Russia Assumes Presidency of UN Security Council
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02.08.2010
The Russian delegation will hold the presidency of the U.N. Security Council in August, ITAR-TASS reports. Following the principal of alphabetic rotation, adopted at the U.N. Security Council, Russia’s permanent ambassador at the United Nations Vitaly Churkin will replace Nigerian ambassador to U.N. Joy Ogwu on Sunday.
On Monday, August 2, the new president will hold bilateral meetings with his colleagues at the Security Council to agree on a plan of work for the next month.
The U.N. Security Council member will officially endorse the plan at consultations on Tuesday, August 3. After that, Vitaly Churkin will hold a briefing journalists accredited at the United Nations to tell them what exactly the Council is going to do in August.
The activities of the peacekeeping missions in Iraq and the Lebanon will be on the agenda. The Council will hold an open discussion on the situation in Kosovo. It will listen to a report of Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic. Skender Hiseni, the foreign minister of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo, will deliver a speech in a private capacity.
In August, the Council will listen to a traditional briefing of the United Nations Secretariat on the situation in the Middle East. The head of the United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy in Central Asia is expected to deliver a speech. Besides, the U.N. Security Council will have to decide on the future of the United Nations missions in eastern Chad and in the Central African Republic. Under the Russian presidency, the U.N. Security Council may resume debates on the problem of piracy near the coast of Somali.