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first: 2010-10-26
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“That proposal was accepted by the representatives of Ukraine and representatives of the Russian Federation were informed. As a result, 12 ships carrying 354,500 tons of agricultural products left Odesa, Chernomorsk and Pivdennyi seaports today to respond to the needs of Africa, Asia and Europe. Among them is the bulk carrier IKARIA ANGEL, with Ukrainian wheat intended for the residents of Ethiopia, who are on the verge of famine. That is the seventh vessel chartered under the World Food Programme. At the same time, passage into Ukrainian ports for loading is allowed for four vessels that have passed the Joint Coordination Centre inspection one day prior, with the participation of all parties, including representatives of Ukraine.”
2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source
“We commend his role in brokering and implementing the Initiative and support his efforts to secure the agreement. A strong response by the United Nations and Türkiye, as signatories to the agreement with Russia, is needed to bring to an end to Moscow’s attempts to once again terrorize the world with the threat of hunger and genocide and to make it fully implement its commitments under the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Representatives of the United Nations and Türkiye are negotiating with the Russian delegation and continue to seek solutions for the full implementation of the Initiative. According to the proposal of the Joint Coordination Centre, representatives of the United Nations and Türkiye envisaged having 10 inspection groups working to check 40 ships.”
2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source
“The only thing that Russia has been able to feed us is fakes and disinformation. It is especially concerning that the Security Council has also been misused by Russia to promote its false narratives. The past week in the Council was exemplary in that regard, and today we have again faced Russian attempts to discredit the Council by turning it into a venue for circulating new aspects of a lie — the lie that serves the same goal of covering up its aggression against Ukraine, its war crimes and crimes against humanity, as well as its actions aimed at aggravating the food crisis worldwide. That practice is discrediting the Council and must be stopped. We welcome the continued engagement of the Secretary-General in intense contacts aimed at ending Russia’s suspension of its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative.”
2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source
“Our commitment has not been shaken by Russia’s deliberate and regular armed attacks and provocations. Let me remind the Council that on 23 July, the day after the Initiative was signed, Russia shelled the port of Odesa with missiles. On 23 September, the port of Odesa sustained another Russian attack with unmanned aerial vehicles of Iranian origin. Odesa is one of the ports that Russia had committed not to attack, in accordance with the Grain Initiative. Ukraine has done its utmost to ensure the functioning of the grain corridor against the backdrop of Russia’s recent terrorist attacks on our critical energy infrastructure, which in particular cut off Ukrainian ports. We remain ready to continue gathering and shipping agricultural products to ensure global food security.”
2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source
“Out of that amount, 5 million tons were sent to countries in Africa and Asia. We are particularly concerned about the detrimental impact of Russian actions on the grain supplies under the World Food Programme for countries teetering on the edge of famine. During the period of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, the United Nations contracted with Ukraine for almost 200,000 tons of grain for Ethiopia, Yemen and Afghanistan. On top of that, we have allocated 50,000 tons of grain as humanitarian aid for Ethiopia and Somalia, and those supplies are also under threat at the moment. For its part, as a reliable contributor to global food security, Ukraine remains committed to implementing its obligations under the Black Sea Grain Initiative in good faith.”
2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source
“Blocking that amount means that access to food has been worsened for at least 7 million consumers all over the world. It is disgusting that while depriving people in need of 2 million tons that could be supplied immediately, Russia has generously promised to send 500,000 tons of grain over the course of the next four months, while at the same time it is stealing extensive amounts of grain from the occupied part of Ukraine. Russia has forgotten to explain the reasons for such generosity. The hunger threat resulting from Russia’s actions becomes even more obvious if one takes into account the overall totals of food supplies that have shipped since the first vessel left the Ukrainian port of Odesa on 1 August. Over the past three months we have managed to export more than 9 million tons of foodstuffs under the Black Sea Grain Initiative.”
