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  1. “We wish to build cooperation based on the principles of international law, the rejection of confrontation and an embrace of lasting solutions reached purely through political and diplomatic means, in line with the provisions and aims of the United Nations Charter.”

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  2. “With regard to preventive action and to overcoming threats, we are prepared to tap into our significant potential by uniting the efforts of the CSTO and the relevant United Nations structures in the area of security and, above all, in peacekeeping and combating new challenges and threats. This year we commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on Collective Security and the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of the organization. This year’s anniversary is welcomed by the CSTO as a body that views itself as an effective international organization that, on a collective basis, protects member States from existing security threats. We reaffirm our commitment to developing friendly and mutually acceptable relations with third countries and international organizations to maintain peace and stability.”

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  3. “The ongoing expansion in recent years of troop formations, military infrastructure and military activity near the western border of CSTO member States, coupled with the lack of progress in reaching a peaceful settlement in eastern Ukraine, has led to a situation on the verge of spiralling into military hostilities. We very much trust that the parties to the negotiating process will be able to find acceptable solutions to the issue and stop the deployment of military activities. It is clear that the challenge posed by regional conflicts will not dissipate, which poses a permanent threat to international peace.”

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  4. “Of course, the list of tasks performed by the organization is a much longe one, and the spike in international tensions and the recent negative trend in the area of global and regional security are exacerbating current challenges and create new challenges for our countries. In our work, we pay particular attention to our southern borders, where Afghanistan remains a long- term ongoing source of danger, in the light of the unfolding socioeconomic and humanitarian disaster resulting from the situation in the country, the terrorist threat and the risk posed by drug trafficking continue to rise. There has also been an unprecedented increase in tension on our western front, so to speak, in Eastern Europe.”

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  5. “I would like to assure the members of the Security Council, the Secretary-General and all participants in today’s meeting that the CSTO has genuine potential and capacity, including peacekeeping capacity that, if necessary, could be used to foster the maintenance of international peace and security. Of course, we are seeking the broadest cooperation possible with the relevant United Nations structures and departments. I have touched upon a few areas of the CSTO’s work where, in our opinion, we can and should expand our cooperation with the United Nations and other organizations and countries.”

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  6. “It is important to note that the objective of eliminating the threat to security and stability was swiftly achieved. I would like to underscore that the goal of the operation was achieved, in large part, thanks to the moral and political support provided to the Republic of Kazakhstan by its CSTO allies, and thanks to the clear, coordinated actions of the peacekeepers. They arrived swiftly and left immediately once the operation ended. We welcome the fact that, throughout the entire operation, no shots were fired by our peacekeepers — not one shot. The peacekeeping units were used purely to protect essential infrastructure facilities and to prevent a humanitarian disaster.”

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  7. “The operation was conducted at the request of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, in line with articles 2 and 4 of the Treaty on Collective Security and the agreement on the CSTO peacekeeping activity. It attests to the legitimacy of, and compliance with, the agreement, which was ratified by members of parliament of the States of our organization. Furthermore, the operation was fully in line with the political and international legal principles of the United Nations. In line with the requirements under Article 54 of the Charter of the United Nations and article 4 of our Agreement, the Secretary-General of the United Nations was swiftly informed by letter about the operation. That was the first case of CSTO peacekeeping capacity being used in practice.”

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  8. “The CSTO has considerable resources, enabling it to effectively participate in United Nations peacekeeping operations. Currently, CSTO peacekeeping forces are approximately 3,800 strong. They are highly trained units and are properly equipped with modern weaponry and equipment. The majority of them have military experience. They have also participated in peacekeeping operations. They meet the standards and requirements of the United Nations, in terms of their structure and preparedness alike. The professionalism of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces of the CSTO was confirmed during the recent peacekeeping operation in Kazakhstan.”

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  9. “We received beneficial assistance in conducting certification procedures for various programmes and methodology for the training of our peacekeepers, based on CSTO methodology, in line with United Nations standards. We are reviewing the possibility of CSTO peacekeepers participating in United Nations peacekeeping operations through a coordinating State. We stand ready to involve peacekeeping units, including military police and medical and engineering units, which would all be staffed by the member States of the organization. Heads of State established a position for a Special Representative of the CSTO Secretary-General for Peacekeeping, with the rank of Under-Secretary- General. We look forward to his active cooperation with the relevant United Nations structures.”

