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Sergeyev

lines on the record: 322
first: 2009-11-18
most recent: 2015-06-05
sittings or episodes: 30
sources: un-security-council

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“I apologise for taking the floor again, but my country has been mentioned several times in the past few minutes. I will make a few comments on the so-called national dialogue on decentralization in Ukraine and the humanitarian situation. As my colleague said, yesterday morning we sent to all members of the Security Council - including the Russian Federation - information on the social and humanitarian situation in Donbas and the measures taken by the Government of Ukraine to meet the needs of the Ukrainian citizens in Donbas. Everything is contained in that paper, so I do not know why the Russian colleague has told the mistruth that we are not commenting on Ukraine's policy of inclusiveness. It is up to those present to decide. On mobilization, yes, we are in the process of reforming our army, which was fully destroyed in recent years.”
2015-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7365 (2015) · source
“That position was affirmed, inter alia, at the multilateral summit in Milan. We sincerely thank all our partners for their solidarity with us at this crucial time for Ukraine, Europe, the Security Council and the world. We thank those who have expressed strong support today for the release of the Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savachenko, who is illegally detained in Russia.”
2015-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7365 (2015) · source
“The beginning of the strict implementation of the document will create appropriate conditions for holding consultations of the trilateral contact group in the near future, and later the summit of Heads of State and Government to be held in Astana. We demand that the plan be finally implemented. As was stated by the President of Ukraine, Mr. Petro Poroshenko, despite the escalation of pressure and the activation of terrorists, Ukraine is ready to sign the ceasefire agreement, given our full adherence to the Minsk agreements. Ukraine is striving for peace. We still expect the same commitment to the Minsk agreements on the part of the Russian side. After all, it is the President of the Russian Federation who has repeatedly confirmed his adherence to the implementation of the Minsk agreements in their full scope and without exception.”
2015-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7365 (2015) · source
“On 13 November 2014, representatives of Ukraine and Russia signed a working document envisaging a clear schedule for the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk agreements, in particular concerning assurances of the bilateral ceasefire, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and return to the touch-line. The Russian side recalled its signature under that document. On 18 January, Ukraine once again reiterated its appeal to the Russian Federation and suggested that Russia should sign the timetable for the implementation of the Minsk agreements, as worded on 13 November 2014, and to ensure that the ceasefire would start on 19 January. We believe that it will allow us to immediately resume the ceasefire and to protect civilians from the attacks carried out by the militants in the region in the course of the past four months.”
2015-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7365 (2015) · source
“I do not have any intention of continually commenting on or of repeating the disinformation concerning the implementation of the Minsk agreements by my Government or the measures the Government of Ukraine has taken to meet the needs ofthe Ukrainian citizens in Donbas. Recently, we helped disseminate information on that issue to all members of the Security Council. Even despite the intensification of foreign aggression, Ukraine remains fully committed to a peaceful settlement of the crisis, which should be based on the Minsk agreements and on full respect for the territorial integrity, sovereignty and political unity of Ukraine. We have twice initiated a ceasefire and unilaterally adhered to it.”
2015-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7365 (2015) · source
“These amount to more than 8,000 troops. Are they on vacation, as we have heard many times in clarification from the Russian side? Do their families know where they are? (spoke in English) Russia officially denies sending troops, but the Russian families of troops killed tell a different story. What is this if not aggression? We again draw the Council's attention to the fact that the illegal armed groups intensified their attacks and shelling after receiving reinforcements from the territory of the Russian Federation, including in the form of Russia's so-called humanitarian convoys. We denounce the provocative statements made by Russian officials, who have tried to shift responsibility for violations onto Ukraine, including those which the Russian delegation has made to the Security Council today.”
