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Lavrov

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first: 1994-09-23
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“We have already had an opportunity to welcome Senator Biden, who set forth the United States approach to this problem and pointed out some specific features inherent to that approach with regard to the position of the United States Administration on the one hand and various viewpoints in Congress on the other hand. The Russian Federation has adopted and will continue to adopt a constructive position in its approach to reform of the scale of assessments, including, of course, the scale of assessments for peacekeeping operations. We support the need for a generally acceptable reform of the scale, and shall fully assume our particular responsibility in this matter as a permanent member of the Security Council.”
2000-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4245 (2000) · source
“I also wish to state that the entire history of peacekeeping efforts in Bosnia reflects a number of general problems that must be discussed within the context of United Nations peacekeeping activities as a whole. Eliminating these problems is the focus of the Brahimi report (S/2000/809), which the Russian Federation supports. It is also clear that, in order to enhance the effectiveness of United Nations peacekeeping operations, we need a solid financial basis for it. In this context, we attach particular importance to efforts being made to reach agreement on reform of the scale of assessments.”
2000-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4245 (2000) · source
“The latest events in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia will have a positive impact on the situation in Bosnia. I am certain that an added impetus to this positive process will be given by the establishment of diplomatic relations between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, as well as by the statement of the President of Yugoslavia, Mr. Kostunica, regarding his commitment to the Dayton Peace Agreement. For its part, Russia will make a constructive contribution to resolving the remaining problems on the Bosnian settlement agenda and towards the establishment of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a unified multi-ethnic and democratic State.”
2000-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4245 (2000) · source
“We must end the practice, which goes beyond the mandate of the Stabilization Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina, of using force to track down indictees on the basis of so-called sealed indictments of the Tribunal. We look forward to Council members' having a text of the so-called secret agreement between the Tribunal and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Carla del Ponte, the Prosecutor of the Tribunal, decided recently to state publicly that the agreement did not exist. But we all know, as she does, that she was not telling the truth. A judiciary has to be based on the truth. It is time to review the Tribunal's activities in general, in the light of the basically new situation that is emerging in the region, in keeping with the Russian proposals. Those proposals are well known, and we will continue to discuss them.”
2000-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4245 (2000) · source
“It is important to ensure that the leading political forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina shoulder their responsibility for their country's fate and for resolving the remaining problems, as they undertook to do in the New York Declaration, which was adopted by the joint Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We also call upon them to improve cooperation between the two entities, and cooperation not only between each other within the general Bosnia and Herzegovina organs, but also with international structures in the country. With regard to the work of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, I wish once again to reaffirm our position. We must eliminate politicization and short-term expediency from its work and bring its activities into strict compliance with the Tribunal's status and the decisions of the Security Council.”
2000-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4245 (2000) · source
“This could lead to new tension in Bosnia and beyond its borders. We are convinced that only by basing ourselves firmly on the Dayton Agreement, Security Council resolutions and other international documents to settle the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina can we move forward. Only on this basis can we carry out the task of strengthening multi-ethnic statehood there, observing the rights of all peoples in Bosnia and achieving real reconciliation and post-conflict peace-building. S/PV.4245 Until all these tasks have been done, the international community has no right to be complacent.”
2000-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4245 (2000) · source
“We also agree with the recommendation in the Secretary-General's report that the strength of the International Police Task Force (IPTF) be reduced for the period 2001-2002 to 1,850 personnel. I agree with my colleagues' View that the basic component for stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the Dayton Peace Agreement, which takes into account the different, at times, conflicting interests of the three Bosnian peoples and neighbouring States, primarily Yugoslavia and Croatia. Dayton laid the foundation of Bosnian statehood on the basis of the existing two equal entities and the three peoples emerging into statehood. We believe that any arbitrary interpretation of the mandate of the international structures is inadmissible. Any revision of the Dayton Agreement will inevitably lead to upsetting the balance of interests.”
2000-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4245 (2000) · source
“Fortunately, we hope that the period of assignment of those who cannot or do not want to discharge the Security Council's mandates will soon end. We thank the Secretary-General for his report, which on the whole objectively reflects the implementation ofthe Mission's important mandate. Its interim outcome is encouraging, particularly in the context of the rather modest successes of the collective efforts of other institutions to provide real stability in Bosnia and in each of its entities. We note the effective actions of the national police forces in keeping order during the November elections. We commend the activities of Mr. Klein's Mission, which seek to focus the efforts of its personnel on discharging the Mission's core mandate by the end of 2002.”