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  10. “We deem cooperation in the area of peacekeeping to be an important practical area of our cooperation with the United Nations over the long term. In that regard, I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix. Considerable progress has been made since our meeting on 22 June 2021. A joint United Nations-CSTO working group on peacekeeping has been established. Expert-level consultations with representatives from the Department of Peace Operations were held at the beginning of December 2021. With the assistance of the Department, CSTO representatives conducted a working visit to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. Useful meetings were held with the leaders of the peacekeeping mission and other peacekeepers in the field.”

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  11. “Participants included the Secretary-General of the CSTO, the Director of the Executive Committee of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Head of the Anti-Terrorism Centre of the Commonwealth of Independent States. We would like to use this opportunity to encourage international and regional organizations and individual States not only to observe our activities but also to participate in them. The mechanisms for partnership of that kind exist within our organization and enable it to flourish. In order to share experiences and information on those issues, we support the proposal to hold regular consultations with the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and CSTO experts. We stand ready to begin an in-depth exploration of those various agenda items.”

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  12. “The principles for our joint action to prevent and combat the illicit use of the Internet for terrorist purposes, including with the central coordinating role of the United Nations, are outlined in the relevant joint statement by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the member States of the CSTO adopted on 2 December 2021. We are prepared to share our experiences in conducting rapid response prevention operations. Incidentally, just today, the CSTO ecretariat conducted a trilateral meeting on strengthening cooperation and sharing experiences in the area of combating international terrorism and extremism.”

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  13. “The idea is also to remove the resource base of terrorist organizations, which has proved to be effective. During the most recent anti-drug operation last year, known as Operation Channel-Centre, more than five tons of various drugs were seized from the illicit market. This year we plan to conduct three active stages of that operation in the CSTO’s area of responsibility. To improve international cooperation in combating the spread of terrorist ideology and propaganda, and in line with existing resolutions, in particular resolutions 1624 (2005) and 2354 (2017), we stand ready to unite our efforts in the information sphere. Under the auspices of the United Nations, the aim is to develop universal rules, norms and principles for proper conduct in the information sphere.”

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  14. “We are pleased with the development of our cooperation with the Office of Counter-Terrorism and Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime within the framework of existing memorandums. We are in favour of further expanding that cooperation. The CSTO has developed practices to deprive international terrorist organizations of their breeding grounds, including by countering drug trafficking and the use of information and communications technologies in the interests of the international terrorist activities. For the past three years, CSTO special security forces have been conducting Operation Mercenary, whose main objective is to cut off channels for the recruitment, entry and exit of nationals of our States to participate in terrorist activities.”

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  15. “The resolution notes that “since the signing of the Collective Security Treaty, the Collective Security Treaty Organization has transformed into a multifunctional structure with the potential to provide an adequate response to a wide range of threats and challenges within the area of its responsibility” (General Assembly resolution 75/276, seventh preambular paragraph). We intend to further develop all areas of cooperation with the United Nations, including with the Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy,on the basis of the Joint Declaration on Cooperation between the Secretariats of the United Nations and of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, dated 18 March 2010, and existing memorandums and protocols on cooperation between the CSTO and the United Nations in various areas.”

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  16. “For its part, the CSTO is focusing on how to effectively address these challenges in its area of responsibility, and it has the necessary capacity to do so. We view the United Nations as our main international partner and are interested in strengthening the role of the global Organization. This approach is enshrined in the joint statement of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member States on reaffirming the commitment to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and strengthening cooperation to ensure their strict observance. I would also like to point out that our organization was commended as a partner in General Assembly resolution 75/276, on cooperation between the United Nations and the CSTO, which was adopted by the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session.”

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  17. “I would like to thank the Russian presidency of the Security Council for the invitation to discuss the participation of our organization in the maintenance of international peace and security. I am convinced that today’s meeting will help to develop additional mechanisms for cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in the interest of fostering peace. We fully support the ideas expressed by Secretary- General António Guterres in the new agenda for peace on the importance of reducing strategic security risks through preventive regional action. We agree with his assessment that regional security organizations play a central role in maintaining peace and preventing and overcoming instability.”

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