2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source
“Of those, 95 ships with grain have already left the Ukrainian ports and are now awaiting inspection to depart to their final destinations; 101 are awaiting inspection to arrive at the Ukrainian ports; and the remaining 22 ships are waiting to leave the Ukrainian ports. This absolutely deliberate blockade by Russia started more than a month ago. Its intention is crystal clear — to blackmail Ukraine into succumbing to the Kremlin’s demands, bringing back the threat of large-scale famine across the globe. Putin’s representative’s crocodile tears cannot conceal the cynicism of his masters and their total disregard for the critical nutrition needs of millions of people in various parts of the world. More than 2 million tons of foodstuffs are right now actually on board the ships that have been blocked by Russia in the grain corridor.”
2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source
“We were outraged, but not surprised, by the announcement by Russia that it was suspending its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative. The announcement did not come completely suddenly, as Russia has never stopped aggravating the food crisis as a tool to pressure and blackmail the world. We had already heard Russia threaten to quit the Initiative before. Since September it has been resorting to impeding the passage of ships through the grain corridor, leading to its effective blockade. According to the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine, as of 30 October, 218 cargo ships were at a standstill in the corridor, some of them waiting there for more than three weeks.”
2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source
“In particular, a Russian strike on the capital city of Kyiv has resulted in water outages for 80 per cent of the households in the city. About 350,000 households in Kyiv were also cut off from electricity this morning. Russia continues its deliberate attempts to undermine the progress achieved by humankind since the Second World War in striving to apply international law effectively. Russia is attempting to break its core principles. We are contributing to strengthening the principle of the sovereign equality of nations. Russia is claiming the exclusive right to dictate its will to other nations. We are doing our best to resolve the global food crisis. Russia is deliberately dooming millions throughout the world to hunger.”
2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source
“I thank Mr. Griffiths and Ms. Grynspan. I also recognize at this meeting the representative of terrorist Russia in the Soviet permanent seat. Inflicting terror on civilians has become a hallmark of Russia in its war of aggression against Ukraine. This morning Russia again attacked Ukraine’s energy facilities and other critical civilian infrastructure with missiles and drones. Specifically, more than 50 cruise missiles were launched from north of the Caspian Sea and the Rostov region of Russia. Most of them were shot down by the Ukrainian defence forces, but the rest targeted 18 critical civilian infrastructure sites, mostly energy facilities, in 10 Ukrainian regions. At least 13 people were wounded as a result of the attack.”
2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source
“The world must respond with preventive action to ensure that another Kakhovka or similar disaster does not happen. As President Zelenskyy said yesterday in his address to the nation, the principle of preventive response to security threats should finally become one of the basic principles of international politics.”
2022-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9161 (2022) · source
“The export of Ukrainian grain has already contributed to the stabilization of the global market, a decrease in prices and a reduction in the chaos caused by the lack of food around the world. We therefore support its extension after 22 November, when the initial 120-day period will expire. Terrorist attacks by Russia against Ukraine serve only to mobilize greater support from the international community for Ukraine and put even greater pressure on that terrorist State. Each terrorist and war criminal, including the suspects of war crimes in the Chamber, will be held accountable, sooner or later, and that terrorist State will pay for its terrorism in the form of its isolation and degradation of the assets of both State and quasi-private entities that are connected with the Russian regime.”
2022-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9161 (2022) · source
“We have already invited United Nations experts to visit Ukraine to inspect recovered UAVs of Iranian origin in order to facilitate the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015). Ukraine remains committed to the implementation of the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Since its launch, 362 vessels, with 8 million tons of food products on board, have left Ukrainian ports for countries in Asia, Europe and Africa. Ukraine continues working with the World Food Programme to increase the amount of food that is sent to the most vulnerable countries. In particular, on 18 October the sixth bulk carrier assigned under the programme arrived in the port of Chernomorsk to be sent to Yemen.”
2022-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9161 (2022) · source
“Another important issue that must be thoroughly examined is related to the possible export by Russia to Iran of dual-use services, including technical assistance or technical information, by providing Iran, as the original exporter, with data on the results of the use of UAVs on the battlefield in Ukraine. Iran must also face serious consequences for its illegal actions, which help to escalate the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. That is why we call on all States to consider any possible steps to stop the transfer of UAVs, missiles or conventional arms from Iran. We fully agree that a United Nations investigation should start immediately, and we welcome the strong support for such steps on the part of many members of the Security Council.”
