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Nebenzia

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first: 2017-08-02
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“For us, they are Ukrainians who suffer under the oppression of the Maidan Government. That is the difference in our approaches. Without seeing our geopolitical perspective, one will never understand us. But those for whom the decisions that I mentioned earlier were made have been forgotten and disregarded during the past eight years and labelled as mere pro-Russian separatists and terrorists, and they are eternally grateful to us. And this is what really matters to us. I would like to reiterate that the cause of today’s crisis surrounding Ukraine is rooted in the actions of Ukraine itself, which has been sabotaging its commitments under the Minsk package of measures for years. As recently as last week, there was hope that Kyiv would come to its senses and actually implement what it promised to do in 2015.”
2022-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8974 (2022) · source
“There is an abundance of information and evidence to that effect, but our Western colleagues choose to ignore it. We tried yesterday, today and the day before yesterday to explain to members the logic behind the decisions taken by the Russian leadership on the recognition of the Luhansk People’s Republic and Donetsk People’s Republic, and emphasized the need to ensure peace and security in those territories. However, they did not want to listen then or today. For our Western colleagues, the people living in the Donbas are nothing but a bargaining chip in a geopolitical game aimed at weakening Russia and moving the NATO bloc closer to its borders. For us, they are women, children and elderly people who have had to hide from Ukrainian bombardments and provocations for eight years now.”
2022-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8974 (2022) · source
“I would like to recall that the principles of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States, of which we are accused of violating in Ukraine, as stipulated in the 1970 Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States, must be strictly observed with regard to “States conducting themselves in compliance with the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples … and thus possessed of a government representing the whole people belonging to the territory without distinction as to race, creed or colour.” That does not describe the current Government in Ukraine. The tragedy in Ukraine began just after the illegal Maidan coup in 2014, when instead of engaging in dialogue with the Russian-speaking people of Ukraine, the new Government unleashed guns and aviation on them.”
2022-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8974 (2022) · source
“Over the past 24 hours, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine has recorded nearly 2,000 ceasefire violations, including almost 1,500 explosions. The residents of Donetsk and Luhansk continue to shelter in basements. Refugees continue to flow into Russia. In a word, the nature of provocations by Ukraine’s armed forces has not changed. Members would prefer to ignore that fact and repeat Ukraine’s fairy tales that those living in Donetsk are bombing themselves. It is no surprise that the ever-increasing suffering of those living in Donbas does not appear to affect our Western colleagues. At today’s General Assembly debate, they were unable to find one word of compassion or sympathy for the residents of Donbas. It is as if, for them, those 4 million people do not exist.”
2022-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8974 (2022) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the Russian Federation. We have had a very intense day as we discuss the crisis in Ukraine. I will not repeat what I said earlier today in the General Assembly (see A/76/PV.58). I can state with regret only that, ultimately, Ukraine did not heed our message to Kyiv concerning the need to stop provocations against the Luhansk People’s Republic and the Donetsk People’s Republic. It appears that our Ukrainian colleagues, whom certain States have supported and egged on recently, remain under the illusion that, with the blessing of Western sponsors, they can secure a military solution to the problem of Donbas. It is otherwise difficult to explain the increase in shelling and acts of sabotage on the territory of the Republics.”
2022-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8974 (2022) · source
“I thank Ms. DiCarlo for her briefing. I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements.”
2022-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8974 (2022) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Germany and Ukraine to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to warmly welcome the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. António Guterres, to whom I now give the floor.”
2022-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8974 (2022) · source
“However, they are guilty only of wanting to talk with the authorities that came to power following the illegal Maidan coup in 2014 and to discuss how their rights would be upheld. Over the past few days, with the intensification in military activity of the Ukrainian army along the contact line, the lives of hundreds of thousands of women, children and elderly people, as in 2014 and 2015, have once again ended up under real threat. The main goal of our decision was to protect and save those lives, which are more important than everyone’s threats. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I give the floor to the representative of Ukraine.”
