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Nebenzia

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first: 2017-08-02
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“We are talking about transferring the Iskander-M operational tactical missile system to the Republic of Belarus, re-equipping aircraft of the Belarusian air force, training crews and building a special storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus, which will be under the control of Russia. According to various estimates, between 100 and 150 American tactical nuclear bombs can already be deployed as part of nuclear cooperation among NATO countries in Europe. Moreover, the modernization of both those stockpiles and potential nuclear-weapon delivery vehicles is only gaining momentum. The exact location of the United States nuclear weapons has not been disclosed. There are reports that they are deployed in the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Germany and Turkey, but one should not forget the legacy of the Cold War.”
2023-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9300 (2023) · source
“Let us recall that, in accordance with article I of the NPT, its nuclear-weapon States parties undertook not to transfer to anyone nuclear weapons or other nuclear- explosive devices, or control over such weapons or explosive devices, directly or indirectly. In turn, non-nuclear countries, in accordance with article II of the Treaty, undertook obligations not to accept the transfer of such control from anyone, either directly or indirectly. We, in turn, are building cooperation with Belarus without violating our international obligations regarding the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. President Putin explicitly pointed out that we are not transferring nuclear weapons.”
2023-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9300 (2023) · source
“We have repeatedly urged the Americans to do the same — to abandon the Cold War mindset and return all United States nuclear weapons to its national territory, which, incidentally, is also stated in the joint statement by the leaders of China and Russia, to which several delegations readily referred today. We also called for the dismantling of the relevant infrastructure in Europe and for an end to the practice of long-standing violations by the United States and other NATO members of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) through the so-called joint nuclear missions. We have repeatedly openly stated that such a practice is not compatible with either the letter or the spirit of the NPT and urged NATO countries to bring their policies into line with their commitments.”
2023-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9300 (2023) · source
“A similar fate befell the Russian proposals for building a European security architecture in full compliance with the principles reaffirmed within the framework of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The subsequent revelations by Western politicians that they never intended to build an equal partnership with our country directly attest to the true nature of the promises that they made at that time. We see no objective reasons for convening today’s meeting, especially at the initiative of the United States. In the 1990s, Russia made every effort to withdraw nuclear weapons from the countries of the former Soviet Union to its territory.”
2023-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9300 (2023) · source
“It should be recalled that in 1999, the Charter for European Security was signed, which enshrined the principle of indivisible security and the obligation not to strengthen one’s security at the expense of others. However, the subsequent expansion of NATO to the east and the inclusion of countries of eastern Europe in the NATO orbit put an end to that principle. Finally, we would also like to remind those present that, in 2021, we initiated the Russian-United States comprehensive strategic stability dialogue, during which we were supposed to consider all security issues and identify possible ways to resolve them through political and diplomatic means, including arms control mechanisms. However, our proposals to that end were rejected by the Americans.”
2023-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9300 (2023) · source
“With regard to international agreements on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, we also recall that the United States refused to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, has not yet fulfilled its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and is also blocking strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention regime by preventing the adoption of a legally binding protocol with an effective verification mechanism. As for the European continent, back in the early 2000s, the United States refused to ratify the Agreement on adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, thereby destroying the foundations of pan-European security and predictability in the military sphere.”
2023-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9300 (2023) · source
“Washington’s policy of destroying the Treaty on Open Skies ended with the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from it in 2020. The United States has consistently violated the provisions of the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, in connection with which Russia decided to suspend the Treaty on February 21 this year. And neither has resolution 2231 (2015), which endorses the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, from which the United States unilaterally withdrew in 2018, stopped Washington from undermining crucial agreements on Iran’s nuclear programme.”
2023-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9300 (2023) · source
“However, we recall the dynamics and fate of treaties in the area of strategic stability. In 2003, Washington unilaterally terminated the Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems. The same fate was reserved for other major strategic agreements. In 2019, it was the United States that withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty), and not Russia, as the United States representative falsely told us today. If one looks at the statements at that time, they leave no doubt about who initiated the withdrawal from the INF Treaty. If the United States has forgotten that, we can recall the sequence of steps and who initiated the collapse of that treaty.”