2022-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9161 (2022) · source
“However, there is even more worrisome information about Russia’s determination to continue further attacks on Ukraine using advanced Iranian missile and UAV systems, including ballistic missiles and Fateh-110 and Zolfaghar missiles, which are capable of striking targets at a range of 300 kilometres and 700 kilometres, respectively. That will bring more death and destruction to Ukraine and will represent another gross violation of resolution 2231 (2015), which calls on Iran not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons.”
2022-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9161 (2022) · source
“In September, UAVs, marked Geran-2, were captured by Ukraine’s defence forces and, after technical examination, they appeared to be similar to Iranian Shahed-136 UAVs, which are capable of delivering payloads to targets at a range in excess of 300 kilometres and fully correspond to the technical parameters set out in document S/2015/546. As members are also aware, on 15 October Ukraine officially addressed the President of the Security Council on those violations and requested the initiation of the relevant investigations.”
2022-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9161 (2022) · source
“We are extremely concerned about the use of long- range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of Iranian origin by Russia in its indiscriminate attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine. They are a blatant violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, signed by China, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, the European Union and Russia itself and adopted in resolution 2231 (2015). As members are aware, according to annex B to that resolution, prohibitions were imposed on the supply, sale or transfer to or from Iran of such equipment.”
2022-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9161 (2022) · source
“Those attempts failed almost immediately due to numerous eyewitness accounts, findings and investigations. The most recent contribution to revealing the truth about Russian war crimes and crimes against humanity was made by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, which was established by the Human Rights Council. Our memory of the convulsions of the Russian delegation at the meeting of the General Assembly held on Monday, 10 October (see A/ES-11/PV.12) are still fresh. We just witnessed how the Russian delegation desperately seeks to prevent the United Nations from looking into allegations of gross violations of Security Council resolutions.”
2022-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9161 (2022) · source
“And now it is necessary to act immediately so that Russia does not have the chance to commit another act of terror. An international observation mission to the Kakhovka power plant is needed. It is also necessary to return the Ukrainian personnel there and to ensure the immediate and professional demining of the aggregates and the dam itself. We are concerned about the so-called “evacuation” of residents of temporarily occupied Kherson region announced by the Russian occupiers. The consequences of such an evacuation may be unpredictable, because it means the forced deportation of citizens of Ukraine. And every time, the Russian fakes and propaganda in that regard have been refuted by credible and independent sources. We all remember Russian attempts to avoid responsibility for the Bucha massacre.”
2022-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9161 (2022) · source
“Such a Russian terrorist attack could leave the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant without water for cooling, as that water is taken from the Kakhovka Reservoir. The Russian representative may call that information “speculations and unfounded accusations”, triggered by “a wish to generate hysteria”, both phrases he used at a Security Council meeting on 31 January (S/PV.8960, p.2). Accusing those who expressed concerns over Russian military preparations on Ukrainian borders of “whipping up hysteria” (ibid., p.11) and claiming that “discussion about the threat of war is provocative in and of itself” (supra.), he tried to mock the supposedly unfounded information about planned military action that “is going to take place in just a few weeks’ time” (supra.). We all know what happened a few weeks’ time thereafter.”
2022-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9161 (2022) · source
“Now, in an attempt to live up to the expectations of his masterminds, he is transferring the practice of making no differentiation between soldiers and civilians to Ukrainian soil. We have information that Russia is deliberately preparing the ground for a large-scale disaster in the south of Ukraine. Russian terrorists have mined the dam and aggregates of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant — one of the largest power facilities in Ukraine. That power plant’s dam holds about 18 million cubic metres of water. If Russian terrorists blow up the dam, more than 80 settlements, including Kherson, with hundreds of thousands of inhabitants, will become an area of rapid flooding. The water supply of a large part of the south of Ukraine may be destroyed.”