2000-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4245 (2000) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as representative of the Russian Federation. I am grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH), Jacques Paul Klein, for his comprehensive briefing. It is important that, despite the notable progress in UNMIBH's activities, he focused not on the success story, but on the problems that remain in implementing the Dayton and Paris Agreements. I welcome this businesslike approach to the subject. He is a good example to other Special Representatives in other United Nations operations, including in the Balkans, who are trying to conceal their problems and mistakes and who describe the entire situation through rose- coloured glasses, despite the well-known facts.”
2000-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4245 (2000) · source
“Jacques Paul Klein, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Coordinator of United Nations Operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. There being no objection, it is so decided. I invite Mr. Klein to take a seat at the Council table. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, document 8/2000/1137. At this meeting, the Security Council will hear a briefing by Mr. Jacques Paul Klein, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Coordinator of United Nations Operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I give him the floor.”
2000-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4245 (2000) · source
“In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite that representative to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Prica (Bosnia and Herzegovina), took a seat at the Council table. The President (spoke in Russian): In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, and in the absence of objection, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr.”
2000-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4245 (2000) · source
“I should like to acknowledge the presence at the Council table of Senator Joseph R. Biden, in his capacity as deputy representative of the United States on the Security Council. On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to him. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted. The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (S/2000/1137) The President (spoke in Russian): I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in which he requests to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda.”
2000-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4245 (2000) · source
“"The Security Council highlights the importance of the bilateral relationship between UNTAET and the Government of Indonesia. The Council underlines the need to resolve the outstanding issues of payment of pensions to former civil servants and the proposed transit arrangements between the Oecussi enclave and the remainder of East Timor. It encourages in this regard further progress in the dialogue between the Government of Indonesia and UNTAET. "The Security Council will remain actively seized of the matter." This statement will be issued as a document of Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2000/39. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 12.50 p.m.”
2000-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4244 (2000) · source
“"The Security Council emphasizes the need for measures to address shortcomings in the implementation of justice in East Timor. The Council welcomes the adoption of Indonesian legislation for the establishment of ad hoc human rights tribunals. It also underlines the need to bring to justice those responsible for violent attacks in East and West Timor, including attacks on United Nations personnel and in particular the S/PVAZ/M murder of three humanitarian workers and two United Nations peacekeepers. It regrets that those the responsible for the murder of the peacekeepers have not been arrested, and calls for action in this regard and for an early start to the trials of those accused of killing the humanitarian workers.”
2000-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4244 (2000) · source
“The Council looks forward in this context to discussions between the Government of Indonesia and the United Nations on arrangements to facilitate an expert assessment of the security situation in West Timor. This should be in accordance with the usual modalities employed by the Office of the United Nations Security Coordinator; "(iii) action to improve the flow of information to the refugees. The Council urges the Government of Indonesia, UNTAET and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to work together to develop an information strategy that will allow the refugees to make an informed decision about their future; "(iv) a credible, apolitical and internationally observed registration of the refugees, carried out in close cooperation with United Nations agencies and other relevant actors.”
2000-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4244 (2000) · source
“"The Security Council emphasizes that urgent action is necessary to resolve the problem of the East Timorese refugees in West Timor. While acknowledging the efforts of the Government of Indonesia so far, the Council expresses its belief that a number of further steps must be taken, including: "(i) decisive action to disarm and disband the militia and put an end to their activities, including by the separation of militia leaders from the refugees in West Timor and the expeditious prosecution of those responsible for criminal acts. The Council welcomes the steps already taken by the Government of Indonesia and urges it to make further progress on eradicating intimidation in the camps; "(ii) action to allow the international relief agencies to return to West Timor, which will in turn require that the security of their staff be guaranteed.”
