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Kuzmin

lines on the record: 337
first: 2008-06-05
most recent: 2023-03-07
sittings or episodes: 60
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“Against that backdrop, I would like to once again caution our colleagues on the Committee and its Executive Directorate's experts about getting too caught up in the secondary elements of the CTC's mandate. Attempts to fill its agenda with human rights issues and replace counter-terrorism with the infamous concept of the prevention of violent extremism distract States from fulfilling their primary obligations in the area. On the positive side, I would like to take this opportunity to especially thank and congratulate Ms. Michele Coninsx, Executive Director of CTED, for her contribution to strengthening the Committee's cooperation with the specialized organizations.”
2019-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8528 (2019) · source
“In the CTC we traditionally highlight the importance of paying close attention to modern digital technologies, and particularly the problem of their unlawful use by terrorists for radicalizing and recruiting new supporters. Resolutions 1624 (2005) and 2354 (2017) should continue to form the basis for those efforts. We urge all States to thoroughly study the Council's new requirements in resolution 2462 (2019), on combating the various forms of support for terrorists. Acting in accordance with Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, the Council called in particular on all States to criminalize the full spectrum of criminal acts related to illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons. The verification of national legislation and law enforcement practice in this area now comes under the CTC's purview.”
2019-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8528 (2019) · source
“We call on States that are on the Committee's current list for assessment visits to take a constructive approach to coordinating those visits with the CTC leadership and the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED). We have noted CTED'S efforts to analyse new trends in the area of counter-terrorism. We believe it is essential to continue studying the problem of cooperation between terrorist organizations and international crime. By exploiting the potential of criminal groups, terrorists can significantly expand their subversive capabilities on a transnational scale. In that connection, we believe that the efforts of Peru's chairmanship to develop this subject in the Committee are especially critical.”
2019-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8528 (2019) · source
“The Council's specialized bodies face the difficult challenge of adapting to the rapidly changing conditions on the counter-terrorism front. The subsidiary bodies' experts agree that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Al-Qaida and their affiliated organizations are now trying to expand their presence into States that were previously fortunate where security was concerned. And yet it is extremely difficult to determine exactly where the next flare-up of terror will be. In the circumstances, the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) should devote every effort to monitoring the implementation of the relevant resolutions in all key regions.”
2019-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8528 (2019) · source
“Mr. Kuzmin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We attach great importance to our regular meetings with the Chairs of the three Security Council Committees with mandates in counter-terrorism, the Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da'esh), Al-Qaida and the Taliban and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities, the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism and the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004). We share your positive assessments of the cooperation among these subsidiary organs, Mr. President, including in the areas of exchanging information, preparing analytical documents and organizing joint meetings and monitoring missions.”
2019-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8528 (2019) · source
“In the interests ofjustice, from now on the ICC has the right not to undertake an investigation if it has doubts as to the feasibility or possibility of an investigation given the lack of cooperation of interested parties against a backdrop of sanctions pressure on the members of the Court themselves or if it feels constrained by budgetary limitations. I fear that it will never be possible to restore the Court's reputation in the wake of this oh-so-elegant verdict describing the ICC's understanding of the interests ofjustice. With a judicial policy like this one it will also hardly be possible for the investigation of the situation in Libya to achieve any credible results.”
2019-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8523 (2019) · source
“I would recommend that anyone who still cherishes a naive belief in the shining image of the ICC as a champion ofjustice should examine thejudges' decision of 12 April. I believe my United States colleague spoke of it earlier. The Court flat-out declared to the international community that in certain circumstances justice proper can be disregarded. The interests of victims and the severity of crimes are secondary categories for the ICC. The most important criterion is that of the so-called interests of justice.”
2019-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8523 (2019) · source
“Before the meeting I looked through the statements on this subject in the Security Council by Russia's representatives in previous years, and I could have delivered any one of them today. They are 100 per cent up to date. It seems that the ICC is chronically unreceptive to fair criticism. The conflict in Libya has deep roots. In 2011 the attempts by the air forces of the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and a number of other States to bomb democracy into the former Libyan Arab Jamahiriya resulted in nothing but many human victims and the creation of chaos, rampant crime and floods of refugees. All ofthat has somehow mysteriously escaped the attention of the Prosecutor of the Court. There are clearly specific reasons for that.”