2015-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7365 (2015) · source
“The build-up of Russian troops at the Ukrainian border has also increased and has now reached 50,000. With your permission, Mr. President, I would like to say a few words in Russian. (spoke in Russian) What is a battalion of the 76th Airborne Division from Pskov doing in the residential areas of Heorhiivka and Komachova? What is a battalion doing in the residential areas of Pobeda and Hryhorivka? (spoke in English) A battalion is around 400 or 500 men. (spoke in Russian) What is a separate air-assault brigade from Ulyanovsk doing in the area of Starobeshevo? There is a battalion from the 76th Motorized Brigade from Maikop and the 49th Brigade from Stavropol. What are armed units from Volgograd, Kaliningrad, Kostroma, Shilovo, Yurga, Aleysk, Gusinoozyorsk, Pecheneg, Sputnik, Novorossiysk, Tula, Naro-Fominsk and elsewhere in Ukraine?”
2015-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7365 (2015) · source
“As a result of the terrorists' lack of compliance with the ceasefire regime, during this period Ukraine has lost 237 military troops and at least 148 civilians. In contravention of the ceasefire regime, the shelling of Ukrainian positions has increased. In particular, in the past 10 days alone the total shelling has surpassed the numbers for the whole of the previous month. Since signing the Minsk agreements in September, the Russian side has significantly increased its military presence in Donbas and has filled the region with highly sophisticated heavy weapons. The terrorists recently announced that they have created their own air force. We presume that is a manoeuvre to cover up the future deployment and use of Russian military aircraft in action.”
2015-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7365 (2015) · source
“I would like to take this opportunity to express Ukraine's appreciation for the Council's strong condemnation of that terrorist act. My country is waging a war against terrorism. It is fighting on the front lines for such universal values as freedom, sovereignty and democracy. In the wake of the Minsk agreements of 5 and 19 September 2014, the President of Ukraine declared a ceasefire and began to implement all points, without exception, ofthe agreement signed by the representatives of Ukraine, Russia and the rebels. Despite the fact that they are signatories to the agreements, the Russian side and Russian-backed terrorists have persistently and brutally violated the Minsk provisions. With Russia's backing, and in breach of the Minsk arrangements, the illegal armed groups have occupied more than 550 square kilometres since September.”
2015-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7365 (2015) · source
“On 8 June, militants from the so-called Donetsk People's Republic tortured and killed eight priests and parishioners of the Protestant church in the Ukrainian city of Slovyansk. On 17 July, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17 was brought down from a zone controlled by the terrorists. Last week, on 13 January, terrorists fired on a passenger bus near the Ukrainian town of Volnovakha, killing 13 and wounding 15 Ukrainian civilians. The ongoing investigation of that tragic terrorist attack on civilians near Volnovakha, and the relevant conclusions of the Special Monitoring Mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, prove that the shelling was carried out from the north-north-eastern areas currently occupied by illegal armed groups.”
2015-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7365 (2015) · source
“As a result, it occupied and then annexed part of the sovereign territory of Ukraine, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. Sooner or later the Russian Federation will be brought to justice for that particular crime of aggression against Ukraine. As oftoday, the Russian Federation is continuing its military aggression in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine by sending military units into our territory, delivering heavy weapons to the local terrorist groups, training, equipping and financing mercenaries and waging an information war. That aggression is aimed at forcing my Government to change its constitutional and territorial order, thereby undermining the territorial integrity and political sovereignty of Ukraine. Every day of the past year has been traumatic for the Ukrainian people.”
2015-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7365 (2015) · source
“I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your effective leadership of the Council for the month of January. Since this is the first time my delegation has taken the floor this year, I would also like to congratulate the new members - Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela - on their election to the Council. I am grateful to you, Sir, for convening this meeting, and would also like to thank Under- Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing. It has been almost a year since the events of February and March 2014, when the Russian Federation manipulated two of the basic principles of the United Nations - the right to self-determination and the right to protection - in order to create a fake legal pretext for invading Ukraine.”
