he said, mr. mcgovern, i'll tell you the usual reasons that the germans hadn't bought into it yet, and the wash or pack still existed, but really and truly mister mo, ever. here's what it was. we trusted you now more than one inch to the east. i want to not belabor that point, it's simply that you know, it's more than just nato enlargement out when the crimea was annexed by russia at mr. a poaching got up a month later and he said we had to annex crimea because of the qu in keir in february of 2014 and, and, and even more important than nato membership for ukraine was the prospect that medium range, ballistic missiles,

will be put on the periphery of united states, which indeed they are capable of doing because there are capsules holes in romania and poland that accommodate tomahawk missiles, cruise missiles, and will eventually accommodate hypersonic missiles. this is very, very serious. mr. poaching made this point in december of last year or not last year, but the year before in talking to a sheaf military. now, how do i, how i end this i, i would like to do a little human business here at the fash then. ah, let me just point out that when i was in germany last and there was a button that one put on the very pel on the lapel and it said who gene soft stay ok. now those of you who know german no,

that means someone who understands poaching, and i thought to myself, well, somebody is interested in understanding mister poaching and my friends. i know for god's sake don't worry that button. that's a per jarred of that man's erin put jeans pocket. now, thou stay in a comes from the word stand to stand. okay. if you can understand where people stand, you can understand what bothers them. and what bothers mr. poaching as well as membership and nato for ukraine is the placement of these holes already operational in romania and poland. right on the periphery united states. they are disguised as a b m systems, but they can easily be put to accommodate a cruise missiles. and as i say, hypersonic missiles, now there was

a motto in the recent german demonstrations. it said a 100 and she thought she sin now for hon. is the word for negotiate to talk, hunt, he hunt, you reach out the hand to the other person. you try to understand the handle and shut she so she will, she sion is to shoot. okay. now that makes good sense, but i have to tell you that is not welcome in germany. a good friend of mine, i english luca has been convicted of saying we ought to put ourselves in the shoes of mister poaching. and we ought to realize the far right lin fluence in the government of king of he was convicted in a german court. he's appealing, but he is not going to pay that. the 2000 euro fine,

so it's likely he will end up in jail for several months. now. that's freedom of speech. we enjoy that here in the united states. i really am concerned or what will happen. so my friend just suffices to end here and to say that this fair hind then i, you know, for honda and reach her hand, let's be human here. let's, let's that, that, dust each other off. let's extend our hands for 100 that she sion. well, you know, it was very, very bleak in our country during the suppression of blacks. and i had the privilege of working with vincent harding or dr. harding who was the author of martin luther king speech on vietnam. he had a song and the song was, we gotta keep on move in full mood,

never turning back. well, what i would suggest is that we need to, we need to keep on moving forward. and i, i would recommend the 2nd stands as of this to you all. and if you would listen, i would really very appreciate it. we're going to keep on moving. oh, we're going to keep our love on our end a me she is going to keep our love and our enemies going to keep our love at our hair to me. never turning back never turning back. in closing, i will just refer to those children that i, that i noticed more than i usually notice children in the airports today. and when i ask you all,

because you have the power to do so given to you after the last major world war. i asked you to do what necessary so that no one kills to children and a more thank you very much. thank you and dialogue of the floor to those members of the security council who wished to make statements. i now give the floor to the representative of the russian federation spoken bridge to the day to day or do we have come together to day for a very significant meeting. it has been convenient, but it's significantly there face in tone from the previous meeting on avatars against ignored stream that we convened on the 13th september last year. as many of you last recall van, in principle, it was clear who could be behind and they say, act of international terrorism. this is precisely how we qualify what happened and

russian investigative bodies have initiated criminal proceedings. under the relevant article of our country's criminal code. the leadership of the u. s. and made several statements and the knob of it boils down to the fact that if russia continues to act in a way that is not pleasing to the us, then nordstrom would be destroyed. hello, there was the former foreign minister of poland. mister sikowski, who in his roster for the grant in social media. thank the u. s. then there will be careless text sent to someone who also hates our country. know last the former prime minister of the u. k. trees and may, but 40 b u. s. has totally rejected its participation in the sabotage against international critical pipeline infrastructure, incidentally,

as they are still doing now. since examples of the enmity of officials in washington regarding the destruction of north stream has just increased. primarily thanks to the well known rissa. pho, but the godmother of the anti constitutional crew in ukraine, mrs. newland. but we of course, wouldn't have thought to convene today's meeting just because of that. the situation is that on the 8th, the february of thanks to the well known american engine investigative journalism, the pulitzer prize winner, seymour hersh, we find out not only are that the us did it, but how they did it with the involvement of their nato ally, no way, least on fax and witness evidence. he clearly proved that the american dive is during the bull tops. nato exercise in the summer of 2022. it planted