2019-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8523 (2019) · source
“Mr. Kuzmin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): Every six months for eight years now, we have listened to briefings from the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the investigation of the situation in Libya. Today is the seventeenth report in a row. From one year to the next in this Chamber we are assured that the ICC is the institution that can play an important role in ending armed confrontation, restoring the rule of law, bringing the guilty to justice and strengthening Libyans' faith in the possibility of fairness. Sadly, the reality testifies to the complete opposite. Each year the ICC becomes ever less of a meaningful factor in the international arena. Its investigations have no momentum and no results.”
2019-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8523 (2019) · source
“Protection, according to paragraph 24 of the resolution, is to be given to "exclusively humanitarian activities, including medical activities, that are carried out by impartial humanitarian actors in a manner consistent with international humanitarian law". By the way, we are very grateful to the International Committee of the Red Cross for drawing attention to this whole issue and for its contribution to the process.”
2019-04-01 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8499 (2019) · source
“Such pseudo-humanitarian activities, which amount to a manipulation of the topic of medical and humanitarian assistance in armed conflict, will end up undermining the systems of international humanitarian law and will backfire by damaging the authority of genuine humanitarian and medical workers. Last week, when the Security Council was working on the draft of resolution 2462 (2019) on combating the financing of terrorism - which, incidentally, has produced a big response * one of the main issues discussed was that of ensuring unhindered access for humanitarian organizations and the provision of medical care in areas of armed conflict and counter- terrorist activity. Through concerted efforts the Council found a balanced way to word it.”
2019-04-01 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8499 (2019) · source
“One of the main prerequisites for the effective protection of workers from humanitarian organizations and medical personnel is their compliance with the guiding principles of international humanitarian assistance, including respect for sovereignty and the humanitarian, impartial and neutral nature of their provision of humanitarian assistance. Medical and humanitarian workers in areas of conflict must abide by the laws of the country they are in. That is a fundamental truth. It is unacceptable for medical and humanitarian organizations to openly provide assistance to terrorists and carry out their inhumane plans, as the White Helmets are doing in Syria.”
2019-04-01 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8499 (2019) · source
“Russia will continue to urge the parties to conflicts to take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of providers of humanitarian and medical assistance. However, we should point out that we should exercise great precision and caution in discussing the many proposals for involving the Security Council in the architecture of ensuring that the perpetrators of international humanitarian law violations are brought to justice. A number of States have shown recently that they are less and less interested in the reliability of data determining the identity of perpetrators of various evil deeds of one kind or another. What they are interested in is something else entirely.”
2019-04-01 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8499 (2019) · source
“That was also confirmed by the outcomes issued two weeks ago, on 15 March, of the intergovernmental process on strengthening compliance with international humanitarian law based on the resolution on the subject adopted at the thirty-second Conference of the ICRC. We believe that the problems with implementation that we are always hearing about are not because international humanitarian law is weak but because people are not prepared to put its principles and standards into practice. Against a background ofpersistent armed conflicts, humanitarian assistance is of primary importance, and protecting humanitarian and medical personnel is one of the most crucial aspects of the issue of the protection of civilians. Every party to a conflict is responsible for their safety.”
2019-04-01 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8499 (2019) · source
“It is our job to make sure that the authority of international humanitarian law is not undermined, and in order to do that it is essential to refrain from adopting selective approaches or double standards in which some parties" violations are flagged and the crimes of others are passed over in silence. Incidentally, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) addressed that issue very eloquently. It is also our job to work to constantly strengthen the existing mechanisms in the area of international humanitarian law. We believe there are enough of them at present.”
2019-04-01 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8499 (2019) · source
“Mr. Kuzmin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We welcome you, Sir, and Germany, in your capacity as President ofthe Council, and we thank France for a very productive presidency in March. We are also grateful to our briefers, Mr. Lowcock, Mr. Maurer and Ms. Modirzadeh, for their very interesting comments. The formulation of a body of rules relating to international humanitarian law is one of the major accomplishments of the twentieth century. Humanity, including in armed conflict - indeed, on the battlefield - is a hallmark of civilized behaviour. Unfortunately, in the almost 74 years since the end of the Second World War, the Security Council has had to address the issue of strengthening the institutions of international humanitarian law again and again.”
2019-04-01 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8499 (2019) · source
“Mr. Kuzmin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): It is late, so I will not take much of the Council members' time. I simply wish to comment on the statement made by the representative of Ukraine. He once again told the old tall tale about Russian aggression, but among other things he accused my country of violating the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. In that regard, I would simply recall the decision of the International Court of Justice from 19 April 2017, on the case of Ukraine v. Russian Federation, as it applies to the Convention. The decision stated that Ukraine's claims in that connection were not plausible. I will not comment on the other issues that the representative of Ukraine touched upon because they are totally unrelated to the topic of today's meeting.”