2000-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4244 (2000) · source
“It requests the Secretary-General to report on this matter in his next regular report to the Security Council. "The Security Council pays tribute to the work of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). It welcomes in particular the creation of the National Council in East Timor, and stresses the importance of further work on the transition to independence, including a timetable and mechanisms for a constitution and elections. It stresses that urgent consideration should be given to expediting the training of the Timor Lorosae Police Service and to attracting sufficient resources to develop the judicial system. It notes the Views of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the need to use assessed funding more flexibly.”
2000-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4244 (2000) · source
“The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in the course of its prior consultations. Following consultations among members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council. "The Security Council welcomes the report of the Security Council Mission to East Timor and Indonesia (5/2000/1105) of 21 November 2000, and endorses the recommendations that it contains. It notes in particular the view of the Mission that a strong international presence will be required in East Timor after independence, inter alia for the provision of financial, technical and security assistance, and agrees that planning for such a presence should begin as soon as possible.”
2000-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4244 (2000) · source
“"The Security Council will remain seized of this matter." This statement will be issued as a document of Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2000/38. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 12.45 p.m.”
2000-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4243 (2000) · source
“It welcomes the efforts of the General Assembly and other organs of the United Nations in the field of combating international terrorism. "The Security Council calls on all States that have not done so to consider, as a matter of priority, becoming party to the existing anti- terrorism conventions. "The Security Council reaffirms its resolution 1269 (1999) of 19 October 1999 and calls upon all States to implement its provisions fully and expeditiously. "The Security Council reiterates its readiness, including on the basis of the relevant reports of the Secretary-General, as provided for in its resolution 1269 (1999) of 19 October 1999, to take necessary steps in accordance with its responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations in order to counter terrorist threats to international peace and security.”
2000-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4243 (2000) · source
“The Security Council will now resume its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in the course of its prior consultations. Following consultations among members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council: "The Security Council takes note with appreciation of the briefing of Under-Secretary- General Mr. Hans Corell regarding follow-up measures to resolution 1269 (1999) of 19 October 1999. "The Security Council is deeply concerned by the increase, in many regions of the world, of acts of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. The Council reiterates its condemnation of all acts of terrorism, irrespective of motive, wherever and by whomever the committed.”
2000-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4243 (2000) · source
“In that connection, we attach particular importance to the draft convention to suppress acts of nuclear terrorism and we welcome the start of practical discussion on the draft, submitted by India, of a comprehensive convention on the suppression of international terrorism. I now resume my function as President of the Security Council. Since there were no specific questions addressed to Mr. Corell in the discussion, Mr. Corell will not be taking the floor. In conclusion, I would like to thank Mr. Corell for his statement and for his participation in our meeting. There are no further speakers inscribed on my list. The Security Council will continue its consideration of the item on its agenda immediately following the adjournment of this meeting. The meeting rose at 12.40 p.m. 21”
2000-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4242 (2000) · source
“It is also important to establish an effective system of interaction within United Nations organs in resolving the terrorism problem, particularly within the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Secretariat, which must work together, complementing each other on the basis of their relevant jurisdictions under the Charter, and through cooperation with regional mechanisms. A very important condition for effective anti- terrorism cooperation among States is the existence of a broad and reliable international legal basis. Like my colleagues have done, I associate myself with the appeals made to all countries to adhere to the existing universal anti-terrorist conventions and to ensure the speedy conclusion of work on the necessary additional instruments designed to fill the existing legal gaps in S/PV.4242 anti-terrorism cooperation.”
2000-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4242 (2000) · source
“During the Millennium Summit and the Millennium Assembly, the President of the Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir Putin, and the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Igor Ivanov, once again reaffirmed our country's position of principle that in circumstances of growing consolidation of terrorist structures throughout the world, increasing responsibility is being placed on the United Nations to mobilize international potential to counteract terrorism. That work must, inter alia, promote the implementation of the principles enshrined in Security Council resolution 1269 (1999); that is, no support or havens must be offered to terrorists and punishment for all terrorist acts must be irreversible.”
2000-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4242 (2000) · source
“Of particular concern is the emergence of a new arc of terrorist activity: the Balkans, the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Afghanistan. An adequate rebuff to a danger on such a scale is impossible without the unity of all States, without exception. The main source of the threat of international terrorism is Afghanistan, which is under the control of the Taliban. Despite the international community's urgent appeals, the Taliban movement is not carrying out the demands by the Security Council that it cease harbouring and training international terrorists and ban the use of territory under Taliban control for the establishment of terrorist camps or the preparation of terrorist acts against other States. We are witnessing the metastases of this terrorist tumour that is striking States on all continents.”