2022-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8970 (2022) · source
“No one other than them will be able to restrain Kyiv’s militaristic plans and force it to stop shelling and provocations against the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics, which in the new circumstances could have particularly dangerous consequences. In accordance with the agreements signed with them today and on the basis of their appeals, the armed forces of the Russian Federation will perform the functions of maintaining peace on the territories of the Luhansk People’s Republic and the Donetsk People’s Republic. In conclusion, I should like to note that, in today’s statements, most of my colleagues failed to mention the more than 4 million residents of Donbas. They seem to have omitted their fates from their statements since 2014, contemptuously calling them pro-Russian separatists.”
2022-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8970 (2022) · source
“It has therefore become clear that Donbas is on the verge of a new Ukrainian military adventure, as it already was in 2014 and 2015. We cannot allow that to happen. That is why the President of Russia listened to the opinion of parliamentarians and members of the Russian Security Council. Everyone knows the rest. The detailed statement by our Head of State on the reasons for the decision adopted was broadcast by the world’s leading media. However, today we have heard an open distortion of what the President said in his statement about history and genesis of this crisis and the assertion that that he allegedly would like to rebuild the Russian Empire. I call on our Western colleagues to come to their senses, set aside their emotions and not make the situation worse.”
2022-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8970 (2022) · source
“Over the weekend, the intensity of Ukrainian shelling of residential areas in the Luhansk People’s Republic and Donetsk People’s Republic increased sharply. Reportedly, up to 1,600 projectiles were launched, killing civilians. Several subversive groups penetrated into the territory of the Republics, who have carried out or attempted to sabotage critical infrastructure. As I mentioned, there have been civilian casualties. General mobilization has been announced in the Luhansk People’s Republic and Donetsk People’s Republic. Refugees have poured into Russia, not Ukraine, over the past several days, amounting to approximately 70,000 women, elderly people and children. Russian is hosting them and providing them with shelter and support. Towns in Russian territory close to the border area were even shelled.”
2022-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8970 (2022) · source
“Instead of forcing Kyiv to fulfil its commitments, they have only openly incited Ukraine, repeating the empty mantra that Russia is not fulfilling its obligations under the Minsk agreements, which, as we have repeatedly stressed, is not even party to them. Moreover, for several weeks, while stoking groundless panic about Russia’s supposedly imminent invasion of Ukraine, our Western colleagues have been shamelessly foisting weapons upon the country and sending trainers there, thereby effectively pushing the Ukrainians, who have deployed a 120,000-strong military contingent along the contact line, to engage in armed provocations against Donbas. The bubble inflated by the combined efforts of the West and Ukraine could not help but burst.”
2022-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8970 (2022) · source
“It is another matter that the Minsk agreements, some of the provisions of which should have been implemented back in 2015, have long been openly sabotaged by Ukraine, with the patronage of our Western colleagues. Currently, we see that many of our colleagues want to sign off to the idea that the Minsk agreements are dead, but they are not. Kyiv remains obligated to implement them. We remain open to a diplomatic solution, but will not allow a renewed bloodbath in Donbas. Unfortunately, we are compelled to note the extremely negative role played in all this by our Western colleagues, led by the United States of America.”
2022-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8970 (2022) · source
“I want to remind my colleagues on the Security Council that in all other conflicts, be they in Libya, Syria or Yemen, we demand and call for direct dialogue between the parties to the conflict, and only Ukraine is somehow an exception to the rule. One might draw the conclusion from some of the statements today that a number of our colleagues are ready to bury the Minsk agreements. However, I would like to remind members that, at the time when the Minsk agreements were signed, the Luhansk People’s Republic and Donetsk People’s Republic had already declared their independence. The fact that Russia recognized that today in no way changes the make-up of the parties to the Minsk agreements, as Russia is not a party to them. We have repeatedly stated that and, in that regard, nothing has changed.”