2022-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9161 (2022) · source
“It is not surprising, therefore, that Putin has chosen as new commander of his army in Ukraine a person who is infamous for his bloodthirsty and criminal nature. In 1991, during the coup d’état attempt by Soviet hardliners, that person, Surovikin ordered his military unit to drive through barricades erected by pro-democracy protesters in the streets of Moscow. Three of them were killed, and Surovikin spent half a year in a pre-trial centre under investigation. Several years later, he was convicted for illegal possession of, and trafficking in, firearms and given a one-year suspended sentence. As a commander of Russian forces in Syria, Surovikin was responsible for unrestrained bombing and attacks on civilian targets, including schools and hospitals.”
2022-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9161 (2022) · source
“The resolution called upon all Member States to ensure that they establish criminal responsibility for terrorist attacks intended to destroy or disable critical infrastructure, as well as the planning and financing of, and training and logistical support for, such attacks. Even Russia joined consensus on that day. What is more noteworthy, is that Russia claimed at that meeting that: “[i]t is not worthwhile to start negotiations that seek merely to outline obvious points”. (S/PV.7882, p. 22) Obvious for Russia, indeed? Can the Russian representative state it again for the record — apparently not — that it is obvious that the destruction and disabling of critical infrastructure should be regarded as terrorist attacks that entail criminal responsibility? Every part of the criminal regime in Moscow is soaked with blood and permeated by crime.”
2022-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9161 (2022) · source
“As a result of those attacks, at least 17 civilians have been killed and 99 injured; nearly 40 per cent of Ukraine’s energy facilities have been damaged or destroyed; power plants, central heating plants, transformers, oil storage sites, distribution devices, overhead power lines and other energy equipment throughout the country remain under Russian fire almost on a daily basis. In that connection, let me recall some Council history. I would like to remind the Council that, on 13 February 2017, the Security Council adopted resolution 2341 (2017), initiated by Ukraine, on the protection of critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks.”
2022-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9161 (2022) · source
“I wonder if he would be willing to repeat them against the backdrop of mass graves and tens of thousands of Ukrainians killed and tortured by Russians, or against the backdrop of the attempted illegal annexation of four Ukrainian regions by the Russian Federation, which the General Assembly rejected on Wednesday by an overwhelming majority (see A/ES-11/PV.14) or, finally, against the backdrop of the recent deliberate attacks against Ukrainian critical energy infrastructure. In the wake of deliberate attacks by Russia, since 24 February Ukrainian law enforcement agencies have registered the damage or destruction of 51,412 civilian infrastructure facilities. Since 10 October, there have been about 300 missile and drone attacks by Russia targeting energy facilities and other civilian infrastructure in 14 regions, including the capital.”
2022-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9161 (2022) · source
“The military does not fire at peaceful civilian infrastructure” (S/PV.8980, p.7). Let me offer another quotation from the same representative: “We repeat again that the goal of Russia’s special military operation is not to occupy Ukraine or to harm the local population.” (S/PV.8983, p. 14) And further: “Russia’s special operation does not impact critical civilian infrastructure.” (ibid., p. 14) That was said in this very Chamber on 28 February by the Ambassador who just left. I wonder whether Putin’s representative is ready to repeat those statements now. Apparently not, because he is not physically present.”
2022-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9161 (2022) · source
“I am happy that the months, if not years, of our efforts to remove Russia from the Security Council have brought forth fruits. Now at least the Permanent Representative of Russia has removed himself from the Council. The day will come when Russia will be removed from the Council altogether. I regret that the Security Council was still compelled to listen to the representative who has just fled, as the only thing he has done over almost eight months of the invasion has been to pile lie upon lie at every meeting and about every aspect of the war of aggression that his master ordered in February. Let me remind Council members of what that person said at Security Council meetings at the beginning of the invasion. I will cite him very carefully. On 27 February, he said, “The Russian military poses no threat to Ukraine’s peaceful citizens.”