2000-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4242 (2000) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as representative of the Russian Federation. We are grateful to Under-Secretary-General Hans Corell for his substantive report regarding United Nations anti-terrorism efforts. This question has a direct bearing on the Security Council's mandate. Terrorism has become one of the most dangerous threats to international peace and security and a catalyst of conflicts. No single State can allow itself to ignore the problem of terrorism or to seriously expect to resolve it on its own. In a number of cases, international terrorists have already outstripped the international community's efforts to counteract them and have established a broad network of transborder interaction to implement their unsavoury objectives.”
2000-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4242 (2000) · source
“In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, and in the absence of objection, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Hans Corell, Under-Secretary- General for Legal Affairs, the Legal Counsel. There being no objection, it is so decided. I invite Mr. Corell to take a seat at the Council table. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting today in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. At this meeting, the Security Council will hear a briefing by Mr. Hans Corell, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, the Legal Counsel. I give him the floor.”
2000-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4242 (2000) · source
“We will continue to work actively to this end. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council. I put to the vote the draft resolution contained in document S/2000/1149. A vote was taken by show ofhands. In favour: Argentina, Bangladesh, Canada, China, France, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mali, Namibia, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President (spoke in Russian): There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1330 (2000). The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council will remain seized of the matter. The meeting rose at 9.05 pm.”
2000-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4241 (2000) · source
“Regrettably, the draft does not reflect any of the concerns contained in the report of the Secretary- General and in the briefing of the Executive Director of the Office of the Iraq Programme, Mr. Sevan, including, most importantly, the continuing problem of contract holds. We would like to see this problem resolved as soon as possible, as the Secretary-General recommends. Russia continues to view the humanitarian programme as a transition measure which cannot be an alternative to the stable social and economic development of Iraq. We are convinced that a fundamental resolution of the problem of the humanitarian crisis will be impossible as long as sanctions are maintained. Consequently, we are in favour of suspending and lifting the sanctions in the context of the implementation of the Security Council's resolutions.”
2000-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4241 (2000) · source
“We also consider a step forward the fact that the draft addresses the Security Council's obligation to consider the question of Iraq's contributions to the regular budget of the United Nations. There is a new and important element in the humanitarian programme regarding the necessity of providing 600 million euros to meet the needs of Iraq's petroleum sector. Particular attention should be given to the fact that it was agreed not to include any confrontational provisions in the draft regarding individual aspects of the sanctions regime which do not have any direct connection with the humanitarian programme. I should like to emphasize that Russia has always supported, and continues to support, an overall review of the sanctions in the Security Council, but on the basis of a comprehensive approach, not a selective one.”
2000-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4241 (2000) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as representative of the Russian Federation. The Russian Federation supported the Council's draft resolution extending the United Nations humanitarian programme into its ninth phase. This was made possible by the sponsors' taking into account several provisions that are matters of principle for us and which truly promote the improved effectiveness of the humanitarian programme. The draft resolution mentions the understanding reached in September on reducing the deduction rate of funds transferred to the Compensation Fund from 30 to 25 per cent. The draft also contains provisions on the elaboration of a mechanism for the further reduction of the payments, which should become a reality in the very near future.”
2000-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4241 (2000) · source
“Unless I hear any objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote. There being no objection, it is so decided. I shall first call on those members of the Council who wish to make statements before the voting.”
2000-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4241 (2000) · source
“The situation between Iraq and Kuwait Report of the Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 5 of resolution 1302 (2000) (S/2000/1132) The President (spoke in Russian): The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 5 of resolution 1302 (2000), document S/2000/1132. Members of the Council also have before them document S/2000/ll49, which contains the text of a draft resolution submitted by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it.”
2000-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4241 (2000) · source
“As this is the first meeting of the Security Council for the month of December, I should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of the Council, to His Excellency Mr. Peter van Walsum, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations, for his service as President of the Security Council for the month of November 2000. I am sure I speak for all members of the Security Council in expressing deep appreciation to Ambassador van Walsum for the great diplomatic skill with which he conducted the Council's business last month. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted.”