2022-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8970 (2022) · source
“Most important is Kyiv’s stubborn refusal to speak directly with the representatives of Donetsk and Luhansk, despite the fact that that requirement is a central structural element of the package of measures. We have heard the unequivocal confirmation of their unwillingness to engage in such dialogue more than once from Ukrainian leaders in recent days, including from the Permanent Representative of Ukraine at the Security Council meeting we convened on 17 February on the implementation of the Minsk agreements (see S/PV.8968). After that, it became clear once and for all that Ukraine does not intend to implement the Minsk agreements.”
2022-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8970 (2022) · source
“After the Ukrainian military adventures foundered upon the resolve of the Donbas and Luhansk people to defend their land, the Minsk agreements were signed and the package of measures was adopted to implement them. There was once again hope for peace and the prudence of the Maidan authorities, which had burnt themselves on their desire to drown Donetsk and Luhansk in blood. In particular, much hope was placed in the 2019 election of the new president of Ukraine, who promised to finally establish peace in Donbass. However, those who counted on the peace-loving attitude of the Ukrainian Government were unfortunately mistaken. Kyiv not only quickly returned to its bellicose rhetoric and continued to shell peaceful civilians, but it also did everything it could to sabotage and ultimately undermine the Minsk agreements.”
2022-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8970 (2022) · source
“We only recognize them now, despite the high level of support for doing so, both in the Republics themselves and in Russian society from the very beginning. At the time, the hope was that Ukrainian Maidan regime would reconsider and stop talking to their own citizens in the east in the language of cannons, gunfire, shelling and threats. Time and again, we firmly requested Kyiv to listen to the aspirations of the people living in Donbas and to the Russian-speaking residents of the country and respect their entirely legitimate desire to use their mother tongue and teach their children in that language. We also asked Kyiv to honour the memory of those who liberated the land from fascists, instead of those who fought on the side of fascists and contributed to the killing of hundreds of thousands of people during the Second World War.”
2022-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8970 (2022) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the Russian Federation. We have just heard several highly emotional statements, categorical assessments and far-reaching conclusions related to the signing today by Russia’s President of decrees recognizing People’s Republics of Luhansk and Donetsk. I will ignore the direct verbal assaults against us. It is now important to focus on preventing war and forcing Ukraine to stop the shelling and provocations against Donetsk and Luhansk. From the statements made by several of our colleagues, anyone would believe that Russia’s recognition of the People’s Republics of Luhansk and Donetsk took place suddenly, for no reason at all. Of course, that is not the case. It should be recalled that those Republics declared their independence from Ukraine in 2014.”
2022-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8970 (2022) · source
“I thank Ms. DiCarlo for her briefing. I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements.”
2022-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8970 (2022) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Germany and Ukraine to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I now give the floor to Ms. DiCarlo.”
2022-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8970 (2022) · source
“As we are about to assume the presidency of the Security Council tomorrow, I have to meet with the Secretary-General, and I cannot re-schedule the meeting because of the schedule to the Secretary- General.”
2022-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8960 (2022) · source
“Mr. Nebenzia (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): I had not planned on entering into a conversation between Russia and the United States at this meeting. We said everything we wanted to say in our statement today. However, we simply do not understand the threats, provocation and escalation by Russia being referred to by the representative of the United States. However, when I heard her statement, I heard no reference to the Minsk agreements or to resolution 2202 (2015), which is very telling. That is the context that we need to use when we are talking about the Ukrainian crisis, and the United States is looking at this from a completely different angle. Finally, I would like to apologize to Council members, and I ask the representatives who will speak after me not to interpret my departure as a walkout in protest.”