2023-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9300 (2023) · source
“We could make a similarly successful reference to Juan Guaidó Márquez that would sound no less authoritative in this Chamber. In the past few years the global security architecture has been seriously eroding. At the initiative of the United States and its allies who proclaimed themselves to be the victors in the Cold War, the process began of the systematic, consistent destruction and dismantling of key agreements in the areas of arms control and confidence-building, unprovoked by any acts on our part. It was dictated exclusively by the desire of the United States to cement its own geopolitical domination and to obstruct the objective process of the emergence of a multipolar world. We reaffirm that a nuclear war can have no winners, as was stated in the joint statement by the leaders of Russia and the United States.”
2023-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9300 (2023) · source
“Mr. Nebenzia (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing. Today we have heard a number of critical remarks directed at our country. We are not surprised by the overall logic expressed by our former Western partners, which is that Russia is to blame for all of the ills of today’s world. However, since we are discussing serious matters here that have a bearing on the security of our entire planet, I would like to explain where the real threat to peace and stability is coming from. Incidentally, we were struck by the reference to the letter from Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the so-called head of the united transitional cabinet and leader of the democratic forces of Belarus.”
2023-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9300 (2023) · source
“To date, in the framework of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative, over $20 billion worth of the principal balance of the debt has been forgiven. The future development of our cooperation will be discussed during the second Russia-Africa summit, which will take place from 26 to 29 July in Saint Petersburg. Its watchwords are consistent with the theme of today’s event: “for peace, security and development”. Our joint efforts on the flagship initiative of the African Union to end all armed conflicts on the continent by 2030 is included in the draft plan of action on cooperation between the Russian Federation and the African Union for the period 2023–2025, whose adoption is expected in the course of the summit. We expect that its outcome will make a contribution to overall normalization on the African continent.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299 (2023) · source
“Russia is also stepping up its efforts in providing State fellowships for free education to African students in medicine, teaching advanced technology, transport and other civilian specialties. We are also developing partnerships in such vital areas as health care and biological and epidemiological security. Russia is also providing assistance to African countries through various United Nations agencies such as the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the United Nations Development Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Our country is also contributing to easing the debt burden in Africa.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299 (2023) · source
“One of the areas in which we are cooperating is the creation of effective armed forces and law enforcement, including to combat the terrorist threat. In the academies of the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, military personnel from dozens of African States are being hosted. We attached priority attention to the issue of transferring technology and expertise without any preconditions, as well as to development of industry and critical infrastructure on the continent. Russia is taking part in projects in the area of industrialization, digitalization and agriculture. We continue to provide assistance in the area of electricity generation, which for the moment only covers a quarter of the continent’s needs. Today we are providing new environmentally clean technologies, first and foremost nuclear energy.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299 (2023) · source
“It is well known that the Soviet Union provided significant support to the nations of Africa in their struggle against colonialism, racism and apartheid, as it helped them obtain and protect their sovereignty and consistently supported them in establishing their statehood, strengthening their capacity for self-defence, creating the basis for their national economies and training experts. Thanks to Soviet assistance, entire sectors of the economy and vitally important infrastructure facilities were created, which has generated stability and peaceful development for many countries. Russia continues to offer support in ensuring peace and security in Africa with a view to helping the States of the region develop their own capacities to contain crises.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299 (2023) · source
“We welcome the growing role of the African Union and subregional organizations in preventing conflicts and mediating disputes. The African Union Master Roadmap of Practical Steps for Silencing the Guns in Africa by 2020, which has been extended until 2030, is a vital initiative. Against that backdrop, we consider it reasonable for African States to raise the issue of the provision of material and financial assistance by the United Nations in their efforts to maintain international peace and security.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299 (2023) · source
“We believe that it is the political resolution of conflicts, the stabilization of the security situation and the transition to sustainable development that provide the basis for improving the human rights situation and building democratic institutions in a given country, not the other way around. Needless to say, the primary responsibility both for preventing conflicts and overcoming their consequences belongs to African States themselves. The continent has come a long way in recent decades in terms of building a regional peace and security architecture. In today’s very difficult conditions and against a global backdrop of political and economic upheaval, African countries have become increasingly assertive in finding regional solutions to their problems and are trying to pursue independent and sovereign foreign and domestic policies.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299 (2023) · source
“In 2021 that figure was only 0.33 per cent. In other words, we are talking about a shortfall of at least $200 billion in non-repayable assistance to developing countries annually. At the same time, we want to emphasize that international support should be provided exclusively with the consent of the host Government, in accordance with its priorities and with respect for its sovereignty. It is unacceptable for donors to make the provision of assistance conditional on the fulfilment of political demands or to link it to the human rights situation or other arbitrary factors.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299 (2023) · source
