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Provisional Russian Statement to the UN on Article 51 (from CSPAN transcript)

Full text from: https://www.c-span.org/video/?518171-1/un-security-council-holds-emergency-meeting-russian-invasion-ukraine&live= ​​​​I thank the representative of Mexico for her statement and now I shall make a statement in my capacity as a representative of the Russian Federation. Colleagues today, we have had an intensive day from point of view to have discussions of the Ukrainian crisis. Let me repeat what I said this morning at the general assembly. I can only say with regret, taking stock over the day signaled to Kyiv to stop were not heeded. bombed and egged on by a host of states are harboring the illusion that with the benediction of their western sponsors they will be able to achieve solutions. Shelling and acts of diversion on the territories of these reps  recorded today almost 2,000 cases of violations of the cease-fire regime including almost 1,500 explosions. Those living in Donetsk still sheltering in basements. The refugees are still flowing into Russia. You do...

Implementation Of Resolution 2576 (2021): Report Of The Secretary-General≪

34. During the reporting period, the Ministry of Defence of Turkey reported ongoing operations against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq. In identical letters dated 4 November 2021 addressed to the President of the Security Council and to me (S/2021/927), the Permanent Representative of Iraq drew attention “to the fact that these violations of the sovereignty of Iraq that Turkey committed were contrary to the principles of good-neighbourliness and violated the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and international law”. In the same letters, the Government of Iraq reiterated its willingness to cooperate with Turkey with a view to “finding common ground and arriving at peaceful solutions”. In a letter da ted 8 October 2021 addressed to the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, the Permanent Representative of Turkey noted that Turkey had been exercising its “inherent right of self-defence, as outlined in Article 51 of the Charter...

Wednesday, 09 February 2022, 10:00≪

Mr. De la Fuente Ramírez (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish):  We thank Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov and the Acting Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, Mr. Weixiong Chen, for their presentation of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2022/63) on the threat posed by international terrorism, in particular ISIL (Da’esh), to international peace and security, as well as the range of United Nations efforts to support Member States in countering the threat. As we mentioned last month at the meeting (see S/PV.8958) on the situation in Syria, the attack against the prison in Al-Hasakah is a vivid reminder of the operational capabilities of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and confirms the threats it poses. The incident also highlighted the overcrowded conditions of approximately 700 minors and confirms the urgent need for States to develop effective plans for the repatriation, rehabilitation and reintegration of foreign fighters...