2015-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7365 (2015) · source
“I am asking about the position of the Russian leadership. Why, despite the promises, are huge amounts of armaments and personnel - around 49,000 people - still positioned along the Ukrainian border? This is about trust. How can we come back if we have lost confidence, if the Russian leadership - not our adviser to somebody, stating something - promised and and yet has failed to deliver? I will give the Council the figures. They are not secret because they come from different sources. Council members may brief their colleagues in any format convenient to them, but that is what we have from a variety of sources. The OSCE keeps demanding, under agreements to which the Russian Federation is party, information concerning those flanks, limits and excercises which Russia is obligated to report. What are the troops doing?”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“I too do not want to continue this dialogue because it is going nowhere. I would just remind our Russian colleague, citing one of the most famous Russian writers, Turgenev: (spoke in Russian) "There is one truth for everyone. Everyone has their own truth, but there is only one real truth." (spoke in English) The problem is that the Russian representative quoted two advisers to somebody, and raised the issue of trust. I do not have the quotation, but all of us remember that three or four times the Russian President promised the world community - the last time it was a decision * to withdraw those troops. That is why they are worrying about what is going on. We are worrying about where the armaments are coming from - from the regular Russian army or from somebody else in Russia? That is the question.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“We continue to demand that the Russian Federation stop backing illegal armed groups; immediately and strictly comply with the Minsk agreements by withdrawing its military forces and weaponry from the territory of Ukraine; establish joint customs and border control; release all Ukrainian hostages captured by Russian forces and their proxies; and stop its protracted military exercise in close vicinity to our borders. We continue to call on the Council to finally assume its Charter responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security in order to put an end to the Russian aggression against Ukraine.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“We call on Russia, the European Union and the United States to meet together in the Geneva format in order to send a clear and consolidated message as well as strong impetus to the parties concerned to strictly adhere to the letter and spirit of the Minsk agreements. However, we will not yield to Russia's attempts to compel implicit international recognition of the ring leaders of illegal entities in the Donbas by inviting them to this meeting.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“Illegal elections and continuous violations of the ceasefire regime by militants, as well as a sharp increase in the illegal supply of weapons and military equipment across the border by the Russian Federation, have seriously undermined the Minsk process towards a peaceful settlement. They undermine any trust placed in signatories who fail to keep their word. Nevertheless, Kyiv has confirmed its commitment to continuing to observe the ceasefire regime in line with the Minsk agreements, and called on all involved in the process to swiftly resume settlement efforts. We are seeking to make use of all possible mechanisms to forge a peaceful solution to the situation.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“We are very concerned by the approach of the Russian Federation that consists in manipulating peoples' right to self-determination. Once again, it has, as we saw in Crimea, only one priority - to feed separatism and create frozen conflicts in sovereign States that Russia treats as zones of national interest. That is why neither Ukraine nor the international community will ever recognize the illegal referendum in Crimea or the illegal pseudo-elections in certain areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, whatever their outcomes. The Ukrainian leadership has already expressed its deep concern over the violation of the Minsk agreements by Russia and the ring-leaders under its control in eastern Ukraine.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“What was agreed was signed and what was signed was published, including the OSCE press releases. Contrary to this, on 2 November Russian-backed terrorists held illegitimate elections for the so-called presidents and parliaments of illegitimate self- proclaimed entities in certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. These so-called elections were conducted in violation of Ukrainian legislation and international standards and contrary to the third and ninth articles of the Minsk protocol. By opting to recognize the illegal and illegitimate so-called elections in certain areas of Donbas, Russia has chosen time and again to violate the norms of international law and fundamental OSCE principles and commitments. It has chosen to act in breach of the Minsk agreements.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“We agreed in Minsk to adopt the Ukrainian law on provisional arrangements for local government in some areas of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts - the law on special status - and to ensure within the provisions of that law early local elections in some areas of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. The new law was adopted by the Ukrainian Parliament on 16 September. According to that law, local elections in some areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions were scheduled for 7 December and were intended to produce legitimate local self- governance that would make proper use of enhanced powers, engage in an inclusive national dialogue and ensure the reconstruction of Donbas, which has been severely damaged by the military activities of illegal armed groups. Ukraine rejects any rumours about alleged additional agreements on this issue.