“Many African countries, whether they have been through conflict or not, need support through technology transfers and expertise, industrial and agricultural development, the rebuilding of infrastructure, job creation and the strengthening of health and social protection systems. Development efforts should promote social cohesion and ensure an equitable distribution of the benefits of economic growth. We believe that providing material and technical assistance to African States is a moral obligation of developed countries, many of which owe much of their prosperity to resources taken from the continent. At the same time, developed countries still have not fulfilled the commitment they made half a century ago to increasing official development assistance to 0.7 per cent of their gross domestic product.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299 (2023) · source
“However, we take a cautious approach to directly linking the goals of sustaining peace, peacebuilding and peacekeeping to sustainable development and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Of course there is a connection, but it is not always direct. It is important to stress that peace alone cannot guarantee development, nor development peace. Furthermore, we are concerned about the growing popularity of tying security to elements that belong in the area of development, such as climate, access to water resources and so forth. That diverts attention and resources from the actual task of promoting development as such and diminishes the importance of that agenda in the United Nations system.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299 (2023) · source
“Direct oppression was replaced by subtler forms of neocolonialism, which even today help to perpetuate economic underdevelopment, poverty and political instability in African countries. Many African States have laboured under various unilateral restrictions and sanctions for decades. Those problems can be catalysts for the emergence of new conflicts or the exacerbation of old ones. If we are to establish lasting peace, we have to understand the underlying causes of conflicts, each of which has its own origins and specific features. There must be a comprehensive approach to resolving them that must go beyond the political process to include development efforts. The ultimate goal of those efforts is to enable States to ensure the welfare and security of their citizens through their own efforts.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299 (2023) · source
“Mr. Nebenzia (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We welcome the personal participation of President Nyusi in today’s meeting and thank the briefers for their statements. We are grateful to the Mozambican presidency for the choice of today’s topic. We have often stressed the importance of considering the influence of the whole range of socioeconomic issues on peace and security. We agree with the views presented in the concept note (see S/2023/148/Rev.1) that the reasons for many of the current conflicts in Africa lie in the continent’s past of colonialism, slavery and the pillaging of natural resources. Unfortunately the decolonization of the 1960s did not necessarily lead to full-fledged economic and political sovereignty for the newly independent States.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299 (2023) · source
“I would like to point out that countries of Africa have every right to decide with whom and how to cooperate. It is the failures of Western States that have obliged African countries to turn to those that can make a genuine contribution to the fight against terrorism on their continent. We are all aware that against the background of some of the West’s operations in Africa supposedly aimed at combating terrorism, the terrorist threat in West Africa and the Sahel has simply continued to grow. The Russian Federation will continue to work with reliable partners in Asia, Africa and Latin America on counter-terrorism issues. We remain open to cooperating with all interested parties. We believe that the global nature of terrorism issues demands a comprehensive approach and concerted efforts on the part of the entire international community.”
2023-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9296 (2023) · source
“This year the project’s technical assistance is to be expanded to countries on the African continent. We believe that it is important to once again remind the Council of the potential of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, within whose framework it will be vital to pay greater attention to African States and make assessment visits to them a priority. We would like to stress that the recommendations in the Committee’s country reports not only facilitate the implementation of the relevant Security Council counter-terrorism resolutions but also help attract technical assistance and make it more targeted and tailored to States’ specific circumstances and needs. The issue of the cooperation between Russia and countries of the African continent has been touched on today.”
2023-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9296 (2023) · source
“Specialist programmes and technical assistance projects, especially within the United Nations Office of Counter- Terrorism, represent the best way to make optimal use of United Nations resources. The joint project funded by the Russian Federation and led by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on strengthening States’ capacity to combat illicit arms trafficking is a good example. It is aimed at increasing the effectiveness of criminal justice in preventing and stopping illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons, as well as preventing their transfer to terrorist groups. The project includes thematic seminars and refresher courses for representatives of Government agencies responsible for combating illicit arms trafficking and terrorism.”
2023-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9296 (2023) · source
“The Russian Federation supports the initiatives of African States to combat the terrorist threat and violent extremism and appreciates the measures they have taken to establish counter-terrorist cooperation within the context of subregional organizations. We call for further strengthening the potential of regional organizations, especially the African Union, that are capable of implementing comprehensive counter- terrorism strategies and serving as platforms for sharing information, experience and best practices. We should also give high priority to the education and training of law-enforcement and judicial officials in countering today’s challenges and threats both multilaterally and bilaterally. Russia will continue to provide practical assistance in that area.”
