution 1325 (2000). The conceptual principles of the document, based on the four pillars of prevention, protection, participation and strengthening peace in situations of armed conflict are as relevant today as ever. Our goal is not to undo the joint gains made in women’s issues or eclipse the valuable political cooperation on this agenda item with heated political battles.”
2022-03-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8989 (2022) · source
“This year’s 8 March commemoration of International Women’s Day is taking place against the backdrop of pivotal events on the world stage. For eight years, the so-called Western world has been indifferent to the murder of women and children in Donetsk and Luhansk by the Kyiv junta and their persecution by Ukrainian radicals and neo-Nazis in the eastern and south-eastern parts of Ukraine. It coyly looked away so as to not notice the Ukrainian policy of the total eradication of the Russian language, culture and Russian-born Ukrainian citizens. For some reason, none of them furrowed their brows or spoke in a somber theatrical voice as women and teenagers were burned alive at the trade union building in Odesa, to the applause and cheers broadcast live on Ukrainian television channels.”
2022-03-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8989 (2022) · source