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“With the Mission's mandate set to expire on 23 November, we urge the Russian side to demonstrate a clear commitment to the peaceful resolution of the crisis in the eastern Ukraine by agreeing to allow OSCE observers to conduct their monitoring activities at all border crossings with Ukraine and along the entire length of the border in the area. That would contribute to establishing effective border verification by the OSCE, as foreseen in the Minsk agreements. Why is there such a stark difference in the approaches adopted by Ukraine and Russia to the role that the OSCE monitors can play in the current situation? Ukraine is open to transparent monitoring and control. Russia and its puppets are not. Let me turn to my third point.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“Russian-supported militants have not extended security guarantees to OSCE personnel in all areas that they control, and obstruct the Mission's monitoring activities. Moreover, in order to hide its violations, the Russian military uses cutting-edge electronic technology to jam OSCE drones, thereby disturbing monitoring efforts in the region in spite of the Minsk agreements. The Russian side has also refused tojoin the consensus on the proposed expansion of the mandate of the existing OSCE observation mission at two Russian border checkpoints to all Russian checkpoints along the 400-kilometre section of the border in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“They make every effort to avoid full-scale military actions and use weapons only to defend themselves against militants' attacks. Let me say very clearly that the only reason why open war has not started yet in the east of Ukraine is because of Ukraine's restraint. We remain committed to a peaceful settlement and the Minsk arrangements, and urge Russia to do the same. We agreed in Minsk that the OSCE would ensure the monitoring and verification of the ceasefire. We also agreed to that the OSCE would ensure the ongoing monitoring and verification of the Ukrainian-Russian border, and envisaged the creation of security zones in the border regions of Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Where are we with that? Ukraine has rendered all necessary assistance to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine to effectively implement its mandate.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“It was organized without seeking the official consent of the Ukrainian side, without completing the necessary border and customs procedures by the relevant Ukrainian authorities, and without coordinating with the International Committee of the Red Cross for its representatives to accompany the cargo, in breach of the national legislation of Ukraine and the agreements reached earlier. The latest so-called humanitarian convoys crossed the State border of Ukraine on 31 October and 2 and 4 November. We demand that the Russian Federation stop using the issue of humanitarian aid as a cover for delivering illegal supplies of troops, mercenaries and weapons to eastern Ukraine. Contrary to these hostile actions and Russian propaganda myths, Ukrainian forces are observing the ceasefire regime.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“Today, we have all the evidence we need to conclude that Ukraine is surrounded by a huge amount of armaments and troops. We demand that Russia explain here and now why it needs to maintain 200 tanks, 1,600 vehicles, 640 artillery units, 191 attack aircraft and 121 attack helicopters on our borders. Still, neither Ukraine nor the OSCE has received any kind of explanation. The illegal movement of cargo from the territory of the Russian Federation through the State border, which the Russian delegation today characterized as humanitarian aid, to the civilians of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, is also a matter of deep concern to Ukraine.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“This means that someone else besides the State has missiles, tanks and guns, and is supplying them to the illegal armed groups in Ukraine. It means that somebody else in Russia has attack aircraft and helicopters that are continually violating our State air border. The Russian delegation keeps saying that the Russian armed forces and military equipment have never crossed the borders of Ukraine. Does this mean that it is not the Russian Federation's border guard that controls its side of the Ukraine-Russia border, but someone else who is permitting the illegal crossing of military convoys? We have heard many times, here and from Moscow, about their readiness to withdraw the vast amount of arms and troops from the borders of Ukraine.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“Five trucks transported Grad systems. On 10 November, the OSCE spotted another convoy of 17 trucks that supplied the terrorists with 122-millimetre howitzers and radio-location stations. On the same day, a second convoy of trucks, three of which carried radio-location stations, illegally crossed the border. Yesterday, the OSCE recorded a convoy of 43 trucks in the eastern part of Donetsk. Five of these trucks carried 122-millimetre howitzers and five others carried Grads. A Pantsir-l anti-aircraft missile and gun system was spotted in the vicinity of the militants' checkpoint near the town of Novoazovsk. Illegal Russian convoys with heavy weapons are reported literally every day. The Russian delegation insisted today that its Government does not provide any military assistance to the separatists in Ukraine.