2023-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9296 (2023) · source
“Strengthening national security structures and genuine cooperation with neighbours are key to combating terrorism successfully. We see outside forces attempting to sow division among States in the region, claiming that some countries are worthy of assistance in fighting terrorism and others are not. They say they will fight only as far as the border, and that after that countries are on their own. That is how terrorists are being pushed into Mali and Burkina Faso, a tactic we consider unacceptable. Our delegation is seriously concerned about the ongoing mass redeployment of fighters to African countries. It is important to prevent terrorists, especially the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, from gaining a foothold in the region and creating a new caliphate 2.0.”
2023-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9296 (2023) · source
“Terrorism in the Sahel became an avalanche after the West’s unforgivable military intervention in Libya, which destabilized the entire region and had ripple effects as far as the coastal States of West Africa. And yet not only could the foreign contingents that ended up on the territory of a number of countries of the Sahel not reverse the situation, it got much worse while they were there. Attempts to justify those developments as the result of religious, ethnic or social conflicts amount to the same kind of manipulation that the colonial Powers have wielded for decades. We can only welcome the growing awareness among African States of the real sources of the threats and the quest for effective regional mechanisms to counter them.”
2023-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9296 (2023) · source
“We see the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s 2017 Convention on Countering Extremism as an alternative that provides a robust legal foundation for strengthening inter-State cooperation in the area. Its concept is aimed not only at uncompromisingly combating any manifestations of terrorism and extremism but at preventing and pre-empting them. It is essentially the first international counter-extremism treaty of its kind and is open for accession by all interested States. We agree that greater attention must be paid to identifying and eradicating the root causes of terrorism. However, in that context, not everything can be reduced to socioeconomic problems and corruption, which do not always reflect the reality or the traditional sources of radicalization.”
2023-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9296 (2023) · source
“In that struggle we have always advocated respect for the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations in their entirety, recognition of the primary role of States and their relevant authorities, the inadmissibility of any justification of terrorism and the duty to ensure criminal liability for terrorists and their accomplices. The United Nations should continue to play a central and coordinating role with respect to counter-terrorism cooperation, with due respect for the norms and principles of international law. We are opposed to concepts of any kind that allow for interference in the internal affairs of other States on a pretext of combating terrorism, in the guise of preventing manifestations of violent extremism or by manipulating the issue of fighting terrorism and extremism for political purposes.”
2023-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9296 (2023) · source
“Mr. Nebenzia (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We are pleased to be welcoming you as you preside over our meeting today, Mr. President. I would like to thank the Secretary-General and President Assoumani for their briefings. We also thank Mozambique for organizing today’s debate on the pressing problem of combating terrorism and extremism, with a focus on the complexities of the African continent. I would like to stress that the Russian Federation fully supports African countries in the fight against international terrorism.”
2023-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9296 (2023) · source
“Mr. Nebenzia (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): I did not ask the representative of the United States about the article by Mr. Hersh, which he did not even read. I do really recommend that he read it. But I did ask him a direct question: how does he understand the words of his own President, who himself openly said: “we will destroy Nord Stream”? I did not receive a response to that specific question. The meeting rose at 3.50 p.m.”
2023-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9295 (2023) · source
“Mr. Nebenzia (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): I have a question for my colleague from the United States. I would like to say that before the recent revelations by Mr. Seymour Hersh, I do not recall Russian officials specifically naming the United States as the perpetrator of that tragedy. The discussions of the matter emerged only after the publication of Mr. Hersh’s article. I would therefore ask my American colleague what he would say about his President Biden’s words about wanting to destroy the gas pipeline, long before the pipeline was actually destroyed.”
2023-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9295 (2023) · source
“The ugliest example is the West’s ongoing collective support group in the Council, which leaves the Council unable to carry out its functions. We will of course draw the necessary conclusions for ourselves. We are sure that more detailed facts will emerge and that all concerned in the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline will be exposed and the details of their crime revealed. That is inescapable.”
2023-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9295 (2023) · source
“Because if the United States really wanted to establish the facts and punish those responsible, it would behave completely differently. Our vote today served as a litmus test of sorts by which we all had to decide the kind of world we are headed for — a world where international law is respected and where those who attack international pipelines and other infrastructure have to be punished, or a world where some States do as they please while formulating laws for everyone else that they call a rules- based order and taking no responsibility for even the most reckless and dangerous of acts. And today’s vote has clearly confirmed that our former Western partners believe that they can do whatever they like and get away with it.”
