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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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“Igor Bezler, a military commander of a terrorist group based in Horlivka, is also a Russian citizen and a colonel in the Russian army, as he has publicly admitted. Who authorized those Russian citizens to represent the people of Donbass, to speak on their behalf and call on them to sacrifice their lives and kill their compatriots? On election day, 25 May, a pro-Russian insurgent group attacked a polling station in Novoaidar. As a result, one was killed and Ukrainian law enforcement detained a group of 13 people whose leader appeared to be a Russian citizen. Despite some hints of conciliatory rhetoric on the part of our Russian neighbour, which happens to be one of the permanent members of the Security Council, its aggression against a sovereign United Nations Member State has continued.”
2014-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7185 (2014) · source
“We have also raised the question about what hundreds of heavily armed Russian Cossacks are doing in Ukraine, particularly those from the Wolves Centurion, a group with a notorious Second World War past. They are not concealing their identity either; they have been operating in Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, and before that they were in Crimea. Another question is why most of the leaders of the illegal, self-proclaimed authorities in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions are Russian citizens. Aleksandr Borodai, the self-proclaimed prine minister of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic, is a Russian citizen from Moscow. Igor Strelkov Girkin, a military commander of terrorists in Sloviansk, is a Russian citizen and a Russian military intelligence special forces officer.”
2014-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7185 (2014) · source
“In the light of what is happening now on the Russian-Ukrainian border and in the region, we are taking that with a grain of salt. On 21, 24 and 26 May, dozens of armed people attacked Ukraine's borders from the Russian side. Forty vehicles carrying armed personnel attempted to break through the Ukrainian frontier. We have still not had a reasonable answer from the Russian side to the question of what hundreds of men from the Chechen battalion are doing in Ukraine. They are not concealing their identity; they speak freely with reporters and admit that they have come from Russia to protect interests. What interests are Chechens going to protect in Ukraine? Those of the Greek Orthodox or of Slav ethnicity?”
2014-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7185 (2014) · source
“According to the statement of preliminary findings and conclusions by the special monitoring mission, which can be found on the web page of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), serious problems were found in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, including intrusions into district electoral commissions and their eviction and closure by armed groups, and intimidation of election officials, which included abductions, death threats, forced entry into private homes, seizure of equipment and election materials, and the shooting of a candidate proxy. "These illegal actions constituted an attempt to prevent the election [and] deny citizens the fundamental right to freely participate and elect their chosen representatives." After the election, Kremlin officials promised to respect the choice of the Ukrainian people.”
2014-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7185 (2014) · source
“At the same time, citizens of Ukraine living in the occupied peninsula were given the opportunity to vote at polling stations in Kherson, which is close to Crimea, or at any other polling station in Ukraine. The complex security situation in Donetsk and Luhansk significantly undermined the election process in those cities.”
2014-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7185 (2014) · source
“Among his top priorities is to achieve stabilization and reconciliation of the eastern regions of Ukraine, which suffered from Russian propaganda and illegal activities of Russian insurgents and mercenaries. The President-elect has already announced that he plans to visit the Donbass region immediately after his inauguration, a clear signal to all in eastern Ukraine that their voices will be heard as long as they are peaceful. The 2014 presidential campaign was conducted at a time of social and political tensions, security challenges that Ukraine is facing for the first time in its modern history. Unfortunately, owing to the occupation of the territory of the autonomous republic of Crimea, it was impossible to set up electoral commissions and conduct the presidential election there.”
2014-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7185 (2014) · source
“Where are all the phantom supporters of succession or of the federalization of Ukraine, when almost 90 per cent of the voters from all regions of the country, including occupied Crimea, cast their ballots for the candidates that stand for a unified Ukraine and its European integration? All participants in the presidential campaign acknowledged that it had been democratic and legitimate. Mr. Petro Poroshenko received major support in all regions of Ukraine, including the eastern and southern regions, which confirms the strong will of the whole population of Ukraine for unity of the nation. The President-elect secured full legitimacy to fulfil his mandate on behalf of the entire Ukrainian nation.”