explosive under no dream. that 3 months late on the 26th of september was activated by the norwegian. so now we are extremely certain. not only who, but how the gas pipeline was blown up. these facts, in essence mean that we can say, what happened is something the represents the use of force. with means that are not in line with the aim for the un. in my statement, i'm not going to talk about all the details of the sensational investigation by mister. sure. this is something that ought to rattle to have just talked to us right in detail, jeffrey sachs and ray mcgovern. i just like to say that the information that he has is astonishing his previous professional experience and his foolish journalistic reputation leave no doubt as to the fact that the american journalist is telling

the truth. it is also astonishing, not only because of the degree of cynicism and conviction in their own unity regarding the carrying out of the suppressed entered crime. of course, to an attention already to the fact that our american colleagues are themselves above the law. indeed, claiming that they are indeed the law itself. so need them who can, with impunity interfere in the domestic phase of other states, carry a kind of constitutional cood carrier acts of aggression against independent states . and i'd like to remind you that from the end of the cold war alone, in line with a document that was prepared in 2022 by the us congress research institute. there were 250 cases of the use of u. s. force abroad, so it's only they who can kill and maim civilians in other countries have refusing to hand over the perpetrators to the international justice system. oh,

along with their alleys, allies who run with a heard. they who this the rules based older, where the rules are dictated by themselves. who bit around this before blowing up a foreign pipe line. that is the property of a state with whom the u. s. is not in a state of war. the previously they didn't stoop to this bar this day has now come and it may well be a precursor of an e hawk where friends border and trans continental communications become the digital targets for operations to weaken various different states. and even as you understand it, chaos and terrible damage to for the whole of humanity, the chances are very high that this will come abide, especially if the perpetrators for b north stream explosion are not found and not brought to justice. and if those countries that are behind it do not compensate,

the state that has suffered was the victim of this damage. that is what is stipulated on the international law. and it's a basic principle of justice. then ann o'neil then, do we have a chance to avoid this state of chaos? everything is in your hand and we can resolve this today during our security council meeting. mr. president, irrespective of what our former western part, as we'll say today, we don't intend and are not involved in reading, dissemination in the counsel. and we're not trying to have accusations based on it on the spirit of highly likely, for example, our british representative here in this chamber you supposition. and can check her that run candle to fax and common san and sought to accuse us 5 years ago of the poisoning of the script pals regarding the. ready mainstream explosion,

there is no doubt, neither as to the motive of the crime, neither to who carried norris to the way in which the crime was carried out. this is more than just a smoking gun that our american detectives love in hollywood blockbusters. with such clues, no lawyer would agree to defend our american colleagues and the jury verdict would be in no doubt whatsoever, but we are not here in order to set up a trial in the security council. as you're aware, we presented a draft resolution you and got to prop resolution requesting the 2nd general contracting independent international investigation to verify the facts that seymour hersh has put forward and other independent journalists. we had to do this because we have significant doubts regarding the effectiveness, transparency, and impartiality of the investigation conducted currently in a number of national jurisdictions. we do not see

a desire from our partners to cooperate. we have drawn attention to the latter disseminated today by the p, r of germany, denmark and sweden that says that the authorities of these countries have informed russia about how the investigation is going in. the situation is very different from the leadership of these days are in the north, the latter that was sent in october 2020 on the speaker of the russian parliament. mister in choose 10 regarding the participation of representatives of the russian relevant federal bodies of the executive branch and the gas prom and company in the investigation on the request of the russian general prosecutor to the relevant agencies were rejected seem to be talking about and crime committed with the assistance an explosive device and there for something that comes under the international convention on combating and expects of terrorism of the 15th of

december 1997. we do expect that states that i have something to do with the incident into aaliyah and primarily the u. s. no way denmark and suite and will uphold their obligations under this document. however, we see no political resolve amongst their leadership. in fact, it is completely lacking, therefore unfortunately, we have no other choice a notice to get to the truth. li investigations that are carried over the scandinavian countries and germany are not any, not transparent, but it is quite clear that they seek just to cover their tracks and stick up for their old or american brother. we're not allowed to join and all of our requests are being hypocritical. he ignored in general the, it's rather odd that those countries who were involved in the investigations are not here in the meeting with them. and so we don't see there decide to be involved