2023-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9295 (2023) · source
“When we raised the issue of an objective international investigation, our American and European colleagues’ tactics amounted to denying the United States’ involvement, on the one hand, while preventing any kind of transparent and impartial clarification of the circumstances of the sabotage on the other. The more evidence that has emerged of the involvement of Washington and its NATO allies, the more firmly the Western camp has insisted on the pointlessness of an international investigation. What does that tell us? One does not have to be a detective or an analyst to see that the United States and its allies are trying to cover their tracks, including by throwing around various fabrications and delusional versions and by refusing to respond to revelations about facts that Washington does not like.”
2023-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9295 (2023) · source
“All attempts by Russia, as one of the countries affected by the Nord Stream explosions, to get involved in the national investigations carried out by Denmark, Germany and Sweden, were met with refusals and non-answers, which members of the Council could have seen for themselves. Permit me to make a prediction. The so-called national investigations — not to mention that they do not include Russian participation — could go on for years. I would therefore like to ask the representative of the United States what he found to be predetermined about our draft resolution. We have a saying in Russian similar to “Liar, liar, pants on fire”. As usual, the United States is tying the draft resolution to Ukraine, despite the fact that there is not a word about Ukraine in the text.”
2023-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9295 (2023) · source
“Mr. Nebenzia (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): I believe that, after today’s vote, suspicion regarding who is behind the act of sabotage at the Nord Stream pipeline only grows. I would like to remind the Council of some basic facts. In the eyes of the whole world, the United States and its allies have done everything in their power to ensure that there is no international investigation into the explosions at Nord Stream in September 2022. Initially, at the very highest level, Washington publicly threatened to blow up the gas pipeline and has since continued along the same lines. There has also been a great deal of speculation in the media, as well as a lot of, to put it mildly, contradictory and absurd versions of who could have carried out the sabotage.”
2023-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9295 (2023) · source
“Its adoption would send a clear signal that such acts of sabotage regarding cross-border infrastructure are unacceptable, and the perpetrators should be brought to justice. We are convinced that is in the interests of all States and the international community as a whole.”
2023-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9295 (2023) · source
“We doubt that such an authorization would have even been possible had we not drawn the attention of the international community to the egregious situation regarding national investigations. If, in order to have such a minimal degree of openness, full international attention must be paid to the work of Governments, then there is no doubt as to the need for such global efforts. During the discussions on the draft resolution, the Russian side acted in a responsible and flexible way, trying to make the draft acceptable to all States. In addition, the concerns expressed by members of the Council were taken into consideration. We therefore urge the Council to support the draft resolution.”
2023-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9295 (2023) · source
“We believe that the Council has a responsibility to the international community in term of responding to such acts, especially because our initiative in no way limits national investigations. Rather, the text contains a call to ensure wider-ranging cooperation between Member States and the Commission. We trust that it will help to ensure synergies with relevant efforts. There is therefore no cause for concern. Furthermore, the recent incident with the discovery, in one of the Nord Stream lines, of an unidentified item, and the authorization by the Danish authorities for Nord Stream AG to be involved in its inspection confirm the need for an international procedure.”
2023-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9295 (2023) · source
“At the final stages of the discussions on our draft resolution, the only argument we heard from colleagues who doubted the expediency of an international investigation boiled down to the fact that we first needed to wait for the end of the national investigations. We would like to respond by saying that such investigations can go on for years in the same inefficient and non-transparent manner. However, valuable time is running out, and more and more suspicions are emerging that the efforts of those investigations are not aimed at clarifying the circumstances of the sabotage that occurred, but at ensuring that evidence remains concealed and cleaning up the crime scene.”
2023-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9295 (2023) · source
“It is clear from that correspondence that we received nothing but non-answers from the authorities of those States. Accordingly, without an objective and transparent international investigation into the truth of what happened, we cannot ascertain what occurred. Russia therefore, in an open and constructive manner, proposes to Council colleagues to adopt a draft resolution instructing the Secretary-General to make proposals on the establishment of an independent international commission to conduct a comprehensive, transparent and impartial investigation into the circumstances of what took place. That is especially important against the backdrop of the emergence of new facts and the proliferation of different versions in the media, reflecting varying degrees of credibility or absurdity.”