2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source
“We also think it makes sense to continue improving and strengthening border security, the exchange of information and the training of law- enforcement personnel. We have been pleased with UNODC's success in extending expert assistance to African States on ensuring security and stability. We support UNODC's work in that regard, and its cooperation with the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States and other regional bodies. Needless to say, it is also important to develop anti-drug cooperation among the countries concerned themselves, in bilateral, regional, subregional and multilateral formats, based on the principle of shared and joint responsibility. For our part, we have consistently taken measures to assist African States in training personnel, particularly in the areas of health care and law enforcement.”
2018-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8433 (2018) · source
“In particular, the promotion of programmes reconfigured to take local realities into account and designed to create additional job opportunities in the region would be of major help in that regard, and the involvement of the business community, as well as the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, could make a significant contribution to that. We believe it is vital to continue giving special attention to preventing and suppressing the radicalization of young people, while focusing on raising their employment and education levels, including through policies aimed at implementing specialized projects under the auspices of the United Nations and UNESCO.”
2018-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8433 (2018) · source
“We are hoping for a comprehensive review of all ofthose issues in Vienna in March 2019 during the scheduled review of the implementation of the Political Declaration on the Prevention of Drug Abuse, Illicit Drug Trafficking and Organized Crimes in West Africa and the 2009 Regional Response Action Plan. Among the priorities within the framework of measures to deal adequately with the drug issue is the quest for effective alternatives to this kind of criminal business.”
2018-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8433 (2018) · source
“In that regard, we confirm our unwavering support to the sanctions regime targeting people and organizations linked to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and Al-Qaida who finance terrorist activity through proceeds from illegal drug trafficking. The continuing mutual ties between criminal activity, including drug-related activity, and international terrorism, particularly where material support for it is concerned, are very alarming. The high indicators for pharmaceutical opioids for non-medical consumption, synthetic drugs and heroin addiction are particularly worrying. A number of States in the region continue to be transit hubs for opiates from Afghanistan and cocaine from Latin America.”
2018-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8433 (2018) · source
“Mr. Kuzmin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank the Cote d'Ivoire presidency for taking the initiative to convene this briefing of the Council on the very topical issue of combating drug trafficking in West Africa. We also thank Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), for his participation in the meeting and for his informative and detailed briefing. We are firmly convinced that effectively countering the threat of drugs in the West African States is possible only on a basis of coordinated efforts by the entire international community, with the United Nations playing a leading role.”
2018-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8433 (2018) · source
“That is undoubtedly less time-consuming and costly than the scrupulous gathering of evidence of the crimes committed by all the parties to a conflict - I repeat, by all the parties to a conflict - interviewing victims and witnesses and so forth. Am I right? Meanwhile, the President of the Sudan, like any other president, enjoys immunity from foreign criminal jurisdiction. That immunity continues to be in effect after a situation is referred to the ICC. In not cooperating with the ICC, States, including parties to the Rome Statute, are acting in accordance with their international legal obligations, and our position on the issue has not changed. We urge the ICC to focus on its main functions and to finally begin an objective, comprehensive investigation of the situation in Darfur.”
2018-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8425 (2018) · source
“Mr. Kuzmin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We have studied the twenty-eighth report of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the investigation of the situation in Darfur. We discovered two lines in paragraph 22 with a puzzling sentence about some apparently significant progress in the investigation. That was all there was about the investigation. For the remainder of the report, the Office of the Prosecutor busied itself tracking the international visits of President Omar Al-Bashir of the Sudan. As I understand it, we are seeing the emergence of a new and fascinating topic, which is holding States accountable for violating their obligations to cooperate with the ICC.”
2018-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8425 (2018) · source
“We once again urge the Mechanism to cease its inappropriate expenditure of the financial and human resources allocated to it. We expect it not to be distracted by tasks outside its remit according to the Statute and to focus on fulfilling the functions assigned to it as quickly and effectively as possible.”