2022-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8960 (2022) · source
“If our Western partners pushing Kyiv to sabotage the Minsk agreements, which Kyiv is eagerly using, then this situation could end in the worst way for Ukraine — not because someone will have destroyed it, but because it will have destroyed itself. Russia has absolutely nothing to do with this. Not one should try to shift the blame. We will talk about all of this in detail on 17 February at the long- planned annual meeting of the Security Council on the implementation of resolution 2202 (2015).”
2022-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8960 (2022) · source
“In 191 states, American troops were deployed in some way in the twentieth or twenty-first century. Data available online indicate that there are around 750 United States bases in more than 80 countries, with 175,000 troops deployed abroad, including more than 60,000 in Europe. The United States military budget in 2020 was $778 billion. Russia’s budget is $61 billion, lower by a factor of 12. Those are examples of an evident and concrete threat to international peace and security. As for the calls for a settlement of the crisis around Ukraine, we agree wholeheartedly, but the crisis has only one dimension — it is an internal Ukrainian crisis. I repeat that the situation can be improved only through Kyiv’s implementation of the Minsk agreements, which stipulate above all direct dialogue with Donetsk and Luhansk. There is no other option.”
2022-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8960 (2022) · source
“United States troops, advisers and weapons, including nuclear weapons, are frequently deployed thousands of miles from Washington, D.C., not to mention the fact that United States military adventures have killed hundreds of thousands of civilians in countries to which they were supposedly bringing peace and democracy. The United States has repeatedly, including in recent years, used force against other States without the authorization of the Security Council. In its arsenal are unilateral sanctions coercive measures and threats with which they are trying to force everyone to comply, like the rulings of some self-styled Supreme Court. According to American experts, 84 United Nations member States out of 193 have been subject to occupation or aggression or attacks by the United States.”
2022-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8960 (2022) · source
“Incidentally, my American colleague mentioned that 14,000 people have died in the conflict. I recommend that she read the reports of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and see how many of those 14,000 people have died on each side, as most were civilians in Donbas who died of shelling from the Ukrainian armed forces and the national battalions. The manoeuvres of the United States regarding the convening of this meeting are particularly inadequate and hypocritical because it is the Americans themselves who have record levels of troops outside their territory.”
2022-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8960 (2022) · source
“Otherwise, it is difficult to explain why, when calling us together today, the initiators of today’s meeting did not even heed the opinion of the President of Ukraine, who asked the West not to whip up panic, which has already had a harmful impact on the economic situation in that country. Otherwise, it is also difficult to explain why our colleagues from the United States and a number of other countries are actively pumping Ukraine full of weapons and ammunition and even talk about it with great pride. Ukraine readily uses such weapons against civilians in the east of its own country. All this is being done in violation of the Minsk agreements, approved by the Security Council as the only basis for a peaceful settlement of the internal Ukrainian conflict.”
2022-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8960 (2022) · source
“Incidentally, I would like to put a question not only to our United States colleague, but also to those who said similar things: where did they get the figure of 100,000 troops deployed, as they state, on the Russian- Ukrainian border? We have never cited or confirmed that figure. We remember these tricks from the moment when United States Secretary of State Colin Powell waved around a vial with an unknown substance in this Chamber as so-called evidence of the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Such weapons were never found, but we all know very well what happened to that country. It seems that our American colleagues are also prepared to sacrifice Ukraine for their own geopolitical interests.”
2022-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8960 (2022) · source
“This type of agreement is something that we have talked about in the Astana, Istanbul and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe summits where, apart from affirming the freedom to choose one’s allies or alliances, it was also stipulated that the security guarantees of some States should not be carried out to the detriment of the security of other States. Since our American colleagues convened today’s meeting, let them show us at least some evidence apart from bogus narratives fabricated in their own heads that Russia intends to attack Ukraine. In the statement of my American colleague, there was a significant hodgepodge of accusations of aggressive actions by Russia, but not a single concrete fact.”