2014-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7185 (2014) · source
“On 25 May, the people confirmed their readiness to protect their native land from existing external threats and their desire for peace and a European future, as well as an absolute rejection of Russian aggression. The vast majority of Ukrainian citizens - from all regions of the country, including occupied Crimea - participated in the vote at more than 90 per cent ofthe country's polling stations, thereby confirming the full representativeness and legitimacy of their will. It is important that the election results crushed all anti-Ukraine propaganda cliches. Were all the Ukrainian fascists or Nazis, when the so-called "ultra-nationalist" candidates gained minimum support in the elections?”
2014-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7185 (2014) · source
“Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting on the current situation in Ukraine. I thank Mr. Feltman, Under-Secretary- General, for his briefing. I thank all Council members for supporting the elections held by Ukraine on 25 May and for the kind recommendations and encouragement to the new Government and President-elect regarding their plans in consolidating Ukraine. I thank the Council for sharing assessments of the elections, which coincide with the assessments of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), one of the largest observer commissions. The OSCE stated that the presidential elections in Ukraine on 25 May were free, democratic and held in full conformity with national legislation and international standards. It has become an historic success of the Ukrainian people and their democratic State.”
2014-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7185 (2014) · source
“My country commends the efforts of States that have reaffirmed their commitment to guarantee the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and counts on their support and engagement for those commitments to be further fulfilled. We still count on their support, because my country will never agree to recognize the deliberate annexation of a part of its territory by the Russian Federation.”
2014-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7169 (2014) · source
“The Russian Federation's deliberate aggression against Ukraine and its annexation of Crimea, as well as its support for the separatist groups operating in the eastern regions of Ukraine, has provoked an imbalance in the existing international security system. Today we have a situation where the Russian Federation is undermining the NPT regime not only by violating the Budapest Memorandum but also by violating the Non-Proliferation Treaty itself. At the same time, Ukraine considers the NPT a cornerstone of the global non-proliferation regime and an essential basis for achieving the objectives of nuclear disarmament.”
2014-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7169 (2014) · source
“Moreover, Ukraine has undertaken and successfully fulfilled additional obligations within the Nuclear Security Summit framework by eliminating all its stockpiles of highly enriched uranium. Ukraine's decision to remove all nuclear weapons from its territory and to accede to the NPT as a non-nuclear-weapon State was adopted under strict conditions. In the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, the United States of America, the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom not only welcomed Ukraine's actions, but also established their commitment to respect the independence, sovereignty and existing borders of Ukraine.”
2014-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7169 (2014) · source
“That is why, in November 2013, in Kyiv, the Government of Ukraine, in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs and the Conflict Prevention Centre of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, held a regional workshop on the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004). The resolution is an international legally binding instrument that addresses the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and that has played a crucial role in global and regional non-proliferation efforts. I would like to underline that the existing global non-proliferation regime is based on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Ukraine became a member of the Treaty 20 years ago. Since then, Ukraine has been thoroughly implementing all the provisions of that document.”
2014-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7169 (2014) · source
“The work is ongoing, with the goal of enhancing the efficiency of radiation monitoring systems along Ukraine's national borders. At the beginning of 2014, such systems had been installed at 57 checkpoints. Eventually, there are plans for their installation at 150 checkpoints. The use of mobile radiation-monitoring systems that provide monitoring of "green borders" is also being expanded. In June 2013, Kyiv held a meeting of the interagency expert working group on countering the threat of the proliferation of weapons and materials of mass destruction and related terrorist threats and on protecting State infrastructure critical to supporting life. International and regional cooperation among States is a crucial step towards achieving the key objectives of resolution 1540 (2004).”
2014-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7169 (2014) · source
“A State plan has been approved that provides for interaction among central and local authorities in the event acts of sabotage involving nuclear facilities, nuclear materials and other sources of ionizing radiation during their use, storage or transportation, as well as on nuclear waste in the process of treatment. A common tactical and special training session was held to test the capabilities involved in ensuring the physical security and anti-terrorist security of nuclear power plants in Ukraine. In October 2013, Kyiv hosted a joint training session on combating acts of nuclear terrorism for law enforcement officials and other central authorities of Ukraine and Belarus, aimed at improving the professional abilities and skills of relevant experts in nuclear and radiological terrorism resistance.”