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“Another clear indication of violation of the Minsk agreements is the large amount of heavy weaponry, along with personnel and fuel, that after 5 September illegally entered Ukraine from Russian territory. A dangerous shipment of illegal armament supplies from Russia to militants was observed by Ukraine and the OSCE in the past few days. On 6 November, Ukrainian authorities detected the large-scale movement of heavy weaponry from Russian territory to the town of Krasny Luch in Ukraine: two columns, including 32 tanks, 16 howitzers and 30 Kamaz trucks, with soldiers and ammunition. The OSCE confirmed on 8 November the movement of two columns of 50 fully loaded trucks. Almost every truck had an artillery mount in tow. On 9 November, the OSCE recorded a convoy of 17 trucks 15 kilometres to the east of Donetsk.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“Since 5 September, Ukrainian forces and civilians have been shelled over 2,800 times. A total of 131 Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and more than 568 have been wounded. At least 65 civilians lost their lives. Militants inspired by Russia are disregarding efforts to set up the touchline and continue to conduct offensive operations, trying to expand the area under their control. The large-scale recruitment and training of militants is taking place in the area of Donbas, which is temporarily out of Ukrainian Government control, as well as on the Russian side of the border. An offensive is expected in a number of locations along the touchline. We cannot exclude the possibility of an attempt to create a land corridor from Russia to temporarily occupied Crimea.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon, for his part, has expressed his disappointment and called upon the parties involved to fulfil their obligations. I agree with what my Russian colleague said earlier, that in Russian the word "truth" has no plural form but that the word "lie" does. In that regard, I wish to draw the Council's attention to a few major points concerning violations of the Minsk agreements. The first point is that we agreed in Minsk on an immediate bilateral ceasefire and the withdrawal of illegal armed groups, military equipment and fighters and mercenaries from the territory of Ukraine. What happened instead? In breach of all of the agreements, militants backed by Russian regular forces continue to shell the Ukrainian military as well as civilian locations, in particular using Grad and Smerch systems.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“The agreements reached at those meetings - a protocol and a memorandum dated 5 and 19 September, respectively - were supposed to become an important step towards a sustainable, mutually agreed ceasefire, a secure Russian/Ukrainian border and the return of peace and stability to eastern Ukraine, with the establishment of a special status zone, which is to be empowered with strong local self-government under Ukrainian law. The commitment to the implementation of the agreements was confirmed during the high-level meeting held in Milan on 17 October, in which the President of the Russian Federation participated. Despite their claims, the separatists and the Russian Federation, as their sponsor, continue to commit gross violations of the Minsk agreements.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“I should like to take this opportunity to thank all present for the solidarity that they have demonstrated today and in the past and for their constant support for our territorial integrity and the inviolability of our borders. Ukraine remains devoted to the settlement of the conflict through diplomatic means. The establishment of a Trilateral Contact Group of senior representatives of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Chairman-in-Office is aimed at finding a political and diplomatic solution to the crisis. The Group held several meetings, including those in Minsk, on 5 and 19 September.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“I wish to start by thanking all of the briefers for the information they brought back from the ground. I thank Mr. Toyberg-Frandzen and our colleagues the Ambassadors for their political observations. Ialso thank the Security Council forhaving responded to my letter of 7 November (S/2014/798) and convened today's meeting. In that letter, I drew the attention of the Council to the dangerously deteriorating security situation in the eastern part of Ukraine, which threatens our territorial integrity and shows a tendency to transform into a "frozen conflict", and thus continues to be a challenge to peace and stability in the whole of Europe and beyond.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“Ukraine, which decisively fights foreign-backed terrorists and itself faces direct aggression, shares the view that the terrorist group the Islamic State is a threat not only to Iraq and Syria, but also to the international community.”
2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source
“We also support implementation of the provisions of resolutions 2139 (2014) and 2165 (2014) to ensure the free access of humanitarian assistance to the affected population and the protection of medical personnel and United Nations humanitarian workers. Realizing the critical humanitarian situation in Syria, Ukraine has provided, through the relevant United Nations agencies, humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees. Ukraine has clearly expressed its position in the statement issued by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on 16 September on the results of the International Conference on Peace and Security in Iraq, held in Paris.”