2022-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8960 (2022) · source
“All one needs to do is look at the timetable for the negotiation process to see that such fabrications are fundamentally wrong. The situation in fact is completely the opposite. Our Western colleagues are trying to ride the crest of this wave of hysteria to boil dialogue between us slowly down to a so-called settlement of the situation on the border with Ukraine. Our security requirements are much broader: Ukraine must not join NATO and no foreign troops should be deployed on its territory. Both of these are elements of an overdue agreement that could radically improve the military-political situation in Europe and the world as a whole.”
2022-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8960 (2022) · source
“Their aim is to prevent the natural brotherly coexistence of our two peoples and countries, which would destroy their plans to weaken Russia and create an arc of instability around it. There is nothing that we are seeing that is new in this regard. It is the same spirit of divide and conquer — or divide and rule. This is the spirit that characterized Western States in the past. It is also noteworthy that our American colleagues have artificially injecting the sham tension that they themselves created on the Russian-Ukrainian border into the negotiation process launched at our insistence on providing legally binding security guarantees for us. They are deliberately creating the impression that Moscow is seeking to escalate tension in order to use it as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the United States and NATO.”
2022-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8960 (2022) · source
“The Ukrainians are actively being brainwashed, and they are induced to embrace Russophobic and radical thinking, leading to the belief that for Ukraine to have a bright future, it must not establish relations with its neighbours, but rather strive at any cost to join the European Union and NATO. They are banning Russian, which is a native language for significant number, if not the majority, of people in Ukraine. They are causing a schism in the Orthodox Church. They are making heroes of persons who fought for Hitler — who killed Jews, Poles, Ukrainians and Russians. The best interests of the Ukrainian people in this destructive game are something that our Western colleagues are not taking into consideration.”
2022-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8960 (2022) · source
“If our Western colleagues, who provoked and supported the 2014 bloody anti-Constitutional coup that brought nationalist radicals, Russophobes and pure Nazis to power in Kyiv, had not done that, then we would today be living in an atmosphere of good- neighbourly relations and mutual cooperation. However, some in the West simply and clearly do not like such a positive scenario. What is happening today is yet another attempt to drive a wedge between Russia and Ukraine. Thanks to the geopolitical games promoted by the West, our Ukrainian brothers have been suffering for some seven years now.”
2022-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8960 (2022) · source
“However, first and foremost, they themselves are whipping up tensions and rhetoric and provoking escalation. The discussion about the threat of war is provocative in and of itself. They are almost calling for it; they want it to happen. They are waiting for it to happen as if they want to make their words become a reality — and this despite the fact that we are constantly rejecting these allegations, and despite the fact that no threat of a planned invasion of Ukraine has come from the lips of any Russian politician or public figure over this entire period. No such threat has been made. Rather, at all levels, we have been categorically rejecting such plans, and we are going to do that again right now. Everybody who claims the opposite is misleading those who might believe it.”
2022-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8960 (2022) · source
“This deployment of Russian troops in our own territory is getting our Western and United States colleagues to say that a planned military action, even an act of aggression, is about to be launched. But the Permanent Representative of the United States spoke as if that act of aggression had already taken place. I listened to her statement very carefully. The Russian military action against Ukraine, all of them are assuring us, is going to take place in just a few weeks’ time, if not a few days’ time. However, no proof whatsoever has been put forward to uphold such a serious accusation. Nevertheless, that has not stopped people from whipping up hysteria to such an extent that an actual economic impact is already being felt by our Ukrainian neighbours. Our Western colleagues are talking about the need for de-escalation.”
2022-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8960 (2022) · source
“As I have stated previously, during our presidency of the Security Council in February, we are planning to hold a meeting — specifically on 17 February — to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the implementation of the Minsk agreements, at which point we could talk about the situation in relation to a Ukrainian settlement. But today’s meeting is not about that at all. Recently, we have been faced with a very unusual situation even by the standards of our turbulent times. The deployment of Russian troops within our own territory, which has repeatedly occurred in various degrees in the past, has never before raised any show of concern. Troops and military personnel remain in their own areas of deployment and in barracks where they have always been, whether or not they are actually on the border.”