2022-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9161 (2022) · source
“If the Council is incapable of acting on Russia, it is members’ duty to act without it. Let me thank all the members that demonstrated during the vote today their readiness to act as responsible and committed members of the Security Council. I thank Albania, France, Ghana, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico, Norway, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. I thank everyone that rejected Russia’s negative vote against draft resolution S/2022/720 — to the benefit of the Security Council, the benefit of the entire Organization and the benefit of international peace and security. The meeting rose at 4.05 p.m.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9143 (2022) · source
“I hope that the Organization will never again have Secretaries-General who execute the wishes of Russian Presidents and admit new Members behind closed doors without the action of the Security Council or the General Assembly. One may ask, “What is next?” Will it be attempts by Russia to manipulate the rules of procedure of the General Assembly to redraw the political map of the world, which we may see soon in the coming weeks? We should no longer tolerate such legal nihilism or the aggressors’ presence in the seat of a permanent member of the Security Council. The absence of the necessary treatment has turned Russia into a cancerous tumour in the body of the Security Council. It has to be removed before it metastasizes within the entire body of the United Nations system. It is time to act.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9143 (2022) · source
“Yuli Vorontsov, the Permanent Representative of the Soviet Union to the United Nations, said right in our face in 1991: “In fact, the whole process outwardly looked like a simple change of the country name plate at the table of delegations in the General Assembly and in the Security Council, Instead of the Soviet Union name plate, the Russian Federation appeared”. There was neither a single vote nor a formal decision in the Security Council or the General Assembly, but just a notification by President Yeltsin, addressed to the then Secretary-General, delivered to the addressee by Soviet Ambassador Vorontsov, as the Permanent Representative of a new Member State — the Russian Federation.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9143 (2022) · source
“Today many of us called on the Russian representative to respect the Charter of the United Nations. But let me ask once again: Why should the Russian Federation respect the Charter, which was not followed when the Russian Federation was allowed to occupy the permanent seat of the Soviet Union? Most Council members have already heard on many occasions the Ukrainian position on the illegal occupation by Russia of the Soviet seat in the Security Council. But I should like to read out Russia’s confession of bypassing the rules of admission for membership, which is posted on the United Nations official website.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9143 (2022) · source
“It stands against everything the international community is meant to stand for. It flouts the purposes and principles of the United Nations. It is a dangerous escalation. It has no place in the modern world. It must not be accepted.” But let me pose a question here. What if the Secretary-General were not a person of the highest moral standards and not so dedicated to the cause of defending the Charter? That question is not rhetorical one. We have seen Secretaries-General of different calibres and backgrounds. We all remember Dag Hammarskjöld, who defended the purposes and principles of the United Nations and was never intimidated by Moscow’s direct threats against him. Yet there were Secretaries-General who hesitated too long to act to prevent major crises.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9143 (2022) · source
“That failure undermines the image and authority of the United Nations as a whole, which is unjust and unfortunate, as the Security Council is only one pillar of the Organization, but it a broken one. Luckily, the Organization can still rely on its other pillars, which increasingly demonstrate their determination to step in and use their potential to the maximum amid the situation in the Security Council. I avail myself of this opportunity to again convey words of appreciation from my President to the Secretary-General for the clear position and strong statement that he delivered yesterday. It was a statement of integrity. It was a statement of commitment to the United Nations Charter and a beacon of hope for the Members of the United Nations. The Secretary- General said, “It cannot be reconciled with the international legal framework.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9143 (2022) · source
“Sham referendums are elements of aggression against a sovereign State, and anyone involved in organizing or conducting that farce will be held accountable. The draft resolution was not adopted because of one negative vote — Russia’s vote. We are tired of repeating it time and again: allowing Russia to avail itself of the right of the Soviet Union to veto decisions of the Security Council effectively prevents this organ from exercising its primary responsibility under the United Nations Charter — the maintenance of international peace and security. At this very moment, millions of people around the world see on their screens the devastating impact of the Russian presence in the Security Council and the Council’s failure to effectively respond to a most pressing global security threat.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9143 (2022) · source
“In reality, Ukrainian forces continue their operations to liberate our sovereign territories. In reality, at least 30 civilians have been killed and 88 wounded, following Russia’s shelling of Zaporizhzhya earlier today. Russia persists in its genocidal practices of killing Ukrainians, torturing and oppressing them, in the occupied territories. Therefore, the only way to make all Ukrainians throughout the sovereign territory of Ukraine feel safe and under the protection of their State is to again hoist Ukrainian flags throughout occupied Donbas, southern Ukraine and Crimea. Ukraine has every right to liberate its territories and people and will continue to do that, regardless of Russia’s words or deeds.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9143 (2022) · source
“I recognize the representative of Russia in the permanent seat of the Soviet Union. His lonely hand, raised in opposition to draft resolution S/2022/720, has again attested to Russia’s isolation and his desperate attempts to deny reality and our common commitments, starting with the Charter of the United Nations. Putin’s envoy has followed in the footsteps of his master in Moscow, where a puppet show was organized today in an attempt to deny the obvious — that the aggressive and adventurist regime in Russia is heading towards its imminent defeat. I will not elaborate on lies that have nothing in common with reality, because the reality is quite different. In reality, Putin has tried to grab territories that he does not even physically control on the ground.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9143 (2022) · source
“Yes — there is only one truly right avenue to save the lives of thousands of Ukrainian and, in fact, Russian citizens: that is, to surrender and withdraw. If that does not happen, however, no therapy will help. The meeting rose at 5.05 p.m.”