2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source
“Ukraine condemns the ongoing violence and systematic violations of human rights in Syria. Ukraine takes a proactive stance on the Syrian issue. We supported General Assembly resolution 68/182, "Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic". The Ukrainian delegation took part in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th meetings of the Group of Friends of the Syrian People. Ukraine is concerned about the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Syria, where the total number of internally displaced persons exceeds 6.5 million, and almost 3 million refugees were forced to move to neighbouring countries. In that regard, we call on Syrian authorities to remove all bureaucratic barriers and other obstacles to the expansion of humanitarian aid operations.”
2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source
“We consider the unanimous adoption of resolution 2178 (2014) on the fight against foreign terrorists to be an important example of such responsibility, and call upon all Member States to support its full implementation. Ukraine supports the mission of Special Envoy Staffan dc Mistura, tasked with the Syrian crisis, as well as other initiatives brokered by influential international organizations, and calls on the parties to the conflict to rapidly and fully implement the Geneva agreements. Ukraine welcomes the cooperation of the Syrian Government with the overall aims of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons- United Nations Joint Mission to destroy the arsenal of chemical weapons. We are confident that the final removal of Syrian chemical weapons represents an important step for Syria and the whole Middle East region.”
2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source
“Ukraine considers the principles of the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative to be a key element of international efforts to reach a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement. Ukraine reaffirms its commitment to the universal principles and basic norms of international law, in particular strict observance of human rights, territorial integrity, inviolability of borders and State sovereignty. Ukraine stands for an immediate end to the bloodshed and calls on to maximize the use of political and diplomatic means to resolve the conflict. Ukraine proceeds from the fact that, according to the Charter of the United Nations, the primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security lies with the Security Council, and specifically its permanent members.”
2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source
“Ukraine is committed to a balanced and impartial position on the Middle East peace process, and is willing to develop stable and constructive relations with both Israel and the Arab States, including Palestine. On the issue of the Israeli-Palestinian settlement, Ukraine supports the principle of the coexistence of Israel and Arab states in peace and security. Ukraine welcomed the Israeli-Palestinian agreement on a ceasefire, which put an end to the killings among the civilian population and gave parties an opportunity to find diplomatic ways to solve their differences. The strategic outcome of the initiative is to create two States for two peoples that would coexist in peace and security, based on the expectations of the international community for a stable, democratic and prosperous Middle East.”
2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source
“First of all, let me join previous speakers in thanking you, Madam President, for organizing today's meeting of the Security Council devoted to the important issue of the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Ukraine very much appreciates and supports Argentina's initiative in organizing today's open debate. Ukraine is deeply concerned over the situation in the Middle East, and in the Palestinian territories in particular. It is our strong conviction that the solution to the question of Palestine should be based on the full implementation of the relevant Security Council resolutions, as well as the Madrid Peace Conference formula and the Oslo accords.”
2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source
“When we found out that it was Russia that took the initiative to convene today's Security Council meeting, we asked ourselves why. Having heard the same old rhetoric from the Russian side today, which denies any involvement in the crime and blames everyone but itself, I cannot help but remember the old saying that a guilty mind is never at ease.”
2014-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7269 (2014) · source
“We therefore urge both Russia and the Russian- controlled militants to comply with their commitments, including those undertaken in accordance with the Minsk protocol to ensure the success ofthe international mission to the crash site and the safety and security of international civil aviation flights. We expect that the final results of the investigation, the impartiality of which is beyond any doubt, will make it possible to affirm the real cause of the catastrophe and to establish the perpetrators of that brutal terrorist act in order to bring them to justice.”
2014-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7269 (2014) · source
“None of the provisions of the Minsk protocol of 5 September have been implemented by Russia. On a daily basis, we have been recording numerous ceasefire violations by Russian troops and the Moscow-controlled militants. In total, they have broken the ceasefire and shelled Ukrainian miltary and civilians 480 times since the truce started. As a result, 22 Ukrainian military personnel have been killed and 138 wounded. Russia continues its military build-up along the border with Ukraine, as well as in temporarily occupied Crimea. The Russian artillery and mortar shelling of the territory of Ukraine, which, inter alia, was confirmed by monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, have become a daily threat to Ukrainian servicemen and civilians on the ground.”