2018-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8416 (2018) · source
“We are still concerned about the casual attitude to Ratko Mladie's health and we have repeatedly demanded that he receive high-quality examinations and treatment. We reiterate that if that task is beyond the Mechanism's prison doctors, Mr. Mladie should be temporarily released for treatment in Russia or Serbia. Our attention has once again been drawn to the sections of the report on the Residual Mechanism's capacity-building assistance to national judicial bodies that are prosecuting war-crimes cases. I feel obliged to point out that there is no such mandate for the Office of the Prosecutor in the Mechanism's founding documents, and certainly none for such work in countries that have no relation to the situations under the Residual Mechanism's jurisdiction.”
2018-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8416 (2018) · source
“However, the Council is being asked to simply resign itself to the fact that it will have to wait several more months for a decision on the Karadeie case while the new presiding judge in the Appeals Chamber familiarizes himself the case file. We hope he will not need as much time as his counterpart in the Vojislav Seselj case. We have taken note of Judge Joensen's decision not to refer a contempt-of-court case to the Rwandan authorities. As we understand it, he believes that the trial will very probably begin and end faster if it remains under the Mechanism. We would like to hope for that. We will see how things actually pan out. The problems of providing the accused with timely and appropriate medical care are also still on the agenda.”
2018-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8416 (2018) · source
“All of that chaos goes back a long way and is specifically rooted in the irresponsible approach to the procedure for selecting the judges in the Radovan Karadfic' and Ratko Mladic' appeal cases. As we all know, the Security Council and the General Assembly have added a number of new names to the roster of judges. But the Mechanism's leadership still sees to it that it is those who worked under the ICTY who have the most to do with those cases. Hence the problems. We have studied all the publicly available information on the Mechanism's recent rulings in the Mladic and Karadeic' cases. It seems that amid the procedural skirmishing and mutual settling of scores, the Mechanism's leaders have forgotten that they hold in their hands the fate of human beings who are expecting to see justice fairly done.”
2018-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8416 (2018) · source
“Mr. Kuzmin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We would like to thank the leadership of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for the report (see S/2018/569) on its activities. We have been closely following its work, including all the judicial proceedings under way. Going on the report, since our previous briefing (see S/PV.8278) the Mechanism's work has largely come to a standstill. It is increasingly reminiscent of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in the worst periods of its existence. We have recently been alarmed as we have witnessed judges being reshuffled, especially those presiding over the Appeals Chamber.”
2018-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8416 (2018) · source
“We believe that all international assistance, including from the Investigative Team, must be part of the effort to achieve that goal, and the shortest road to that runs through robust national reconciliation processes.”
2018-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8412 (2018) · source
“Despite that, however, ISIL still remains active in a number of Iraqi provinces and is still carrying out terrorist and asymmetrical attacks there. For our part, we will continue to assist the Iraqi authorities on the security front both politically and practically, as well as in the work of establishing long-term normalization. We will continue to help strengthen the Iraqi army, including by coordinating on regional security issues through the quadripartite centre in Baghdad, and we intend to broaden our bilateral cooperation on other fronts as well. In conclusion, I would like to say that we want to see Iraq become a strong, whole, independent and prosperous State where all of its various ethnic and religious groups can live in peace and harmony.”
2018-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8412 (2018) · source
“We concluded from his report that his mission has support within Iraqi society, and we truly hope that approach will be maintained and welcome all steps in that direction. We expect the Investigative Team's operations to be conducted impartially, transparently and in full compliance with international law, including the Charter of the United Nations, and that it will make a meaningful contribution to the efforts to bring ISIL terrorists to justice for the crimes they have committed on Iraqi territory. That is important with regard to further counter-terrorism activities in Iraq. ISIL's so- called caliphate has been dealt a crushing blow, partly thanks to the uncompromising war against terrorism that the authorities in Iraq's neighbour Syria have been waging, with Russia's help.”
2018-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8412 (2018) · source
“To take the example of the entity in Syria with similar functions - the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Those Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011, which was the result of the General Assembly's illegitimate decision - it did not even occur to its so- called architects to talk to Damascus and they utterly disregarded the prerogatives of the Security Council. We want to caution the Investigative Team's leadership against any contact with that illegitimate entity. We note Mr. Khan's willingness to work constructively to carry out the mandate entrusted to him, which we view first and foremost as in a context of criminal rather than international humanitarian law.”
2018-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8412 (2018) · source
“First, as a body it is neither judicial nor prosecutorial, but merely documents evidence. Furthermore, the evidence it collects has to be kept in Iraq and used by the Iraqi judicial system and other national judicial bodies exclusively upon the agreement with Baghdad. Unfortunately, it is very seldom that the views of the States concerned are so carefully taken into account.”
