Year: 2020
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Interview with Mikhail Shvidkoi, Chairman of VGTRK
Interview with Mikhail Shvidkoi, Chairman of VGTRKHow do you explain the decline in the ratings of the news program” Vesti?”That’s partially due to seasonal factors, and in part it’s due to alack of funds. You can’t do TV without money. We’ve managed for ayear, and now we’re starting to feel…
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Intervention at a Meeting of the Directors of World Bank and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Finding resources to finance development has always been a difficult problem, especially during the last few years, when there was the beginning of a trend towards a decline in official development assistance and a reduction in voluntary contributions to the operational activities of the UN, accompanied by a decline in…
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V.I. Resin, First Deputy Premier, Moscow City Administration Russian-American Investment Symposium, 1999
V.I. Resin, First Deputy Premier, Moscow City AdministrationRussian-American Investment Symposium, 1999(Harvard University, Boston, USA)Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, Distinguished colleagues,Attracting foreign capital and investments is one of the major areas of our municipal investment policy. This has become particularly important due to the recent economic problems resulting from the August decisions…
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On the Development of Women’s Medium and Small-scale Business in Kazakhstan (UN, 1997)
Madam Chairwoman,In our country there are 8.5 million women who account for 51.38 per cent of the total population. In all as of January I, I996, 49% of the women were employed. It should be recalled that the employment rate for women in the Republic of Kazakhstan is relatively high…
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The Status of Women: National Plans of Action (1998)
The Status of Women: National Plans of Action (1998)Mr. Chairman,What is» contained in the Platform of Action of the Beijing Conference, namely the recommendation to adopt as soon as possible national plans of action to improve the status of women, has theapproval of the Russian Federation, where there already is…
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National Experience with Population Issues (UN, 1998)
Population issues are one of the most important priorities of the government of the Russian Federation, since in recent years the demographic situation in our country has been in a state of crisis. The major factors are: the deterioration of health and an unprecedented rise in the mortality of the…
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Representative of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan on the Environment (UN, 1997)
Mr. President,Allow me also to congratulate you on your election to this important post and to express my confidence that your extensive professional and personal experience, together with your great diplomatic skill will advance creative dialogue and fruitful discussions, leading to specific measures and recommendations to achieve the ambitious objectives…
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Premier V.S. Chernomyrdin, Statement at the 19th Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Environmental Protection, 1997
Premier V.S. Chernomyrdin, Statement at the 19th Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Environmental Protection, 1997Mr. President,First of all, Mr. President, we should like to extend our congratulations on your election to this important post. The Russian delegation shares the general desire for a productive session and will…
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Interview with Professor Sergei Mironov
— Sergei Pavlovich, where are most of your patients coming from?Athletes… Ballet performers… circus performers. Differentkinds of people with different lives and different injuries. During theyears of its existence our clinic has treated Maya Plisetskaya andValery Kharlamov, Vladimir Vasiliev and Olga Korbut…We’ve seennearly all the players of the USSR hockey,…
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The Problem of Drugs (UN, 1996)
The Problem of Drugs (UN, 1996)Mr. Chairman,The Russian Federation finds good grounds for our discussion today of international cooperation in the war on drugs. Drug addiction today is among the most terrible social ills on our planet. Drug abuse and the illegal drug trade represent a serious threat to the…
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Health and Space (UN, 1986)
Health and Space (UN, 1986)In my presentation today I would like to draw your attention to the question of what space nights can teach us — and in particular lengthy flights — on deepening and expanding our medical knowledge about human beings.Nature is not only around us, but also within…
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International Cooperation for the Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes (UN, 1995)
International Cooperation for the Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes (UN, 1995)Mr. Chairman,We have no doubt that the Committee on outer space, if given the appropriate authority, fulfills a need of the international community. It has a reliable system of values, extensive experience in dialogue, and an impressive record…
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Disarmament: Statement by the Delegate of Kazakhstan (UN, 1999)
Disarmament: Statement by the Delegate of Kazakhstan (UN, 1999)Mr. Chairman,Allow me to associate myself with the congratulations extended to you on your election to the important post of Chairman of the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the Year 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on…
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Nuclear Terrorism (UN, 1999)
Nuclear Terrorism (UN, 1999)Mr. Chairman,Allow me at the outset to express our great satisfaction at seeing you continue to chair our committee. The Russian delegation deeply appreciates the efforts you are making to produce new effective international instruments, including those designed to ,com’6at terrorism. On behalf of the Russian delegation…
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Protection of the Civilian Population in Armed Conflicts (UN, 1998)
Protection of the Civilian Population in Armed Conflicts (UN, 1998)Mr. Chairman,Despite the efforts of the international community to avert armed conflicts and to minimize their consequences for the civilian population, such conflicts continue to cause the deaths of thousands of these civilians. These include a considerable number of children, women…
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Speech by E.A. Shevardnadze, Harvard University, 1991
Speech by E.A. Shevardnadze, Harvard University, 1991То feel confident in a world in which the role of nuclear weapons will be diminished, we need to know how to protect ourselves from nuclear terrorism. Currently there are highly accurate non-nuclear weapons, which through surgical strikes have the capability of thwarting the…
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Statement by Evgeny Primakov to the UN General Assembly (1997)
Statement by Evgeny Primakov to the UN General Assembly (1997)Mr. President,Allow me to most sincerely congratulate you, a representative of Ukraine, with which we have friendly relations, on your election to this important and distinguished post. We are certain that under your presidency the General Assembly will be able to…
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On Non-selfgoverning Territories (UN, 1999)
On Non-selfgoverning Territories (UN, 1999) (Текст читается с американским акцентом) Mr President, First of all I would like once again to thank the organizers of the seminar, namely the permanent representative of St Lucia, for the hospitality and superb organization shown us at this important meeting As regards our view…
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