2022-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9127 (2022) · source
“The Russian Federation has already abused the Security Council on many occasions, including this week. We call on Russia to learn to respect this organ. It is apparent, however, that the Russian delegation is experiencing many delusions, with false beliefs that are not based on reality, and having hallucinations, seeing and hearing things that do not exist, as part of an endless list of other negative symptoms. It is indeed a difficult condition, but I would suggest that those symptoms should not be studied and treated in this Chamber or by diplomats. They require a different type of qualification and different offices, perhaps less than a mile from the United Nations Headquarters on the same First Avenue. Let them go there and ask for therapy.”
2022-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9127 (2022) · source
“to unite the peoples throughout the globe in their struggle against the Nazis. As former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev wrote in his memoirs, “if the United States had not helped us, we would not have won the war.” Even the dictator Stalin offered the same opinion at the Tehran Conference in 1943. It was thanks to that global unity, the Lend-Lease Act and the assistance of the American people and other allies that we succeeded in defeating Hitler. The evil of Putin, as that of Hitler before him, requires a global response. It was the case during the Second World War, and it is the case right now. Ukraine and its allies are doing their best to ensure such a response. The liberation of Ukrainian territories, which is well under way in the Kharkiv and Kherson regions, serves as the best proof of the effectiveness of our efforts.”
2022-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9127 (2022) · source
“I emphasize that in strict accordance with the provisions of Article 51 of the Charter, which we all have committed to uphold. We will fight against the occupiers until all Russian soldiers who entered Ukraine to kill its people have been defeated. The only thing that Putin can do to save the lives of his soldiers is to order their immediate withdrawal. The level of human suffering and destruction in Ukraine and the extent of the global implications of Russia’s war of aggression make it clear that fighting Putin today can be compared only to our common fight against Hitler during the Second World War. Let me remind the Council that the document entitled “Declaration by the United Nations” — the first time that the term “United Nations was used — was signed in 1942 in Washington, D.C.”
2022-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9127 (2022) · source
“International law guards the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. International law explicitly confers on us the inherent right to self- defence, enshrined in particular, in Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. Not a single State present in the Chamber, besides Russia, is responsible for the Council’s inability to effectively perform its functions under the United Nations Charter. It is solely the presence of Russia in the permanent seat of the Soviet Union that has immobilized the Security Council in relation to ensuring the peace and security of Ukraine. We are defending ourselves, Europe, the world and the Charter of the United Nations, and we will keep on fighting until every inch of the sovereign territory of Ukraine, including Crimea, is liberated.”
2022-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9127 (2022) · source
“By launching its aggression against Ukraine in 2014 and by invading Ukraine in February of this year, Russia has violated the norms and principles of practically all fundamental international documents, including bilateral and multilateral agreements, the Helsinki Final Act and, first and foremost, the Charter of the United Nations. No one on the planet, but those in Damascus and Pyongyang, would doubt that, and it makes no sense to waste any more of the Security Council’s time on substantiating that point. Let me refer to General Assembly resolution ES-11/1, adopted at the eleventh emergency special session on 2 March by an overwhelming majority of 141 member States. It deplores in the strongest terms the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, in violation of Article 2, paragraph 4, of the Charter.”
