national ball, the board laboratories of your credit is being discussed by experts and i hope that this will expeditiously agreed on past. we hope that the council commission will be able to very expeditiously clarify all of this circumstance or potential noncompliance by washington in care of the obligations under the condition in the context of the operational by laboratories. so as to stimulate the american and ukrainian side to rectify the current unacceptable situation. we expect that the relevant report with the recommendations commissions will be submitted to the security council no later than the 30th of november. and that the members of the convention will be informed of the outcome of investigation in the course of the 9th review conference planned in geneva, on the 20th of november to 16th december. depending on the results of the consideration of our complaint and to the security council draft resolution, russia will make a decision on how to move forward to ensure national, regional and global bio security as well now to strengthen the b,

w. c and resolve the situation related to the violation as by the u. s. and ukraine of their obligations under the convention in the context of the operation of bio laboratories on the ukrainian territory. i thank you lou, to present to him. i thank the representative of the russian federation for his statement. i now give the flaw to the representative of norway. thank you, president. and i would like to thank him, mr. e. little for his briefing. we regret that yet again. this chamber is being used as a stage for the russian, this information campaign. the sole purpose of these false allegation is to provide a smokescreen, one aimed at solving confusion and drawing attention away from russia's own unprovoked, illegal and brutal warfare in ukraine. let me be clear, norway is determined to uphold a total ban on biological weapons. allegation of the violation of the bible.

biological weapons convention are something we take seriously and married scrutiny . norway has meticulously assessed. the documents provided by the russian federation circulated to the b. w c m. this council, norway also listen carefully to the changes during the formal consultations under article 5 earlier this fall. yet we have heard nothing and read nothing that even comes close to substantiating the allegation, put forward. the consultation have not demonstrated cause for concern regarding violation of the w. c by the united states and ukraine. contrary to russia's associations, the documentation strongly suggest that the cited corporation between the united states and ukraine indeed had

a legitimate peaceful purpose. a purpose fully in line with the provisions on international cooperation and assistance in article 10 on the b w. c. it is intolerable that russia repeatedly uses the b w c's mechanisms to criticize him. national assistance, which is encouraged under article 10, a cornerstone of this convention. we know better than ever that cross border cooperation is essential in strengthening our collective resilience to biological threats. it is therefore imperative that we speak out forcefully and resolutely against attempts to falsely framed peaceful cooperation and assistance activities as a form of non compliance president over the last month, russia has made numerous allegation that ukraine is planning military operations that involve chemical, biological,

or radioactive material but let me say again, russia's war against rock. ukraine is a blatant violation of international law and the very principles of the you and charter. let me end by underscoring again that normally condemned to russia's war against ukraine. we condemn russia. we demand russia hall fighting with joy troops immediately and stop causing this suffering and destruction. thank you miss. i thank the representative of norway for her statement, and i'll give the floor to the representative of the united arab emirates mister president. i thank mister, added, she able for his briefing, mister president, there not. nations was established following world war 2 without objective it to

save human, kind from the scourge of war. ensuring that weapons of mass destruction, of any kind are never used as at the very heart of this commitment. this council must be unified in sending a clear message that any use of biological, chemical, or other weapons of mass destruction under any circumstances is unacceptable. and would constitute an attack against our shed humanity. the international consensus at under the provision of the use of weapons of mass destruction is built on a well established international legal frameworks, including the biological weapons convention, to which the u. e. is committed. according to this convention, biological weapons must never be developed produced stop by and acquired retained or transferred their use in a conflict setting or in any setting is unacceptable. we

also record the importance of supporting and facilitating the search of biological agents for peaceful purposes. include including notably for the prevention of disease in line with the convention. we encourage all state parties to the convention to resolve their disagreements through constructive dialogue and practical terms. this means that when issues arise under the convention parties consult one another and corporate to resort differences. the former consultative meetings held in august and september. it isn't that an example of this commitment by the states parties. finally, we once again called for the escalation istation of hostilities throughout ukraine and finding it a black solution to this conflict. with jess, again, that dialogue is the only sustainable way to avoid the dangerous path that we now found. find ourselves on. we urged the parties to identify and commit to working on

specific areas. we have positive steps forward may be feasible. we also believe that by building confidence in an incremental way, we may work towards achieving as a thing of advice. thank you, president. should a miss, i thank the representative of the united arab emirates for that statement and now give the floor to the representative of the united kingdom president. and thank you with the ego for your very clear briefing. i'd like to start by reaffirming the united kingdoms deep commitment to the biological and toxic weapons convention. on the 24th of february, russia invaded ukraine, an act of aggression in clear violation of international law, which the united nations general assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn.