2018-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8412 (2018) · source
“We are firmly of the view that the crimes of ISIL terrorists must not go unpunished, wherever they were committed. However, it is the Governments of the States affected by those crimes that play the leading role in holding them to account. Resolution 2379 (2017), which represents the basis for the establishment of the Investigative Team, emphasizes in that regard that it must operate with full respect for Iraq's sovereignty and its jurisdiction over crimes committed on Iraqi territory. We hope those provisos will be an indisputable basis for the Investigative Team's operations. We should point out that the fact that the Team was established at the request of the affected State is a bold kind of innovation for the Security Council with many new aspects.”
2018-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8412 (2018) · source
“Mr. Kuzmin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): I would like to join others in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of December, and the Permanent Representative of China on his successful stewardship of the Council last month. We thank Mr. Khan for his first report to the Council (see S/2018/103l) on the work of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. Resolution 2379 (2017) stresses the global nature of the threats posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). It is therefore important that Council members form a united front in counteracting that evil. There can be no double standards in that fight, including with regard to seeing justice done.”
2018-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8412 (2018) · source
“In that connection - and we spoke about this at the previous meeting (see S/PV.8250) - our delegation is fully resolved to provide members with every assistance in ensuring that the Council does not repeat this unfortunate experiment. In principle, therefore, given the Court's noticeably shaky reputation in the eyes of many States Members ofthe United Nations, attested to by the debate in the General Assembly on 29 October (see A/73/PV.27) - and as my colleague from the Netherlands correctly remarked when she said that the investigations "are not quick enough", we believe that we can and should consider changing the frequency of the ICC's briefings to the Council.”
2018-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8388 (2018) · source
“And each successive report dwells on the reports of the activity of the Libyan National Army in Derna. Of course, the interest in aspects of the migration issue in the context of the situation in Libya is understandable. But there is something one-sided about the ICC's view of these problems. We would like to point out that it is criminal organizations, firmly based in migrants' countries of destination and chiefly in Europe, that are getting rich off the illegal business of transporting those migrants, while that key aspect is missing from the Prosecutor's report for some reason. In paragraph 25 of the report, which we read carefully, we did note one sensible assessment, which is that the Council's referral of the situation in Libya to the ICC may not prove successful.”
2018-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8388 (2018) · source
“We take note of the sixteenth report of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the investigation of the Libya dossier, although unfortunately we have seen no information in it about the investigation itself- that is, about the progress of the investigation. We have repeatedly brought up the ICC's selective approach to this issue, and the report is yet another confirmation of that. For example, the report mentions the recent escalation of violence in Tripoli, in which civilians died, yet it simply records the fact that it happened. Not a single armed group is named as responsible for this dangerous outbreak of hostilities. For some reason the Prosecutor was not interested in investigating the incident in which terrorists blew up two cars near a crowded mosque either.”
2018-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8388 (2018) · source
“Mr. Kuzmin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your presidency for this month and assure you that you will always have the Russian Federation's full support and assistance. I would also like to congratulate Bolivia on its successful conclusion of the presidency of the Council for the month of October. I would first like to say a few words about the situation in Libya in general. Sadly, there are no signs that it is improving. The country is divided into spheres of influence. The international community should focus its efforts on uniting it. Unfortunately, various external actors continue to place their own interests in Libya above the goal of a political settlement.”
2018-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8388 (2018) · source
“Unfortunately, we cannot support a policy of mathematically enlarging this or that bureaucratic structure in the absence of conflict, threats of infringements on the rights of women or crimes committed against them. In my opinion, today's discussion clearly demonstrates the substantial progress that has been made in creating equal opportunities for women's active participation in the maintenance of peace and security, as well as enhancing their role in decision-making. We are ready to continue constructive dialogue on the subject.”
2018-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8382 (2018) · source
“In that regard, we expect to see information on the evaluation of the effectiveness of the Secretariat's gender parity programme, and an expansion of the number of specialist advisers in peacekeeping missions and other United Nations country offices. We hope that in the framework of the forthcoming review, proposals and assessments from Member States, including those dealing with armed conflicts, will be considered from the point of view of the practical implementation of Security Council resolutions in the area. We would like to say a few words about the practice of developing regional and national strategies and establishing national structures for implementing this issue. We firmly believe that such measures should be adopted out of objective necessity owing to the existence of an armed conflict or post-conflict settlement.”
