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Russia vetoes resolution on climate change

16 December 2021

On 13 December 2021, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres promoted the adoption of a draft resolution on global warming presented by Niger, which holds the rotating Security Council presidency. However, to everyone’s surprise, Russia decided to veto this long-awaited text.
Russia (...)

Vassily Nebenzia veto the UNSC draft resolution on climate and security

by Vasily Nebenzya

New York (USA) | 13 December 2021

Mr.President,
As we repeatedly stated before, the draft resolution on climate and security which is under consideration today is unacceptable to Russia. Let me again explain our position. The co-sponsors did not and do not want to listen to our elaborations, nor did they want to talk (...)

“The Law, the Rights and the Rules”

by Sergey Lavrov

Moscow (Russia) | 28 June 2021

The frank and generally constructive conversation that took place at the June 16, 2021 summit meeting between presidents Vladimir Putin and Joseph Biden in Geneva resulted in an agreement to launch a substantive dialogue on strategic stability, reaffirming the crucial premise that nuclear war (...)

Turkishization of occupied Syria

by Bassam Sabbagh

New York (USA) | 24 June 2021

I am writing to you further to our letters regarding the practices of the Turkish regime and the systematic attacks that it has committed against the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic. Those practices and attacks constitute a clear violation (...)

The double standards of the Pratassevich affair

25 May 2021

US President Joe Biden and the EU heads of state and government strongly condemned the arrest of journalist Raman Pratassevich in Belarus.
The Ryanair aircraft, passing through Belarusian airspace while transporting him from Greece to Lithuania on 23 May 2021, was grounded in Minsk after a (...)

Joe Biden on Diversion of Ryanair Flight and Arrest of Journalist in Belarus

by Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 24 May 2021

Belarus’s forced diversion of a commercial Ryanair flight, traveling between two member states of the European Union, and subsequent removal and arrest of Raman Pratasevich, a Belarusian journalist traveling abroad, are a direct affront to international norms. The United States condemns in the (...)

End unilateral coercive measures now

New York (USA) | 10 December 2020

Virtual meeting of the Security Council organized according to the Arria formula, on November 25, 2020, on the theme "End unilateral coercive measures now" by the permanent missions of South Africa, China, the Russian Federation, from Niger and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Co-Chairs’ (...)

Ilham Aliyev on Karabakh: “There will be no referendum, ever! "

23 October 2020

In an interview on 22 October 2020 with the Japanese daily Nikkei, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev explained that the Azerbaijanis have always respected the Armenians, insisting that it was the latter who perpetrated a genocide against the people of his country (sic), and not the reverse. (...)

Holy See condemns sanctions against Syrian civilians

20 October 2020

On 15 October 2020, the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See was invited to an audience with Cardinal Mario Zenari, the Apostolic Nuncio to Syria.
The prelate described a country ravaged by war, whose population is dying of starvation due to economic sanctions.
He insisted that such (...)

Russian statement regarding the extension of the New START Treaty

Moscow (Russia) | 20 October 2020

We have not received an official response from the United States to our October 16 note with President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to extend the New START Treaty for one year. We have only seen comments made by US officials in the social media. Considering an ambiguous reaction to this situation, (...)

Illegality of the US position dealing with Iran

by Majid Takht Ravanchi

New York (USA) | 12 October 2020

Pursuant to Iran’s letters contained in documents S/2017/739, S/2017/862, A/72/869-S/2018/453, A/73/490-S/2018/988, S/2018/1057, A/73/691-S/2018/1155, S/2018/1164, S/2019/185, A/73/885-S/2019/429, A/73/976, S/2019/667, S/2019/752, A/74/575-S/2019/928, S/2019/959, A/74/747-S/2020/201, (...)

Russia Manifesto for Cyberstability

by Vasily Nebenzya

New York (USA) | 22 May 2020

The Russian Federation attaches great importance to the issue of Cyber Security. Therefore, we support the inclusive discussion that is being carried out under the auspices of the General Assembly-established Open-ended Working Group on Developments in the Field of Information and (...)

Palestinians are the only people deprived of Security Council protection

23 January 2020

In the course of the past 19 years - from 29 September 2000 (A / 55/432-S / 2000/921) to 11 December 2019 (A / ES-10/831-S / 2019/937) - the Palestinian Authority lodged 678 complaints with the Security Council against further illegal acts perpetrated by the State of Israel.
Despite the (...)

Iran’s drift towards US and Israeli behaviour

by Thierry Meyssan

Damascus (Syria) | 21 January 2020

Beyond the showdown between Washington and Tehran, Thierry Meyssan highlights the profound change in Iran’s behaviour. This country, which used to be very observant of international law, now disregards it, joining the United States and Israel, which have never recognized (...)

Multilateralism or International Law?

by Thierry Meyssan

Damascus (Syria) | 11 December 2019

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