2014-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7169 (2014) · source
“I would like to thank the delegation of the Republic of Korea for convening this important meeting today. Ukraine welcomes the tenth anniversary of resolution 1540 (2004) and the forthcoming 2016 comprehensive review as important milestones and as opportunities to identify realistic goals for the future. Ukraine attaches great importance to the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004) and the subsequent resolutions 1673 (2006) and 1810 (2008). We participate actively in projects to advance the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. In March 2013, Ukraine approved the concept of combating terrorism, including nuclear terrorism. Measures to respond to the threat ofterrorism are being implemented on a permanent basis. Nine anti-terrorist exercises have been carried out.”
2014-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7169 (2014) · source
“It also has to condemn all terror and violence committed by those groups and to disassociate itself from such activities. Thirdly, it should stop its war-like rhetoric and start to act in a constructive and civilized manner. Last, but not least, Russia must refrain from any actions aimed at undermining the 25 May presidential elections in Ukraine. We call on the Security Council to give the most serious assessment of the actions and statements by Russia regarding Ukraine, and to take the most decisive steps to stop its aggressive appetite and to protect Ukrainian territorial integrity, which has been challenged once again.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7165 (2014) · source
“One of the main purposes of that scenario is to disrupt the presidential elections scheduled for 25 May, which are a top priority for the Government and for the people of Ukraine. Let me sum up my statement by making some short conclusions. Twelve days have already passed since the Geneva meeting. Ukraine has done its utmost to de-escalate the situation. Our steps have been acknowledged and supported by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and other parties involved. Russia has done nothing. How should the problem be solved? The answer is simple: Russia has to implement the Geneva agreements. First, Russia should withdraw its army from Ukraine's borders. Secondly, it should make a high-level statement calling on its prote'ges to free all hostages, to disarm and to vacate all seized administrative premises.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7165 (2014) · source
“We have already seen that step taken in Donetsk, Slovansk and Kharkiv, against the will of the vast majority of the local population and against the Ukrainian Constitution. Step two: the Russian Federation would immediately recognize such a regional unit as an independent State. Step three: upon a request from the newly self- proclaimed authorities, the Russian Federation would send its troops to Ukraine under the guise of peacekeepers or collective self-defence. Unfortunately, I must say that such a scenario is realistic, as it has been reported that some Russian heavy military vehicles had been spotted near Ukraine's borders bearing signs indicating "Peacekeeping Mission" in the Russian and Ukrainian languages, exactly as happened in Abkhazia.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7165 (2014) · source
“The highest level of cynicism is the Russian reference to the right of self-defence in a situation in which it is Russia that is acting as aggressor, having occupied Crimea, as is brutally interfering in the internal affairs of Ukraine, destabilizing it and trying to create an explosive situation in the eastern regions. Unfortunately, we are deeply concerned that the scenario that is prepared for eastern Ukraine might be similar to the one implemented by Russia in Abkhazia. That scenario might include several steps. Step one: a small group of local separatists, supported by Russian-controlled armed groups, would seize control over regional councils and make them illegally proclaim the creation ofa so-called independent Novorossiya within the boundaries described by President Putin at his recent press interview.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7165 (2014) · source
“My British colleague has given us information about the strange statement by our Russian partner here, who said that, in case of events taking a bad turn in Ukraine's south-east, Russia would remember the provision to use armed forces in Ukraine given to President Vladimir Putin by the Federation Council. He also said that Russia had an international legal basis for sending its peacekeeping troops into Ukraine. And he referred to the right to self-defence under Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, which Russia used during the conflict in the Caucasus in 2008. The right to self-defence on the territory of another country? Let me remind him that Ukraine has never threatened Russia, and never will. Ukrainians want to live in peace and to be left alone.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7165 (2014) · source
“Last week, we all heard intensified militaristic rhetoric from senior Russian officials, including President Putin, Minister Lavrov and Minister Shoigu, threatening to send Russian troops into the territory of Ukrain under various pretexts. Defence Minister Shoigu reported the start of new military exercises by battalion tactical groups from the southern and western military districts of the Russian armed forces in connection with "the deteriorating situation in southeastern Ukraine". With that the Russian side has in fact confirmed that its military activity near the Ukrainian border in the past month has not been routine in nature, but directly related to the developments in Ukraine. Unfortunately, the withdrawal of troops announced by Minister Shoigu yesterday has not come true. We still observe those troops near our borders.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7165 (2014) · source
