Speeches by Sergey Lavrov

15 speeches found

United Kingdom

GBR
2004Session 59
Jack Straw

Mr. President, I offer my congratulations and those of my country on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. Eighteen mon...

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Russia

RUS
2013Session 68
Sergey Lavrov

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

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Russia

RUS
2007Session 62
Sergey Lavrov

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

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Czech Republic

CZE
2008Session 63
Karel Schwarzenberg

Let me begin by extending my congratulations to you, Sir, on your election to the important function of President of the General Assembly. You will steer the...

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Russia

RUS
2012Session 67
Sergey Lavrov

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...

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Russian Federation

RUS
2004Session 59
Mr. Sergey Lavrov

I am addressing the Assembly today at a most difficult time for our country, when tears are still being shed by those who lost their children and loved ones dur...

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Russian Federation

RUS
2018Session 73
Mr. Sergey Lavrov

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

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Russia

RUS
2016Session 71
Mr. Sergey Lavrov

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...

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Russian Federation

RUS
2014Session 69
Sergey Lavrov

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...

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Russia

RUS
2021Session 76
Sergey Lavrov

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...

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Russia

RUS
2011Session 66
Sergey Lavrov

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...

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Russia

RUS
2017Session 72
Mr. Sergey Lavrov

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...

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Russian Federation

RUS
2019Session 74
Mr. Sergey Lavrov

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...

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Russia

RUS
2024Session 79
Sergey Lavrov

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...

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Russia

RUS
2023Session 78
Sergey Lavrov

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...

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