since then, the russian federation has repeatedly spread disinformation, including wild claims involving dirty bombs, chemical weapons, and offensive biological research. how much more of this nonsense do we have to endure? as we've heard russia's obligations were given a full hearing last month. according to the processes set out under article 5 of the biological and talks in weapons convention, $89.00 states parties attended that meeting and listened. as russia delivered nothing but misrepresentations of

assorted public documents and copy and pasted images from wikipedia. the response from the other states parties was clear and overwhelming that russia must end its aggression and disinformation campaign against ukraine. and that russia must stop demonizing legitimate, peaceful, scientific, and technical cooperation, which all b, t, w. c. states. parties have a right to participate in under article 10 of the convention and which is rightly valued by many states parties. that process has now concluded russia's claims have been

heard, considered and rejected. the ball has not been met for further investigation and proposals for further action would be a waste of this council's time. this council is a serious body and risks being brought into disrepute i russia's actions. there are plenty of issues that demand our attention that russia is clogging up the agenda with conspiracy theories. instead of attempting to smear ukraine, russia should focus on its own obligations, including the un charter and end this war. thank you

president, should i miss? i thank the representative of the united kingdom for his statement and i'll give the floor to the reps instead of albania. collins, this is the 4th or 5th, i have lost rock meeting called by the same delegation on the same issue, to listen to the same thing with the same outcome. nothing. so the title, this meeting could have been the security council briefing on nothing. a new agenda item of the council. let's be very clear. we take very seriously issues of weapons of mass destruction and we listen very carefully to report. we look for evidence and we are and will always be ready to do the right thing in case of need of there has to be a case and we can find it. the form is the president. my question is, does the council have anything better or more important to do than to succumb to an incurable obsession and keep spending its time and resources in such misuse?

because this is the sad reality nowadays. when the council is not blocked, paralyzed or held hostage, it is simply misused and drained. haven't we had enough of such endless smoke screens to divert attention from really shoot from the terrible debacle on the ground with a soul aimed to feed the domestic international opinion with but all, apparently, throughout this year at every occasion, we have listened carefully to the russian claims which to date has confirmed once more by mister abel, remain unfounded, and verified, unsubstantiated and uncorroborated. mister president, as we have said many times here on this issue and others related the only way to claim to verify claims it to make use of the mechanisms we have. we have a convention. we have like an ism, we have established procedures. we have rules for what do we need more?

an article 5 of the w c provides all member states a mechanism for dialogue and consultation to clarify issues related to the application of the convention. it has been convened in august and it has been inconclusive. and in whatever situation, this would be the way instead of disseminating falls and mess information which do not meet any scientific parameters and criteria and throw baseless accusations against member states. we cannot be thrown and stay in the propaganda courtyard. just because russia has decided to talk to and listen to itself and misuse the counsel exporting a distorted reality. colleagues, documents presented by russia do not present any tangible evidence to demonstrate any violations of the d, w. c. in ukraine. the scientific research and projects mentioned therein, or within the prerogatives of article 10, while the pillars of the conventional devoted to international biological corporation for peaceful purposes. therefore delegations made and the conclusion

grown are neither convincing nor credible. and in our view, do not constitute any breached by the united states or re crane of their obligations. and of the convention. we heard again to day a lot of accusations, including about different pathogens and deadly mosquitoes. i wonder how those mosquitoes would be able to distinguish between russians and ukrainians. colleagues, the use of this information i miss information in particular by states or those affiliated to them, is never candid. it always has a purpose, is often used to be a cover for something else. and we do not want to believe that this is a pretext, the pretext for further escalation on the possible use of chemical or biological weapons in ukraine by russia. this should never happen and we hope won't happen. it is the russian war that is deadly. that is causing victims. and it is this war that must stop. this is what we should be discussing and deciding upon here. thank you,