“However, President Putin now openly admits the use of Russian military forces and praises them for their heroism and the successful completion of the operation aimed at the reunification of Crimea with Russia. They have even issued a special medal of honour. And now, in spite of numerous irrefutable facts concerning Russian military involvement in organizing and guiding illegal armed groups in eastern Ukraine, Moscow denies any Russian military participation just as hard. Furthermore, Russia is now threatenting to use force, as demonstrated by its concentration of armed forces directly on the eastern border of our country. The number of units along Ukraine's borders has increased.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7165 (2014) · source
“The true identity of the Russian agent has been established as Colonel Igor Girkin of Russian military intelligence, who is registered as a permanent resident of Moscow. The Government of Ukraine strongly condemns the aforementioned acts of terror and violence, including yesterday's attempt to assassinate the Mayor of Kharkiv, Hennadiy Kernes, who publicly supported the unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine. Unfortunately, Russia has not even publicly condemned or dissociated itself from those acts of terror and violence perpetrated by illegal militants since the Geneva agreement. I would like to remind the Council that Russia used to deny that its armed forces participated in the occupation of Crimea.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7165 (2014) · source
“Today, some ofthose crimes have been described. Among them was the brutal story of Volodymyr Rybak, a member of Horlivka's City Council, and Yuriy Popravko, a l9-year-old activist from Kyiv, who were martyred by members of terrorist groups. Their bodies, mutilated by torture, were found in the Torets River in the vicinity of Sloviansk. Volodymyr Rybak disappeared on 17 April in Horlivka after he tried to remove the separatists' flag from the building of Horlivka City Council. A video of the kidnapping, as well as audio recordings of phone conversations intercepted by Ukraine's Security Service, provided sufficient proof that terrorist leaders, notably the self-proclaimed mayor of Sloviansk, Vyacheslav Ponomaryov, and the military commander of the terrorists, the Russian agent Igor Strelkov, were involved in the murder.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7165 (2014) · source
“In contrast to the demand voiced in many of the statements in the Council today that those hostages be released, the Russian Federation, as might be expected, made no such demand; nor have its leaders in Moscow. What is important is that the leaders of the illegal armed groups have publicly admitted responsibility for all the aforementioned crimes * even on television. Many members of the illegal militant groups are citizens of the Russian Federation, and they are not even trying to hide it, publicly displaying their identification. We recently read an article in The New York Times in which the Kuban Cossack Mozhaev declared his presence and that of an armed group from his region, which we had noticed in Crimea as well. Ukrainian law-enforcement agencies have credible evidence of these persons' involvement in serious crimes.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7165 (2014) · source
“I will list some facts. Three Ukrainian law- enforcement officers were abducted, brutally beaten, tortured and later presented to the Russian media as Ukrainian spies, blindfolded and with their hands tied. Ukrainian and foreign journalists are being systematically kidnapped, while Russian journalists are allowed to operate in the areas controlled by the illegal armed groups. A military helicopter was destroyed with a man-portable air defence (MANPAD) guided missile. It should be understood that peaceful protesters cannot buy MANPADs in shops. Representatives of the military verification mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) were taken hostage in Sloviansk. The detention by force of international observers is yet another testament to the criminal and terrorist nature of the separatist armed groups.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7165 (2014) · source
“Any attempts by Russia to show that the Ukrainian Government is trying to use force against the peaceful Ukrainian population are lies. Our Government respects freedom of expression and the right to peaceful assembly, which are guaranteed by the Constitution of Ukraine. However, when heavily armed, professionally trained groups led by Russian military seize law-enforcement facilities and administrative offices, kill Ukrainian police officers and take hostages, they are operating like terrorists and must be treated accordingly. Ukrainian counter-terrorism operations are targeted exclusively at illegal armed groups threatening civilians. Meanwhile, the Russian-controlled army groups are in fact holding the entire civilian population of several towns in the eastern region hostage and have thus transgressed the bounds of humanity.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7165 (2014) · source
“What has Russia done for its part of the Geneva document? It has done nothing. Because of the lack of support for the separatists among the population of eastern Ukraine, Russia is seeking new ways to destabilize the situation in the region, preparing and carrying out numerous armed provocations through its agents. Russian-sponsored illegal paramilitary units have continued to destabilize the situation in eastern Ukraine, preparing the ground for a new stage of military aggression. The Russian leadership has done nothing to publicly dissociate itself from the armed separatists and provocateurs or to urge them to immediately lay down their arms and release captured administrative buildings. Russia has not even condemned the seizure of hostages, including journalists, or separatists' open acts of xenophobia and anti-Semitism.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7165 (2014) · source
