the russian representative to the united nations, vasily nebendia, took the chair on july 1.hank you, thank you very much for finding time in your schedule. here we are now here in this famous one. in the hall of the security council one gets the impression that it is precisely in these recent times that the security council has become such a hot workshop of world diplomacy, well, the security council has always been a hot workshop where issues of war and peace, international peace and security were discussed, now, perhaps, this is one of the most important, key international platforms. where they discuss the most pressing issues of our time and their actual set is no secret to anyone, this is probably the most pressing topic today - the events in gaza in the middle east as a whole, and we in the council devote perhaps most of our time to this. as you know, the un security council consists of 15 members, including five permanent members. security council, russian federation, united states of america, great britain, france and the people's republic of china. the presidency of