2022-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9127 (2022) · source
“I acknowledge the representative of terrorist Russia in the permanent seat of the Soviet Union. I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing. In 2008, Russia invaded Georgia. In her 2008 Christmas message, Queen Elizabeth II said what is today one of her most famous quotes. It is not only famous, but also very relevant in the light of the tragic events in Europe as a result of the illegal, unprovoked and unjustified war of Russia against Ukraine and the entire civilized world. Queen Elizabeth II said, “When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future”. The world will miss the Queen’s wisdom. May Her Majesty rest in peace.”
2022-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9127 (2022) · source
“However, as soon as Russia arrived, the worst-case scenario immediately became possible. That requires an international response from the United Nations and every normal State. Let me reiterate that the main outcome of the joint international efforts must be the withdrawal of the Russian military and civilian personnel from the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant territory and from Enerhodar. That will definitely restore the plant to safe and secure operation, as it was before the full-fledged Russian war against Ukraine. As the IAEA’s report says, “the current situation is untenable and the best action to ensure the safety and security of Ukraine’s nuclear facilities and its people would be for this armed conflict to end now.””
2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9124 (2022) · source
“It was the second time that Russian provocation had put the Zaporizhzhya power station one step away from a nuclear disaster. As President Zelenskyy said in his statement yesterday, we consider the fact that Russia is doing this right now, on the eve of the IAEA’s conclusions, to be very telling. The shelling of the territory of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant means that the terrorist State does not care what the IAEA says or what the international community decides. All Russia wants is for the situation to remain at its worst for as long as possible. That can be corrected only by strengthening sanctions and by officially recognizing Russia as a terrorist State at every level. Ukraine has a very clear, transparent and honest position. While we controlled the station, there was no threat of a radiation disaster.”
2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9124 (2022) · source
“In any case, it is clear that modern international organizations will need a much broader mandate for their actions. The President believes that the world not only deserves, but needs the representatives of the IAEA to force Russia to demilitarize the territory of the nuclear power plant and return full control of it to Ukraine. We confirm that under no circumstances has Ukraine ever resorted to forceful military actions in relation to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, which would endanger not only our own State, but also millions of lives in neighbouring countries. Yesterday, due to provocative shelling by Russia, the last power transmission line that connected the station to Ukraine’s energy system was damaged.”
2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9124 (2022) · source
“Ukraine is ready for immediate substantive consultations with the IAEA on the issue of the modalities of the Agency’s continued presence at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant with a view to stabilizing the critical situation at the facility and avoiding further aggravation. As President Zelenskyy said in his video address to the nation less than an hour ago, with regard to Director General Grossi’s proposal to create a nuclear safety and security protection zone, we need to look at the specific content of such an instrument. What exactly does “protection” mean? If the proposal envisages the demilitarization of the territory of the nuclear power plant — which is logical, since it was the Russian military presence that put the plant under the threat of a radiation disaster — then we can support such a demilitarized protection zone.”
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“The issue that is currently under discussion, which is the continuing presence of the IAEA at the Zaporizhzhya power plant, is an idea that I would like to point out was put forward by Ukraine. The Ukrainian side stands ready to further discuss the specific modalities of such a presence with the IAEA. The proposal currently under discussion should be properly assessed against the background of potential risks and challenges. Given the willingness of the Russian occupiers to continue their staged provocations, we should find an efficient way to ensure both the safety of the IAEA experts and their immunity to Russia’s manipulations.”
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“The team also observed the presence of an expert group from Rosenergoatom.” The IAEA points to another important consideration in the report, which is that “the presence of Rosatom senior technical staff could lead to interference with the normal lines of operational command or authority and create potential frictions when it comes to decision-making.” The delegation of Ukraine, like the IAEA mission, finds that the efforts made by the operating personnel “are being taken under very challenging circumstances with military personnel and equipment, as well as representatives of Rosatom being present on the site.” We therefore call on Russia to implement the report’s recommendation for their removal.”
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““The team observed the presence of Russian military personnel, vehicles and equipment at various places at the [Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant], including several military trucks on the ground floor of the Unit 1 and Unit 2 turbine halls and military vehicles stationed under the overpass connecting the reactor units.”
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