2022-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8960 (2022) · source
“Mr. Nebenzia (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We would like to thank Ms. DiCarlo for her briefing. First and foremost, I would like to thank those countries that conducted themselves properly and deemed it possible to vote against or abstain in the voting on the proposal of the United States to raise this topic for discussion today. One might have the impression that Russia fears discussing the Ukrainian situation and therefore put forward a procedural vote to block it. Russia is not refusing to discuss the situation in Ukraine, but we just do not understand what we are discussing in this Chamber today. Indeed, why are we here today?”
2022-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8960 (2022) · source
“If our American colleagues wish to add any information for the public concerning this, they will be able to do so at the planned February meeting. We urge all sensible members of the Council not to support this provocative proposal and to show a responsible attitude towards the Charter and the Security Council.”
2022-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8960 (2022) · source
“We urge all colleagues to adopt a position of principle and prevent the use of the forum of the Security Council to promote the propagandist beliefs of our colleagues. We would also like to remind the members of the Security Council that, in December 2021, the Russian delegation announced plans to hold the annual discussion on the situation in Ukraine during our presidency of the Council, which begins tomorrow. The seventh anniversary of the adoption of the package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements will provide us with an excellent opportunity to constructively demonstrate the Security Council’s commitment to resolution 2202 (2015) serving as the international legal foundation for the Ukrainian settlement. The event is scheduled for 17 February.”
2022-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8960 (2022) · source
“As we witnessed just a few days ago, its President requested Western countries not to generate unfounded hysteria about the deployment of Russian troops near the border, as it harms the Ukrainian economy. President Zelenskyy said that such panic was not needed. It apparently serves only those who hype up this topic — the myth of Russian aggression. I have before me statements by Ukrainian officials that there is no threat from Russia. For instance, the Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Minister of Defence, Mr. Reznikov, and the President, Mr. Zelenskyy, have explicitly said that they do not see the activities we are being told about today in the Council. I am not going to quote the full texts; we are prepared to circulate those statements to Council members later today.”
2022-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8960 (2022) · source
“Furthermore, the open format for discussion proposed by the United States on this extremely provocative topic makes this meeting a classic example of megaphone diplomacy aimed at the public. As we have all often said, diplomacy of that kind must be rejected. We do not think that it helps to unite the Council. On the contrary, we fully understand that our American colleagues wish to generate hysteria surrounding their own statements about the Russian acts of aggression allegedly being prepared, including in the Security Council. Colleagues are being put in an extremely difficult position. Such hysteria is particularly damaging to Ukraine itself.”
2022-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8960 (2022) · source
“Mr. Nebenzia (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): The Russian Federation requests a procedural vote on the proposal to hold today’s meeting on the initiative of the United States. In explaining its proposal to convene today’s meeting, the delegation of the United States underscored that it considers the deployment of Russian troops on Russian territory to be a threat to international peace and security. That is tantamount not only to unacceptable interference in the domestic affairs of our State but also an attempt to mislead the international community on the actual situation in the region and on the reason for current global tensions. We are essentially being asked to convene a Security Council meeting based on speculations and unfounded accusations that the Russian Federation has often and consistently refuted.”
2022-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8960 (2022) · source
“In this regard, marginalizing people will only push us further away from the aim of establishing peace. We hope that the Special Envoy will heed this advice and approach the issue in terms of updating the basis for settlement, keeping in mind the need to tweak the approach in the light of the objective realities on the ground. Of course, there is a need for constructive contributions from States of the region. Given the impact of the Yemeni conflict on the region-wide situation, including on the safety of navigation in the light of the recent maritime incident, and given the ongoing mistrust between the leading players, we would recall resolution 598 (1987) and other initiatives, including the Russian concept for collective security, all of which are initiatives aimed at fostering regional stability.”
