Republic of Russia

Mr President, Ladies and Gentlemen, A few days ago, within these very walls, a forum titled the “Summit of the Future” was held. Russia received the Secretar...

Many of the speakers who have preceded me have expressed the thought that our shared planet is undergoing irreversible change. A new world order is being born b...

We are meeting at a difficult and dramatic moment. Crises are growing, and the international security situation is deteriorating rapidly. Instead of honest dial...

I am glad to have this opportunity to speak from the rostrum of the General Assembly. The fact that we have once again gathered in this Hall symbolizes our coll...

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, This year, the international community celebrates two, without exaggeration, historic an...

We are getting ever closer to the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, which was established thanks to victory in the Second World War and our recog...

The statements delivered during this session’s general debate confirm that international relations are now being conducted in a complex and controversial period...

In December of last year, the General Assembly adopted resolution 71/190, on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, which clearly stip...

Last year, from this same rostrum, at the seventieth anniversary session of the General Assembly, much was said concerning the critical turning point in world d...

The seventieth anniversary of the United Nations is a good opportunity both to consider our history and to talk about our collective future. In 1945, the countr...

There is growing evidence today of a contradiction between the need for collective and partnership efforts in order to develop adequate responses to the chall...

International relations are becoming increasingly complex and multidimensional, while developments in the world are even more rapid and less predictable. Und...

For over a year and a half, the situation in the Middle East and North Africa has been the nerve centre of global politics. The deep changes that have swept ov...

This year the session of the General Assembly is opening at a time when international relations are in a state of turbulence. The Middle East and North Afric...

The current, sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly has started with an unprecedented number of events covering the full range of the most topical inter...

Today, speaking from this high rostrum, I would like to highlight five topics that are, in my view, important to all of us and our common approaches to the ...

On 11 September 2001, the world changed, and it rallied together in the fight against the threat of terror, a threat that was common for all and knew no boun...

Traditionally, the General Assembly sums up the results of the ending political year. This requires serious and joint consideration. It is essential to ident...

Traditionally, the General Assembly session provides an opportunity to conduct a review of the current situation in the world, identify major international i...

In no way can today’s discussion be called routine. We are faced with summing up the preliminary results of the large-scale United Nations reforms that have bee...