sir monsieur. i thank the representative of albania for his statement anal, gave the flow to the representative of the united states. thank you, mr. president. and thank you, mr. ego, for your informative briefing this afternoon. colleagues, i'm going to keep my remarks short because frankly, this meeting is a waste of everyone's time. russia is called us here once again for the sole purpose of spreading disinformation. we all know these claims are pure fabrications, brought forth without a shred of evidence. and i would even venture to say, the russian delegation knows these charges of fabricated, but they dutifully carry out marching orders from president putin. still, i must take this opportunity to set the record straight. ukraine does not have a biological weapons program. you just heard misty evo, say the u. n. is not aware of any such programs. the united states does

not have a biological weapons program. there are no ukrainian biological weapons laboratories supported by the united states. ukraine does own and operate a public health laboratory infrastructure as do many countries that seek to guard themselves from infectious diseases. these facilities make it possible to detect and diagnose diseases. we hear russia raise alarms, said biological weapons will be delivered by birds and bats. and now even mosquitoes, birds in back, russian knows public health laboratories, routinely study migratory animal species to assess and counter animal borne pathogens. barren mime, much like russia, burton bats don't tend to observe or respect sovereign borders. russia

assertions are absurd for many reasons, including because such species, even if they could be weaponized, would pose as much a threat to the european continent and to ukraine itself as they would to any other country. ukraine scientific studies do not amount to a malicious conspiracy to the contrary, they can't constitute a laudable public health campaign. the united states is proud to have assist that ukraine in doing this work safely and securely as we have with other countries respecting the biological weapons convention. we presented our arguments in detail in the article 5 consultative meeting of state parties to the convention in geneva . just last month, russia fell to convinced the stay parties of his false claims in geneva. now it's trying to see if it slides can gain traction in the security council. but russia

will continue to be frustrated because unfortunately for them, facts don't lie. we take our obligations under, by, under the biological weapons convention seriously, and participate fully transparently and with integrity in the procedures outlined in this treating. and the same cannot be said for russia. it is moscow that has long maintained a biological weapons program in violation of international law. and it is moscow that has a well documented history of using chemical weapons and shielding the assad regime, which has repeatedly used chemical weapons from accountability. colleagues, russia is right to claim this council has the power to investigate violations of certain international obligations. and that's exactly why we believe there should

be an investigation into whether russia illegally procured iranian unmanned aerial vehicles or you avi's. but here's the difference. and it's a big one. we have ample evidence of our claims. all russia has our bazaar conspiracies, conspiracies that are no more credible to day than when they 1st brought it to this council 6 months ago. so while i believe this meeting is the colossal waste of time, and we should decide just how much of our time we allow russia to waste, i'm glad this council has the chance to see russia's disinformation campaign for what it is. an attempt to distract from the atrocities russian forces are carrying out in ukraine and a desperate tactic to justify an unjustifiable war. it doesn't matter how many

meetings russia tried to call on this subject, and it doesn't matter how hard it ratchet up is propaganda campaign. we must not divert un resources toward a baseless investigation and we must not allow rushes tactics to distract us from its brutal war of u. gresh, of aggression. to do so would be to give in to lies and undermine the credibility and the dignity of this council. my russian colleague said that the current situation is unacceptable and should be rectified. what situation? the only unacceptable situation is russia's war of aggression against ukraine. and we call on russia to rectify this, by withdrawing his forces from ukraine and in this war. now. thank you mister president, showed him the ceiling. i thanked the representative of the united states for her

statement and i'll give the floor to the representative of gonna. thank you, mr. president. i joined previous because in thank you, mr. able for his briefing. mr. president today's briefing some previous briefings on the same subjects provided earlier this year have been noted and we continue to take seriously every part of a threat of use or the potential use of biological or chemical weapons. in that regard, we maintain that the independent and impartial investigations by the internationally recognized and mandated bodies should be the only way to establish the faxing reports concerning the threats of use or the potential use of biological or chemical weapons. we believe that in all such circumstances, the voluntary disclosure of information and easy access to relevant information on the activities of laboratories of member state is a vital confidence building measure that can help build trust amongst. accordingly,

we wish to underscore, they need to establish an implementation body for their dog, mute for the for the b, w. c. as a means of encouraging compliance and transparency by member states and feather edge, the international community to forge consensus to was the establishment of a verification regime for their b, w. c. in light of resent global development, such as the corporate 19 pandemic. as well as the continuous iteration of the international security climate guy now remains consent with the ongoing war in ukraine and more so with the increasing prospects of the use of w. m. d. 's. as the conflicts escalates. granted, therefore, we traded calls for both parties to exercise restraint and avoid that. then you breed. so as the dent or we need of chemical or biological agents and other weapons of mass destruction. we implore both parties to tier 2 international laws and