in the group. of course we haven't no trust in this, the restoration whatsoever. and we can't have any trust, but the un secretary, somebody we do still fully trust and we hope that you do to. so that is why we want to 100 of the investigation to him. we distributed in the general assembly and the security council and address of the state do more of the federal assembly of the russian federation with the relevant request. and also note from the russian p. r to the foreign ministry of germany, denmark and norway feet in the us on this topic. you can read these documents in our american colleagues via nothing if they have no doubt in the fact that the conclusions of a compatriot a wrong than us has nothing at stake here. can't risk anything. and it will be sure that this will be achieved fairly quickly. and see to those who do their actions harm in special peace and security will be brought to justice. here we do expect our proposal to be supported. our experts are discussing this text at the

moment. after the 1st round. we do have the impression that western expert are not interested in having an objective, international investigation in any case, which of course, only shows our our suspicions. therefore, colleagues, your attitude to work on our proposed draft resolution, your interest, or your lack of, of finding the perpetrators and bringing them to justice will indeed be decisive in terms of our further steps in the context of this active, sabotaged. we very much want to believe that you will not disappoint either ourselves or your own citizens and you will help to establish the truth as to what happened as parents you went to the charter of our global organization. thanks very much. i thank the represent, i thank the representative of the russian federation for their statement and i now give the floor to the representative of some beek. you thank you,

wasn't b q was to thank under secretary general, the cotton professor for for sex. and mr. ray room on agreement guzman, for the important briefing on the issue of the not stream. incident that took place in september 2022. and we, we are aware of the allegation of sabotage made regarding the incident. in our opinion, it is imperative that the thorough investigation be effected in order to determine the real cause of the incident. we call on the involved government to act in good in an expeditious and subtle manner. taken into account the seriousness of the allegations. mister president,

together with the potential security implications, did not stream incident could also represent an ecological danger. the release of handful substance into the environment environment environment and can, can have a long lasting consequences for both their cause system and the health of a local community. they, you pianists, space agents agency estimated that the emissions leak from the nod stream gas pipeline was roughly equivalent to one and half days of global methane emissions. so in addition to the potential security implication did not stream incident also has a significant ecological impact with the release of huge amounts of methane to guys and a met in gaze a mission earlier. so mister president,

it is our responsibility to take all necessary measures to minimize hum to the environment and ensure that such incident are presented from happening in the future. and is therefore crucial that the security council remains vigilant in the addressing incidents like this and to works to find the solution dep that to her appalled international law and promotes the great, the good mister president in conclusion did not stream incident serve as a reminder of the need to quickly de escalate the conflict through from vacation, keep disbanding. i thank you. i thank representative of mozambique for their statement, and i now give the floor to representative of ecuador noticing how busy. and i could, i would like to thank the under secretary, in general,

the rosemary to color for her informative briefing as well as the other speakers. since september 2022. we have continued to be deeply concerned about the explosions that occurred in the underwater gas pipelines north stream $1.00 and $2.00 in the baltic sea. firstly, because we have said this again and again, nothing justifies the attacks against essential civilian infrastructure, including energy infrastructure. secondly, because in addition to endangering the safety of maritime anerio navigation, it also is an incalculable source of pollution to local marine life with possible devastating climate consequences. having released millions of cubic meters of gas into the atmosphere. and thirdly, they don't, because this is happening in the midst of an extremely complex global geo political situation, in which any incident could trigger unpredictable consequences. for all of these reasons, ecuador condemns these acts and cause upon all states of this organization to show

the greatest caution and maximum restraint. likewise, we recognized the security measures that were taken in september by denmark and sweden, in order to reduce the risk to shipping. and we very much appreciate the joint letter today of the 21st of february, also signed by germany informing us on the investigations under way, in accordance with the fundamental principles of the rule of law. we therefore express our support for these investigations, and we look forward to their conclusions. the international community and this council must facilitate the conduct of these investigations avoiding any disruptive actions which either limit them or influence them. thank you. representative, representative of ecuador for their statement, and i now give the floor to the representative of gibbon murphy missing president.

i would like to thank under secretary general rosemary to carlo professor jeffrey sachs and mr. mcgovern, for their briefing us the counselor's meeting once again today to address the follow on from the explosions that occurred on the 26th and 27th of september last leading to significant gas leaks in the north stream. one and 2 gas pipelines serving to transport gas from russia to europe by the baltic sea strong suspicions of the sabotage 50 more earlier, like you have only been linked to the war in ukraine had accompanied these particular alarming developments. given the damage to the environment constituted by the a leak of methane gas, i'd like to stress that methane gas is 80 percent more warming than carmen carbon dioxide. and that a leak of this gas into the sea. well, also constitutes a genuine environmental disaster. and clear threat for maritime foreigner and flora

