Statement by Mr.Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, at the Security Council after the vote on the draft resolution on on police, justice and corrections
The Russian Federation voted in favour of resolution 2447 (2018), drafted by the delegations of the Netherlands and Côte d’Ivoire, on strengthening United Nations support in the areas of police, justice and corrections in peacekeeping operations. The negotiations were not easy, especially in their initial stages. Nevertheless, the authors of the draft proved willing to listen to the conceptual concerns of other States, which helped to break the deadlock in the process.
The desire to strike a balance among the interests of all 15 members of the Security Council enabled a result that initially seemed impossible, the achievement of consensus on the resolution. In that connection, I would like to thank the Netherlands and Côte d’Ivoire for the professionalism and flexibility they showed during the work on the text, which enabled the Council to present a united front. We need more such diplomatic successes in our work.
We also hope that there will be a similarly constructive approach to the negotiation process on the other draft resolution, on peacekeeping, proposed by the same delegations. For the moment, unfortunately, there are still significant differences of opinion about it, which should compel us to come up with alternative options.
We hope that other delegations besides the co-facilitators will respect one another’s red lines with a view to arriving at compromise solutions and unity in the Council.