“A draft law on amnesty for participants in the uprisings in the eastern regions has been prepared and would apply to those protesters who surrender their weapons and evacuate illegally seized administrative buildings, except for those suspected of committing serious crimes. The parliamentary coalition has invited all political parties represented in the Ukrainian Parliament to sign a memorandum of understanding on ways to resolve the situation in eastern Ukraine. The Minister of Internal Affairs and Security Services has continued implementing a nationwide campaign to seize illegal arms from the population, and more than 6,000 weapons have been handed over recently. Ukraine is demonstrating its commitment to constructive cooperation with human-rights institutions and international organizations.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7165 (2014) · source
“In order to implement the Geneva statement for the de-escalation of the situation in the eastern regions of Ukraine, the Government of Ukraine immediately took the necessary practical steps. Within just one week, the Government suspended the active phase of its anti-terrorist operation, whose main objective was the restoration of law and order and the protection of civilians. It initiated constitutional reform. It approved the concept of local administrative reform, whose main principles are decentralizing power in the country, significantly empowering local communities and improving management at the regional and district levels.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7165 (2014) · source
“I thank you for convening this meeting, Madam President, and for the opportunity to address the Security Council. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing, and all the members of the Council for their statement. It has been a month since Russia illegally occupied and annexed Crimea, using its military forces and brutally violating international law. Unfortunately, Russia has not stopped there, and apparently its leaders are now targeting other parts of Ukraine and brazenly interfering in its internal affairs. The agreements reached at the Geneva meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Ukraine, the Russian Federation, the United States and the European Union on 17 April provided a faint beam of hope for a diplomatic solution.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7165 (2014) · source
“It is a shame that neither he nor his deputies attended the Security Council's meeting with the delegation from the Crimea, led by the well- known human rights champion Mustafa Dzhemilev, who spent 15 years in Soviet prisons for defending the rights of his people. He said what I said when I repeated his words, which the Russian Ambassador called lies and provocations. So the Crimean Tartars will now hear that the Russians consider their position to be mere lies and provocations. I have no further comment, because everything said to date consists yet again of manipulation and distortion in a style we are all familiar with. I think Council members for their attention, their support and their patience.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7157 (2014) · source
“Mr. Sergeyev (Ukraine) (spoke in Russian): I have come to realize that it is sometimes useless to comment on certain things, since our Russian colleagues will stand by their opinion and represent the situation the way they want, regardless. That is the reason for the virtual reality that our Russian colleagues have constructed, where they live in their own world while everyone else says the same thing. Whether Mr. Churkin wants to or not, he will have to take part in a discussion of the issue of Crimea because it is Ukrainian territory. It may be temporarily occupied, but until it is returned we will discuss it. We have seen the entire world lend its support for Ukraine on this subject. It is a shame that the Russian Ambassador should use such language as "lies" and so forth when commenting on his colleagues' words.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7157 (2014) · source
“We greatly appreciate the role the United Nations is playing in normalizing the situation in Ukraine, and we are ready to enhance our cooperation with its human rights bodies in order to give proper consideration to human rights issues in implementing our wide-ranging reforms. Those reforms are aimed at ensuring the rule of law, developing a democratic, pluralistic society, eliminating corruption, complying with social standards and protecting the rights of minorities. The real watershed in this process will be the presidential elections to be held in Ukraine on 25 May. We are determined to have them whatever the circumstances, and to make them the most transparent elections in the history of independent Ukraine. I thank the Council for its support and understanding.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7157 (2014) · source
“The only way Ukraine can cope with those problems is to dramatically change its inherited status quo in order to build an open, democratic civil society. The newly formed Parliament and Government of Ukraine have repeatedly stated their commitment to reforms designed to eliminate those vestiges of the past, and we are grateful to the authors of the report for noting positive trends in the new Ukrainian authorities' activities that indicate their willingness to ensure a break with past injustices and elaborate a new vision of Ukraine's future. The action plan for the Government presented by the new Cabinet covers the problems of each and every region of Ukraine. It focuses on the practical needs of the population, including ethnic minorities. What we need, in order to achieve those goals, is to be left in peace by Russia.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7157 (2014) · source