2014-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7269 (2014) · source
“We must therefore reiterate that the tragedy of Flight MH-17 would not have happened if militants had not acquired access to sophisticated Russian weapons, such as air-defence systems capable of hitting targets at high altitudes. Unfortunately, the tragedy of Flight MH-l7 has not taught Russia a good lesson. Moscow continues to deny that it is arming terrorists with heavy weaponry. All attempts by Russia to shift the responsibility for that terrible attack onto someone else do not withstand criticism. The Russian leadership persists in repeating the necessity of stopping the bloodshed, while it continues to contribute to the escalation of the conflict by supporting terrorists, sending in mercenaries and regular troops, violating Ukraine-Russia border and shutting Ukrainian troops out of their territory.”
2014-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7269 (2014) · source
“That adds to our conviction that Flight MH-l7 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. In the very first days after the crash, we submitted evidence we had collected that it was a Russian missile launched by Russian mercenaries. The Russian Federation continues to send powerful air defence systems to support militants in the east of Ukraine. Those facts are repeatedly recorded not only by Ukrainian intelligence, but also by intelligence agencies ofother countries. A recent fact is that militants received from Russia a Pantsir armoured rocket launcher that is capable of hitting targets at an altitude of 15 kilometres.”
2014-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7269 (2014) · source
“Ukraine remains committed to resolution 2166 (2014), calling for full respect for the ceasefire and for ensuring the security and safety of the international investigation in the immediate area surrounding the crash site. However, the illegal armed groups that control the crash site have been jeopardizing the efforts of the investigators. Before the international investigators arrived at the crash site for the first time, Russian-controlled militants had already been at work at the site - as it were, to clear it of evidence. They were not interested in revealing the truth, which could obviously be harmful to them and to those who support them. The preliminary report of the Dutch Safety Board establishes that external factors caused the accident of Flight MH-17.”
2014-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7269 (2014) · source
“Contrary to what the Russian representative said today about the late submission of materials and about the negotiations between the Board and air traffic control centres in Ukraine, 1 should remind the Council that a week after the crash, on 23 July, an international group of experts was provided electronic and paper records ofnegotiations between the flight crew and staff from the Lviv, Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk control centres involved in the air traffic control of the aircraft, as well as various types of radar materials. Most probably, that was mentioned by Ambassador Churkin at the end of August. With regard to the additional request made by the Netherlands, we provided additional materials involving the recordings of conversations between the flight crew and Ukrainian air traffic controllers.”
2014-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7269 (2014) · source
“In addition, the relevant Ukrainian authorities have been providing necessary support to the international mission in order to safeguard the investigation established by an agreement between Ukraine and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to facilitate the recovery of the remains of the victims and to conduct an investigation as called for by resolution 2166 (2014).”
2014-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7269 (2014) · source
“From the very first day of the tragedy, Ukraine has demonstrated its openness and commitment to transparent, inclusive international cooperation in order to establish the true cause of the crash. Following the adoption of resolution 2166 (2014), which Ukraine co-sponsored, and given the fact that the vast majority of the victims were citizens of the Netherlands, we transferred the right to investigate the air crash to the Dutch Safety Board. By so doing we contributed to ensuring a fair, objective and impartial investigation. The Dutch Safety Board is being assisted by experts from Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States, Russia, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the European Aviation Safety Agency and other parties concerned.”
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“Thank you, Madam President, for the opportunity to participate in the discussion of such an important issue for my country. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman and Mr. Frans Timmermans, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, for their briefings. Two days ago marked two months since a terrible tragedy in the Ukrainian sky took the lives of about 300 people. Nothing can heal the pain of that terrible loss. No words of condolence can soothe the families and friends of the victims of the tragedy. Our duty is to find the perpetrators of the crime and to hold them accountable, for the sake ofjustice, and to ensure that such tragedies will not happen in future.”
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