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3 Nov 2024 - UN: Tomorrow morning (4 October), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing under the “Threats to international peace and security” agenda item...
Russia requested the meeting to mark the two-year anniversary of the 26 September 2022 explosions that caused physical damage to the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea. Uncharacteristically for a Council briefing, no briefers are anticipated...
...Russia is expected to criticise what it perceives as reluctance by German authorities to share information about their investigations. During a press briefing on 28 September, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova accused Berlin of withholding information from the Security Council. She further claimed that “the US and its partners” blocked the adoption of the draft presidential statement proposed by Russia in October 2023.
...It seems that the negotiations on the latest Russian-proposed presidential statement have been challenging. While some have members expressed support for the initiative, several Council members have raised concerns about the text, arguing that it could undermine Germany’s ongoing national investigations. Members are currently discussing the fourth draft of the text.
Tomorrow, Council members are likely to underscore that critical civilian infrastructure must be protected, while some may emphasise the need to ensure accountability for the Nord Stream incident. At the Council’s last briefing on this issue on 26 April, China called for the launch of a UN-led international investigation. Algeria, noting its three gas pipelines to Europe, expressed support for the ongoing German investigations and “for any future international effort, particularly under the auspices of the [UN]”...
While Russia may argue that the ongoing German investigations do not diminish the need for an impartial international investigation into the incident, several members are expected to emphasise the importance of the Council avoiding actions that could politicise the issue, interfere with or delegitimise national proceedings, or prejudge their outcomes.
Some Council members—including the P3 (France, the UK, and the US)—may criticise Russia for convening tomorrow’s meeting.
At the 26 April briefing, the US accused Russia of using these meetings “to spread disinformation, cast aspersions and discredit ongoing national investigations”. The US also highlighted what it described as a double standard, noting that while Russia calls for an international investigation into the Nord Stream incident, it vetoed a 28 March draft resolution that would have extended the mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the 1718 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sanctions Committee. Similarly, the UK said that “it is hypocritical of Russia to spend so much time drawing the Security Council’s attention to one act of sabotage on national infrastructure, while at the same time it is deliberately and systematically conducting its own attacks on national infrastructure in Ukraine”.
[MRT: The UK is the primary suspect, the USA is co-conspirator suspect]
4 Nov 2024 - UN: ... recording here
Threats to international peace and security - Security Council, 9741st meeting
7 Nov 2024 - The US and Britain were directly involved in the terrorist attack on #NordStream - the Head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Naryshkin "The SVR has reliable information about the direct involvement of the US and Great Britain in this major terrorist attack.
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