“United Nations experts have stated clearly that a number of human rights violations in other parts of Ukraine were a legacy of the previous Government, which became one of the main reasons that caused the Ukrainian mass protests that took place from November 2013 to February 2014. The reasons posing a challenge for decades to human rights in Ukraine generally, and in its eastern and southern regions in particular, are well known, that is, poverty, a high level of child mortality, unemployment and dangerous working conditions, especially in the coal-mining industry. As a result, basic human rights and principles outlined in the Constitution of Ukraine were not always respected in my country.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7157 (2014) · source
“Those armed groups are strongly supported by the Russian special operations force units, illegally infiltrated into the territory of Ukraine. My Russian colleague mentioned today that the the first blood has been spilled in eastern Ukraine, that of five Ukrainian peace enforcement officers who were killed in a well-prepared attack overseen by the Russian officer Ihor Strielkov.The Council can find detailed information on the website of the Ukrainian Secret Service: www.sbu.gov.ua. It is in that light that we look forward to the mission's next report, which will focus on eastern Ukraine.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7157 (2014) · source
“Ukraine is surprised that the only criticism of the peace enforcement operation in Ukraine comes from the Russian Federation. The Council will recall that this country is one of the most frequent users of counter- terrorism tools against its citizens. I would like to draw the Council's attention to the fact that Russia uses the same strategy in all counter-terrorism operations: if the enemy does not surrender, it is stormed at any cost. Dozens of examples could be given. The enforcement operation in Ukraine is being undertaken to protect people and to restore law and order in some regions of Ukraine. The operation is targeted exclusively at armed groups who are committing acts of a criminal nature, including the seizure of administrative buildings, police and military facilities and airports.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7157 (2014) · source
“In that respect, we welcome the intention of the United Nations monitoring mission to establish its sub-office in Simferopol. Mindful of the provisions of General Assembly resolution 68/262, entitled "Territorial integrity of Ukraine", is is alarming that - along with an analysis of recent developments and factors in the eastern regions of Ukraine - the document reports on external interference in the situation, in particular the participation in the protests and clashes by individuals who arrived from Russia. At the Security Council meeting held on Sunday, 13 April (see S/PV.7154), we gave some facts about such interference. One can find much more evidence by visiting the official site of the Ukrainian Secret Service.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7157 (2014) · source
“Particular attention is rightly given to violations of the rights of the inhabitants of the peninsula under the Russian occupation. The most vulnerable communities in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea are considered to be the Crimean Tartars and Ukrainians, who were intimidated and forced to leave their homes because of the lack of a safe environment and the oppression of their rights and freedoms. Tartar leaders consider the situation as the third act of genocide against their ethnic group in the past century. Given the ongoing systematic violations of human rights on the Crimean peninsula, the Ukrainian side insists that the situation in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea should remain under the radar of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and its mission and other international monitoring mechanisms.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7157 (2014) · source
“Those who rescued him were from the Right Sector - precisely the forces that Russia has consistently accused of demonstrating extreme intolerance towards it. Mr. Tsarev openly thanked the representatives of that group for rescuing him. This story was broadcast widely by Ukraine's main news channels. Russian television channels showed only part of that interview. We have the full version on a disk and will give it to our Russian colleagues. We call on the States Members of the United Nations to take close note of the human rights violations detailed in the report before and during the Crimea pseudo-referendum of 16 March. The include harassment, arbitrary arrests, torture, violations of the freedom of expression, media freedom, access to information and the protection of journalists.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7157 (2014) · source
“Today our Russian colleague also touched upon the case concerning Mr. Tsarev and Mr. Dobkin as candidates in the presidential election. I am authorized to say that we condemn all forms ofviolence, especially when it concerns opposition leaders and candidates for President. In that context, work must be done by the police, who are obliged to carry out a proper investigation and to submit it to the court. Today, the Ukrainian Parliament considered those cases, and we expect that they will be assessed and that the Office of the Prosecutor will then comment. I would also like to note something interesting in that situation. Coupled with the aggressive actions against Ukraine, that situation cannot be excluded as provocation from our opponents. I point out that Mr. Tsarev was attacked by unknown assailants.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7157 (2014) · source