instruments like the international humanitarian law, and that the d w. c, which prohibits the use of biological agents as instruments of war. these instruments were established to prevent the reoccurrence of past stressed tragedies and protect future populations. in conclusion, mister president, their use of biological agents and thompson and adobe empties as instruments of war, is rootless the inhumane, and can never be confined to national board. this will leave no witness issued, therefore not be even contemplated. we implored the protest, stakeholders of the conflict to resort to diplomacy and constructive dialogue as the only sustainable solution to the conflict. i think. i think the representative of for their statement, i now get the floor to the represent of kenya. thank you, miss proposed. i think i did, the g eval for the same weapons of mass destruction,

including biological weapons posed again danger. the indiscriminately of this weapon can only lead to immediate and long term effects on people. societies and the environment can itself, are deeply concerned by any obligations on their use anywhere. and by anyone, we are from our support to the balance call weapons convention, which means a global norm against the logical watson and the fundamental pillar of the international communities. effort to prevent the use of such lessons. as i said, party the echo the need for them to the b w. c. in this case, the article one of the convention which states that each party to this convention never undertakes in any circumstance to develop, produce stockpile or otherwise acquire or retain this once is conventions, a beach then escalation of the country, it could lead to an almost unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. if you also make

it all the more difficult to resolve this construct promptly and peacefully, couldn't you therefore take, is call to all parties to the convention to make use of a submission to kind of and to ensure that there is no ambiguity on the presence of this extremely dangerous weapons. finally, mister president, we have a need for those 40 strains and we didn't the escalation on the situation in ukraine, and they need to continue to seek a peaceful solution for this conflict in accordance with the united nations charter . i think you should, i'm a senior. i think the representative of kenyan for their statement and i'll give them to the representative of mexico. thank you very much mister president. we sank mister a d g. a bill for his briefing, mexico was taken note of the statements made by the russian federation regarding

a legit miller tree biological activities in ukraine. the security council was seized of this matter in march and in may 2022. and as recently as september, we saw in geneva, the convening of the consultations provided for in article 5 of the biological weapons convention. these consultations did not conclude by affirming that any violation of the convention had occurred. and the office for disarmament affairs has indicated that it does not have any evidence regarding activities in ukraine that run counter to the biological weapons convention that was already information transmitted to the council. last may. now,

now that the consultations pursuant to article 5 have taken place. the question we now have before us is whether we should activate a investigation on the part of the security council. as provided for in article 6, paragraph 2 of the convention. the non negotiable pre requisite for the council to begin considering the matter or for launching any investigation into the allegations is the requirement of the possession of credible evidence regarding the alleged violation of the obligations arising from the convention. in view of the fact that the office for disarmament affairs on 2 occasions and once again this afternoon has stated to us that it does not have such evidence. in mexico's view,

what is now appropriate is for the issue to be brought to the attention of the 9th review conference of the biological weapons convention that will meet next month in geneva. on this occasion, we will see once again whether we succeed in initiating negotiations to establish a verification mechanism which the convention incidentally currently lacks. thank you. represent on the mixer, i think it was sent over mexico for their statement. i know give the floor to there was an to for france. mister, i, mister president. i'd like to thank mister eyeball for his breathing. friend, france condemns for this up teenth attempt made by russia to make us forget that it is violating the united nations charter. once again,

russia is using the security council as our propaganda platform. it will repeat that they are offensive biological programs in ukraine. well, let's be serious, hit here and look at the facts. the united nations have stated clearly on several occasions. and again today that they have no information on this topic. none states parties to the convention on the prohibition of biological weapons. some met in geneva in september to consider the so called evidence provided by russia the year they were gone over in detail. and an absurdity has been clearly technically demonstrated. it is clear that the consultations procedure opened under article 5 of the convention of from now one m should not take place. what russia is asking for today,

however, is to creating in an ad hoc commission to investigate this same and filed a dr. m allegations, which is already clear or not corroborated by any serious piece of evidence. mister president, russia once again is so in confusion. it is trying to divert the attention of the international community and of its own people from the catastrophic reality of its sir war of aggression. and unfortunately, it's not the 1st time that russia is spreading lies to cover up its own responsibility. we all know that it's russia and not ukraine, which used chemical weapons in the recent years and which covered up before years of the syrian regime, which used them against their own people. we are very.