Russian Federation
Ambassador Gennady Gatilov
Russia is a permanent member of the UN Security Council and one of the participants in the Middle East Quartet, formed to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian crisis. Gennady Gatilov became Russia’s Acting Permanent Representative to the United Nations in March 2004. The following is excerpted from the 4,929 th meeting of the Security Council on March 23, 2004, and the 4,935 th meeting of the Security Council on March 25, 2004, in New York.The Russian Federation is deeply alarmed by the dangerous turn of events in the Palestinian territories. The lengthy Palestinian-Israeli conflict has cost thousands of lives. It has had…