“Perhaps you were confused, indicating Ukraine instead of Russia, where Jewish organizations have documented the growth of anti-Semitism last year. "We were and still we are being frightened by the fact that Bandera followers and fascists are rushing to power in Ukraine, and we should expect the Jewish pogroms. Yes, we are aware that political opposition and the social powers that achieved positive changes in the executive branch of the country are made up of different groups. The nationalists are among them, but even the most marginal of them do not allow themselves to express anti-Semitism and other forms of xenophobia. And what we know is that our nationalists are under the control of civil society and the new Government of Ukraine, which is not the case with the Russian neo-Nazis, who are encouraged by your secret services".”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7157 (2014) · source
“Russian language television and radio programmes in Ukraine consists of about 74 per cent of the total broadcasts in Ukraine. The Russian Permanent Representative today stated that there was growing anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism in Ukraine. And the Russian side is concerned about the fact that this is not reflected in today's human rights report. Allow me to quote some excerpts from the joint letter addressed not long ago to Russian President Vladimir Putin by an association made up of 266 Jewish organizations in Ukraine. "The speculation about the violent Ukrainization and the prohibition to speak in Russian, which was always stressed in the Russian media, should remain on these authors' conscience. Mr. President, your confidence expressed on the growth of anti-Semitism in Ukraine does not meet the real facts.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7157 (2014) · source
“These figures are based on the report of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's High Commissioner on National Minorities, dated March-April 2009. I ask members to please compare the figures. On secondary schools, there are no Ukrainian secondary schools in the Russian Federation for at least 2 million people. In Ukraine, there are 101,256 Russian secondary schools. On publications, seven Ukrainian newspapers are published at the expense of the local authorities and Ukrainian organizations of the Russian Federation. Financial support at the federal level is not provided to ensure the information needs of the Ukrainian community in the Russian Federation. There are 1,176 newspapers published in the Russian language in Ukraine. On broadcasting, there is only one Ukrainian broadcast radio programme in Russia.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7157 (2014) · source
“At the same time, we hope that the other Government mentioned in the report will also take specific actions to stop and prevent human rights violations. The document strongly rejects the allegations of violations of the rights of Russian minorities in Ukraine, which were used as a reason for Russia's military aggression against our country and the annexation of Crimea, which was declared illegal by the General Assembly. My Russian colleague stated today that the Russian language is in danger in Ukraine. Let me give the Council some comparative figures on the situation concerning the protection of the language rights of the several million Ukrainians in the Russian Federation and the Russians in Ukraine.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7157 (2014) · source
“I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting of the Security Council to discuss the report on the human rights situation in Ukraine. I am grateful to Assistant Secretary-General Ivan Simonovic' for presenting the report today. Today's meeting is being held with the following fact on everyone's mind: it is only because ofthe Russian military aggression, which should be unimaginable in the twenty-first century yet is unfolding in plain sight, that the situation in Ukraine has emerged on the Council's agenda. Ukraine welcomes the publication of the report, which reflects the situation in my country in the field of human rights objectively enough. Unlike the previous Administration, the new Government in Ukraine is willing and ready to embrace recommendations aimed at promoting human rights and the rule of law in our country.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7157 (2014) · source
“Churkin to listen to that and convey what he can to his Government. (spoke in English) I am sincerely thankful to the members of the Security Council who spoke in favour of a peaceful resolution of the problems in Ukraine. I am sincerely thankful for that. I also thank the members of the Security Council for understanding the critical situation in Ukraine and for any kind of support they can provide.”
2014-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7154 (2014) · source
“He stated: (spoke in English) "Those not involved in shooting at Ukrainian law enforcement officers and who will surrender their weapons and leave State administrative buildings will be released from prosecution." (spoke in Russian) Why do they not call their people and tell them to come back, sit down around the negotiating table and decide together how we can establish good neighbourly relations? That would be the right thing to do. The Government mentioned the referendum, changes to the Constitution, the retention of the language law and the fact that the problems that have cropped up over the decades and remained unsolved by previous Governments needed to be addressed at last. That is something that we need to do, but we are being prevented from doing so. I would like Mr.”
2014-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7154 (2014) · source