2023-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9295 (2023) · source
“Unfortunately, those investigations demonstrate, in every way possible, a lack of intention to cooperate with the stakeholders — in particular our country, as one of the most affected — in order to comprehensively clarify the circumstances of this crime, which threatens various aspects of international peace and security. Moreover, those countries are deliberately and consistently trying to mislead the Council by saying that Russia was informed of their efforts. I would like again to draw attention to the letters we circulated dated 13 March 2023 (S/2023/193) and 24 March 2023 (S/2023/223), which include annexed copies of the correspondence from the Russian missions abroad addressed to the competent authorities in Germany, Denmark and Sweden.”
2023-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9295 (2023) · source
“Mr. Nebenzia (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): Today we are to vote on a draft resolution (S/2023/212) to establish, under the auspices of the Secretary-General, an international investigation into the act of sabotage against the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea in September 2022. The draft resolution is proposed by the Russian Federation and is co-sponsored by the People’s Republic of China, along with Belarus, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Eritrea, Nicaragua, the Syrian Arab Republic and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. As we said during the Council’s meeting on this issue in February (see S/PV.9266), we put forward this initiative because we have serious — and very justified — doubts about the objectivity and transparency of the national investigations being carried out by some European countries.”
2023-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9295 (2023) · source
“We call on other States to step up efforts to bring their nationals back from internally displaced persons camps in Syria.”
2023-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9291 (2023) · source
“The hypocrisy that we are seeing with regard to cross-line deliveries increasingly convinces us that the provision of humanitarian supplies to all regions of Syria should be carried out with the consent of the legitimate Government of the country — as is the case with the opening of two additional border crossings in Bab Al-Salam and Al-Rai. In conclusion, we would like to inform the Council that on 13 March, 56 Russian children aged 3 to 17 were returned to Russia — 49 of them from refugee camps in the Trans-Euphrates and 7 from an orphanage in Damascus. That required not only painstaking preparatory work, but also negotiations with local authorities. In the course of such contacts, we reached an agreement for the return of another 200 Russian children.”
2023-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9291 (2023) · source
“The Al-Nusrah Front does not even plan to provide humanitarian workers with access from Damascus. And since these gangsters can choose to accept humanitarian assistance from wherever they wish, it follows that the humanitarian needs of the region are not as high as we are being told. Under these conditions, there is good reason to wonder to what extent there is a need for the cross- border mechanism. Its United Nations mandate expires soon. We have repeatedly noted how flawed this system is, as it violates the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria.”
2023-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9291 (2023) · source
“It turns out that, owing to the dire humanitarian situation in the region, the terrorists gladly opened the doors to all United Nations representatives, providing them and humanitarian convoys from Türkiye with the necessary security guarantees. At the same time, we hear from the Secretariat that the United Nations does not have sufficient guarantees for humanitarian cross- line deliveries from Damascus. The United Nations therefore lowers its gaze and shrugs its shoulders, despite the fact that the need for increasing cross-line supplies is directly set out in resolution 2672 (2023). We call on the leadership of the humanitarian wing of the United Nations to stop hiding behind politically correct language, to stop pandering to terrorists and their backers and to call a spade a spade.”
2023-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9291 (2023) · source
“Since 9 February, 900 trucks with humanitarian aid have already entered territory not controlled by Damascus through the three checkpoints on the Syrian- Turkish border. According to United Nations estimates, the number of trucks crossing the border on a daily basis has doubled compared to last year. The vast majority of them are sent to Idlib. This shows that there is no problem with the functioning of all three checkpoints and no impediment to the United Nations visiting the rebel areas of north- western Syria, where militants are operating. As at 15 March, according to the Secretariat, there have already been 27 such missions. This month, the areas controlled by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham were personally visited by World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.”
2023-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9291 (2023) · source
“According to the information we have and despite the existing humanitarian exemptions, it is not possible to bring into the country heavy construction equipment, which is urgently needed for clearing rubble in earthquake-ravaged areas in Government-controlled territory. The reason given is the same as for fertilizers — that they are dual-use goods. That is a very convenient bureaucratic excuse for Washington and Brussels. We also have to deal with banking overcompliance, which undermines humanitarian efforts. Foreign companies simply refuse to contract with the United Nations. We ask the Secretariat not to cover for Washington and Brussels. Ultimately, they undermine not only the humanitarian efforts of the United Nations on the ground, but also the image of the Organization as a whole.”
2023-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9291 (2023) · source