2000-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4241 (2000) · source
“It is essential for lessons to be learned from current events and for effective measures to be adopted to consolidate the very architecture of the peace process in order to make it more stable and irreversible, given the close interrelationships between all the components of the Middle East knot. The path to a comprehensive settlement lies through the implementation of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973) and the Madrid principles, the bases for achieving peace in the region.”
2000-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4231 (2000) · source
“These tasks are the subject of the ongoing concern of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and Foreign Minister Ivanov, who are maintaining close contacts with the Secretary-General of the United Nations and their colleagues in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Israel and the Palestinian leadership. The Security Council and the Secretary-General must keep the situation in the West Bank and Gaza in sharp focus, particularly in the context of protecting the civilian population. They must seek truly to assist an end to the violence and the return of the parties to the negotiating table. At the same time, in seeking a rapid normalization of the situation, we must not lose sight of the need to resume the regional negotiating process.”
2000-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4231 (2000) · source
“We stress the need for a speedy start to the work of the fact-finding committee to establish the facts behind the tragedy and to support the efforts of the Secretary-General to that end. In the light of the continued deterioration of the situation, it is also essential to step up international assistance in the implementation of earlier agreements in order to break the chain reaction of violence. This will require coordinated steps on the part of the sponsors of the peace process and other interested parties. Recognizing its responsibility for the fate of the Middle East settlement, Russia continues to strive energetically for a speedy settlement to the conflict, which is wreaking terrible harm on Palestinians and Israelis alike.”
2000-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4231 (2000) · source
“Mr. Lavrov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): The Russian Federation is deeply alarmed by the further escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli confrontation. The growing wave of terrorist acts and retaliatory measures further destabilize the situation in the Middle East. The leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority must do all they can without delay to stop the escalation of tensions and to prevent the situation from spinning definitively out of control. No reasons can justify the increased use of force that is claiming new victims among the Palestinian civilian population. At the same time, it is necessary to adopt strict measures to prevent the criminal acts by extremists to kill Israeli citizens.”
2000-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4231 (2000) · source
“We hope that such an approach will promote more effective protection of the rights of women and help in the attainment of the main goal: the creation of lasting peace on our Earth, so that nevermore the words "women" and "war", and "women" and "suffering" go together.”
2000-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208 (2000) · source
“As Russian President Putin stressed in his statement at the Security Council Summit on 7 September, in order to improve the crisis- prevention capability of the United Nations it is particularly important to uncover the underlying causes of conflicts, including economic and social causes, to develop a culture of crisis prevention and to focus more on anticipating events. This is the direct responsibility of the Security Council. In trying to find answers to the severe challenges of our times, the Council should heed more closely women's voices and in its decisions pay closer attention to the gender perspective.”
2000-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208 (2000) · source
“The comprehensive nature of the outcome document of the special session convincingly shows that resolving humanity's challenges in all areas without the full participation of women is impossible. This applies to the important role that could, and should be played by women in eliminating and preventing crisis situations, in the proper rearing of the younger generation, in developing a culture of peace and in the dialogue among civilizations. There is no more reliable way to protect women from the horrors of war than eliminating conflicts from people's lives. This was the thrust of Russia's proposal to strengthen strategic stability, which calls for unity of action by the international community in the military, political, socio-economic, human rights and environmental-protection areas.”
2000-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208 (2000) · source
“We are convinced that this body will dovetail harmoniously with the existing system for the maintenance of international peace and security - with a key role being played by the Security Council - by supplementing national judicial systems in cases when they turn out to be ineffectual. When Russia signed the Statute of the International Criminal Court on 13 September, we demonstrated our resolve, together with other countries, to try to end impunity for, inter alia, crimes against women. The problem of women in armed conflict was also highlighted in the special session of the General Assembly held in June entitled "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century".”
2000-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208 (2000) · source
“Recommendations and gender mainstreaming initiatives in the context of the application of international norms in the area of human rights and humanitarian law, initiatives to involve women in peace-making and peace-building, have been broadly reflected in the Beijing Platform for Action, in the Windhoek Declaration and the Namibia Plan of Action and in the agreed recommendations on women and armed conflict of the Commission on the Status of Women at its forty-fourth session. Inescapable punishment for sexual violence against women in armed conflicts, whoever might be the perpetrator, must be meted out by the International Criminal Court.”