2022-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8946 (2022) · source
“We call for unswerving compliance with the provisions of international humanitarian law and a swift and comprehensive rejection of those hostilities that destroy non-military infrastructure and cause civilian victims. This depiction of the situation, which Security Council members agree on, confirms the need for the speedy launch of a fully-fledged peace process in Yemen. A central role in this should be played by the United Nations. We support Hans Grundberg and trust that he will soon come up with specific proposals and a road map for settlement. For our part, we are convinced that success in a peace initiative will only be achieved if it takes into consideration the opinions of all segments of Yemeni society, from all faiths and political parties and forces in all regions of the country.”
2022-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8946 (2022) · source
“That is true throughout the territory of Yemen, both in areas under the Government’s control and areas under the control of Ansar Allah. We note the efforts of United Nations humanitarian agencies, especially OCHA, and the progress, albeit modest, made in organizing humanitarian access. No region of the country can be called stable or safe, including in terms of the availability of food or medical supplies. In this regard, we would remind all parties to the conflict of the need to provide humanitarian access to those in need and remove restrictions on access to food, medicine and other basic necessities in all regions of the country. Also of serious concern are the ongoing attacks on civilian facilities in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.”
2022-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8946 (2022) · source
“Mr. Nebenzia (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Yemen Hans Grundberg and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Ramesh Rajasingham for their comprehensive reports. We listened attentively to Ms. Ola Al-Aghbary. The new year did not bring with it prospects for a normalization of the situation in the country for Yemenis. There has been an increase in armed hostilities, in particular in Ma’rib and Shabwah governorates. Those clashes are fierce, and the number of victims has grown. Civilians, including in different Yemeni towns and cities, as well as refugees and internally displaced persons, remain especially vulnerable. The humanitarian situation has been on the brink of disaster for a long time.”
2022-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8946 (2022) · source
“In that context, we support mediation efforts on the basis of the principle of non-interference in internal affairs. The situation in Mali is undoubtedly a key factor in regional security. We stand ready to thoroughly consider proposals to expand assistance to the Joint Force of the Group of Five for the Sahel through the Security Council. We reaffirm our willingness to cooperate closely with Mali and all international players to stabilize the situation in the country and the region as a whole.”
2022-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8945 (2022) · source
“It is imperative that close cooperation and the coordination of action between the Malian parties and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali continue. We agree that there is a need to finalize adaptation measures for MINUSMA as soon as possible. We support the efforts of peacekeepers to mitigate intercommunal conflicts and protect civilians. We believe that decisions regarding the modalities for the deployment of MINUSMA, including its troop numbers, should be taken in consultation with Bamako. No one is stripping Malians of their responsibility. Malians have the primary role in overcoming the current difficulties. With regard to a resolution in Mali, we have always been guided by the principle of African solutions to African problems.”
2022-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8945 (2022) · source
“We believe that, despite all differences in the present circumstances, it would be reckless to leave the country to the vagaries of fate, including vis-à-vis the drawdown of military and economic assistance. Moreover, the imposition of sanctions in the context of the already difficult circumstances faced by Mali will considerably degrade the situation for its population. The stakes for security in Mali and in the region are far too high. In that connection, we are of the view that the Malian people have every right to look to other partners that are willing to work with them to strengthen security. Criticism of such action is hypocritical and disrespectful to a sovereign State.”
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“Against the backdrop of the unexpected reformatting of the French military presence in the country, as a result of which a number of key bases in the fight against terrorism in the region were shut down, the Malian forces must now single-handedly combat terrorist activity in those areas. In that connection, we are of the view that the Malian people are fully entitled to engage with other partners that are willing to cooperate with them to strengthen security. The hysteria surrounding the presence of the Russian company is yet another manifestation of double standards, for it is clear that the market for such services is monopolized by Western countries. We welcome the development by Malian authorities of a comprehensive strategy to stabilize the centre of the country.”
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