2022-03-11
Meeting today, Friday 11th March.
Watch on UN Web TV:
Under-Secretary General -
Dept of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs - situation summary - starts at 30 minutes
High Representative for Disarmament Affairs - biological weapons - starts at 39 minutes
High Representative for Disarmament Affairs - nuclear power plants - starts at 45 minutes
(the above is mostly reminders of procedure and associated formalities)
Statement on biological weapons by the Russian Federation - starts at 47 minutes
" ... we discovered a truly shocking fact of emergency clean-up by the Kiev regime of the traces of American biological programme which is being implemented by Kiev with support by the United States Ministry of Defence. Our ... Russian Ministry of Defence now has documents which confirm that on the territory of Ukraine there was a network consisting of at least 30 biological laboratories in which very dangerous biological experiments were being conducted aimed at strengthening the pathogenic qualities of the plague, anthrax ... cholera, and other lethal diseases using synthetic biology. This work was being done funded and supervised by the Defence Threat Reduction Agency of the United States, including in the interests of the National Centre for Medical Intelligence of the U.S. Ministry of Defence ... "
(and he has only just started ... )
Rebuttal of the Russian statement as false disinformation by the Representative of Albania - starts at 64 minutes
Rebuttal of the Russian statement as lies and disinformation by the Representative of the U.S.A. - starts at 70 minutes
" ... and China too has been spreading disinformation in support of Russia's outrageous claims ... "
"Ukraine does not have a biological weapons programme. There are no Ukrainian biological weapons laboratories supported by the United States ... anywhere"
Denouncement of the Russian statement by the Representative for France - starts at 78 minutes
"No-one is fooled by Russia's lies. They are part of a cynical disinformation strategy and a smoke-screen which Russia has used to make into a veritable weapon of war ... "
Denouncement of the Russian statement by the Representative for the UK - starts at 82 minutes
" ... wild, completely baseless, and irresponsible conspiracy theories ... "
Statement by the Representative for India - starts at 87 minutes
" ... we have repeatedly expressed serious concerns over the ongoing situation in Ukraine "
" ... we once again call upon member states to adhere to the principles of the UN Charter and international law and respect the sovereignty and integrity of states"
Statement by the Representative for Mexico - starts at 89 minutes
" ... disputes must be settled using the mechanisms established by the convention itself where there is no external verification mechanism in place (as is the case for chemical weapons) and it is timely that we remember that article 5 of that convention stipulates that the states party to this convention should undertake to consult one another and to cooperate in solving any problems which may arise in relation to the objective of or in the application of the provisions of the convention ... "
Further statements in similar vein by different countries follow on.
2022-03-20