2018-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8382 (2018) · source
“Our task is to create the conditions for the full inclusion of women in every possible aspect of that process. Considering the importance of this topic, we would like to thank the Secretary-General for his proposals for organizing the work of the departments of the Secretariat in preparation for the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000). While a comprehensive review of actions for implementing the women and peace and security agenda in the upcoming period will be extremely helpful, it will be important to focus on evaluating the effectiveness of the performance of the relevant areas of the Secretariat while sticking strictly to the principle of the division of labour.”
2018-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8382 (2018) · source
“The Russian Federation consistently supports all measures aimed at increasing the influence of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, as well as women's active participation in peace negotiations and electoral processes. The key document in the context of post-conflict restoration is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which, together with the Security Council resolutions on women and peace and security, establishes the essential legal and political basis for effective cooperation. At the same time, the classic negotiating process, founded on the goals and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, with its effectiveness confirmed and in demand among Member States, has in no way lost its relevance.”
2018-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8382 (2018) · source
“If I may, I would like to note that as part of its consideration of the agenda item on women and peace and security, the Security Council should focus specifically on issues directly related to establishing and maintaining international peace and security. In our view, attempts to exploit these issues - in order to advance the cause in the Council of human rights and gender issues traditionally covered by other bodies of our Organization such as the General Assembly, the Peacebuilding Commission, the Human Rights Council and the Commission on the Status of Women - are damaging and unfounded. Such tactics lead to pointless duplication of effort and an imbalance in our system's overall coordination, and ultimately create obstacles to the effective implementation of resolution 1325 (2000).”
2018-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8382 (2018) · source
“Mr. Kuzmin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We would like to thank you for organizing today's meeting, Mr. President, as well as the Secretary- General and the Executive Director of UN-Women, for their participation in our discussion. Our thanks also go to to Ms. Randa Siniora Atallah for her participation. The Secretary-General's report (S/2018/900) presents a fairly complete and objective picture of the state of affairs in the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000), as well as subsequent resolutions aimed at protecting women in armed conflict, enhancing their role in peace processes and unlocking their potential.”
2018-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8382 (2018) · source
“Yuji Iwasawa, received the required majority both in the Security Council and the General Assembly, he is therefore duly elected as a member of the International Court of Justice for a term beginning today, 22 June 2018, until 5 February 2021. I should like to congratulate him and wish him every success in the high office to which he has been elected. On behalf of the Council, I would like to thank the tellers for their assistance in the conduct of the elections. The Security Council has thus concluded its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at I] am.”
2018-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8292 (2018) · source
“Yuji Iwasawa 15 Accordingly, the candidate, Mr. Yuji Iwasawa, received the required majority of votes in the Security Council. I have communicated the result of the vote to the President of the General Assembly in writing. I should like to inform the members of the Council that I have just received from the President of the General Assembly the following letter: (spoke in English) "I have the honour to inform you that, at the 97th plenary meeting of the General Assembly, held today for the purpose of electing a member of the International Court of Justice, Mr. Yuji Iwasawa obtained an absolute majority of votes in the General Assembly." (spoke in Russian) As the candidate, Mr.”
2018-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8292 (2018) · source
“>l<>l<>l= The President (spoke in Russian): I have now been informed that the ballot papers have been collected in the General Assembly. The counting of the ballots in the Security Council will now begin. The tellers will now count the ballots. As per practice, there will be two independent countings of the ballots, one by each teller. I should like to remind Council members that in accordance with established practice, I shall wait for the General Assembly to complete its count before I announce the results of the voting in the Security Council. The Council will remain in session. *>l<>l< The President (spoke in Russian): The result of the voting is as follows: Number of ballot papers: 15 Number of invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 15 Number of abstentions: 0 Required majority: 8 Number of votes obtained: Mr.”
2018-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8292 (2018) · source
“I am informed that the General Assembly is now ready to proceed with the voting process. I request the Conference Officer to distribute the ballot papers. Members of the Council should place an "X" in the box next to the name of the candidate, if they wish to vote for the candidate. *** The President (spoke in Russian): I take it that all the members of the Council have now voted and I ask the Conference Officer to collect the ballot papers. >l<>l<>l= The President (spoke in Russian): All the ballot papers have been collected. I should like to remind Council members that in accordance with the established practice, the ballots will not be counted until it has been verified that the ballot papers in the General Assembly have also been collected. The Council will remain in session pending the receipt of that information.”
2018-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8292 (2018) · source