2000-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208 (2000) · source
“They are an enormous strength and can provide invaluable assistance in reconciling belligerents and tending the wounds of war. Women's peace-making potential is just starting to become a reality, and we hope that its further development will be promoted by today's discussion in the Security Council. We cannot say that so far the international community has turned a deaf ear to these problems.”
2000-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208 (2000) · source
“In the context of discharging its primary Charter obligation, in recent years the Council has held a number of open debates and adopted some important resolutions on the protection of children, civilians and humanitarian personnel in armed conflict, and on the problems of post-conflict peace-building. We must say that armed conflicts, wars of aggression and terrorist acts cause enormous suffering to women. They die because they find themselves in a zone of hostilities; they lose husbands, brothers, fathers and sons in war, and, lacking breadwinners, bear the full brunt of economic problems; and they fall victim to violence and wander around from one refugee camp to another. They need a sensitive approach and reliable protection. But women, as has already been said today, are not merely helpless victims.”
2000-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208 (2000) · source
“However, while we have selected these three words for our agenda, we are today compelled to talk about other concepts, too, the combination of which is unnatural and yet occurs all too often in today's world: women and war, women and armed conflict. The Security Council's mandate includes its central role in the maintenance of international peace and security. A resolve to strengthen this central role was forcefully proclaimed recently by our heads of State in the Declaration unanimously adopted at the summit meeting of the Security Council. The Council's involvement in resolving a multitude of armed conflicts in various parts of the world gives us the difficult task of giving due attention to all aspects of crisis situations which pose a threat to international peace and security.”
2000-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208 (2000) · source
“Mr. Lavrov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): I associate myself with my colleagues in expressing pleasure that today you, Sir, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Namibia, are presiding over this meeting of the Security Council. I would also like to thank the entire delegation of Namibia for their work in the presidency during October. We very much appreciate the contribution made by your country, Mr. President, in promoting the noble aims of advancing the status of women. We are also grateful to Ms. Angela King and Ms. Heyzer for their statements, and particularly for the specific ideas that I am sure will be very useful in the practical work of the appropriate United Nations bodies and the Secretariat. The words "Women", "peace" and "security" combine harmoniously, because this harmony is predetermined by nature.”
2000-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208 (2000) · source
“Now it is necessary to make every effort to not allow those who oppose a just peace between the Israelis and Palestinians to undermine the peace process. The Security Council must continue in the future to pay close attention to the situation in the Middle East, including in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Council must respond adequately so as to help to create a propitious political atmosphere for arriving at a comprehensive settlement.”
2000-10-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204 (2000) · source
“Russia, as a co-sponsor of the peace process in the Middle East, urges the sides to demonstrate maximum restraint so as not to allow for any further outbreaks of violence. We also urge them to take steps to stabilize the situation. Only in this way will it be possible to revive the peace dialogue and arrive at acceptable agreements. In this connection, we welcome the meeting, to be held tomorrow in Paris, between the Israeli Prime Minister, Mr. Barak, and Chairman Arafat. We sincerely desire to see that meeting succeed. We have noted the efforts made by the United States and France in organizing the meeting. We believe that that meeting should put an end to the current wave of violence. It is also particularly important to get the sides back to the negotiating table.”
2000-10-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204 (2000) · source
“These acts were clearly intended to derail any forward movement on the Palestinian-Israeli track of a Middle East settlement. For its part, the Russian leadership took immediate steps to help defuse the situation. The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Russia, Mr. Ivanov, had urgent telephone conversations with the leadership of Israel and that of the Palestinian Authority. He urged that the necessary steps be taken to normalize the situation and to avoid any provocation. We strongly condemn any kind of provocative acts, from whatever source, and similarly, we strongly condemn any manifestations of extremism that are aimed at derailing the negotiating process between the Palestinian and Israeli sides. In addition, we cannot but be concerned about the Israeli troops' excessive use of force, with lethal weapons.”
2000-10-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204 (2000) · source