Russian Federation
Ambassador Vitaly Churkin
Russia joined the United Nations on October 24, 1945. It is a permanent member of the UN Security Council. Vitaly Churkin has served as Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations since May 1, 2006. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Churkin’s statement during the UN Security Council debate on August 10, 2008. Over the pastseveral days, we have held three open meetings of the Security Council becauseof the situation that arose due to the aggression by Georgiaagainst South Ossetia. I would like to recallthe fact that this series of meetings began with a meeting held at theinitiative of the…