. it transpired from the meeting on the 30th of september last that the possibility of an accident. and that was, it was excluded. and that investigations needed to be carried out in order to shed light on the events. my country takes note of the opening of investigations by a number of european countries, sweden, denmark, and germany in particular. and the results of preliminary investigations confirming the suspicions of sabotage. mister president, my country reiterates its condemnation of these unjustifiable attacks aimed at civilian infrastructure. apart from the significant environmental consequences, they are leading to economic losses, sending a shockwave well beyond the countries concerned and are thus increasing the pressure exerted by the conflict on the economy of a number of countries. we would recall that the parties are called upon to respect

international conventions, protecting populations and civilian infrastructure from all arm to attack a. finally, my country calls upon all parties to demonstrate responsibility on circumspection and to do everything possible to ensure that those responsible for these attacks be held accountable for their acts before the competent authorities. thank you. i think of a boy representative of gibbon for their statement and i know give the floor to the representative of the united kingdom and thinking presidents and let me begin by thanking under such a general decala for her briefing. president v u. k condemns v acts of sabotage targeting the nord stream pipeline. however, it's not clear to us why 5 months on russia is suddenly pursuing this issue. here with such urgency, we welcome the letter from denmark, sweden, and germany informing you and member states that investigations are ongoing. the u . k. fully support these technical investigations led by competent national

authorities and awaits by findings. president the any recent development regarding nord stream of which we are aware is a new round of larry doctors ations by russians, state controlled media and public figures. and these are the same actors that's originally chose to accuse the u. k. the basis for these new accusations is an article by an american journalist that sites only a single secret source. and it's no surprise, but the russian ambassador chose not to dwell on the details. as these details have been comprehensively debunked already by other journalists, including on the basis of very straightforward open souls, fact checking. it's bad for our view that the real reason for russia's agencies day is a desperate desire to distract attention one year on from the start of its full scale invasion of ukraine. from the massive casualties suffered by the russian military.

i'm from a devastation that rushes war has wrought on the people of ukraine, as well as its effects across the globe. the u. k. takes the issue of attack, some critical infrastructure very seriously. it's why we have say, frequently condemned to miss counsel rushes attacks on ukraine's energy infrastructure on ukraine schools and on ukraine's hospitals. however, we're not convinced that russia's initiative today or its calls for the establishment of the un commission of inquiry, amount to anything more than a distraction from its continuing aggression in ukraine. i thank you president. i thank the representative of the united kingdom for the statement and i now give the floor to the representative of the united arab emirates president. i think under secretary carlos and we listen carefully to mister sax. and mister mcgovern acts of sabotage of sabotage against energy infrastructure. such as explosions that damage the north stream. one and 2 gas pipeline in the baltic,

sea last september are unacceptable. they pose a significant threat to international security, stability, and prosperity. they may also disrupt markets and undermine the predictability of energy supplies. and as we have seen in this case, they can carry a significant risk of environmental damage. last year's explosions had devastating consequences for our planet, leading to the worth, nothing gas leak ever recorded. as we work together to address climate change, such events only make our collective efforts more difficult. mister president, the u. e takes this incident extremely seriously. when we met last september to discuss this issue, the exact cause of the explosions was unknown. what was clear was the importance of conducting an investigation and to the causes of the explosion, and preventing the situation from escalating further. the imperative for thorough

and credible investigations alongside the need to reduce tensions is as relevant today as it was last fall. it is important that the investigations are grounded in science and facts, not politics and posturing. the gravity of the situation demands a serious and sober approach and requires holding those responsible accountable. it is vital that we send a loud and clear message that these types of acts cannot be tolerated while several investigations are ongoing. we urge all concerned parties not to resort to unilateral measures or escalate tory actions at a time of considerable regional and international uncertainty. we can ill afford any steps that could inflame tensions. mister president, we await the establishment of the facts around the incidence, the identification of those responsible and proper steps to ensure accountability. thank you mister president. i think the representative of the united arab emirates

for their statement and i now give the floor to the representative of gun and suppressed. and i'd like to thank under secretary general rosemary decarlo for her brief in the counsel. we also find professor jeffrey sachs and mister raymond, my glove and for the respect is when we met in the council last september re s breast. great concern about the unprecedented damage cost of the new stream $1.00 and $2.00 gas pipelines. as a result of what are investigations when denmark and st and how to dublin to be a deliberate act of sub which will cover the recent joint update submitted to the counselor. i done my germany and st.