International law and social issues

Statement of the Russian Permanent Mission to the UN Office in Geneva on the adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement (May 21, 2025)

Statement by Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Konstantin Mogilevsky, at the Ministerial Segment of the 28th UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (April 7, 2025)

Statement by Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Geneva, Ambassador Gennady Gatilov, at the joint briefing of the permanent representatives of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus on the topic of “Forming Eurasian security architecture and developing the Eurasian Charter on diversity and multipolarity in the XXI century” (February 18, 2025, Geneva)

Russian Permanent Mission to the UN Office in Geneva in response to a TASS request to comment on media reports regarding the termination of cooperation between Russia and CERN (March 19, 2024)

From February 26 to March 1, in Havana, Cuba, joint educational courses were conducted by MGIMO University and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) for Cuban government officials and master's students from Cuba's Higher Institute of International Relations Raúl Roa García.

Russia will assist CIS countries in development of sustainable housing and smart cities

The Government of the Russian Federation has decided to allocate a new voluntary contribution of 2 million to the budget of the UN Road Safety Fund.

We have decided to focus today’s discussion on what unites all countries, contrary to the modern discourse based on the assumption that each State must copy a number of so-called “old”, “leading” or “real” democracies or other definitions used by those who identify themselves as a model for the rest of the world.
Building a real democracy is impossible without cultivating respect for human rights and freedoms in society and establishing an effective system for their promotion and protection. By upholding the fundamental principles of liberty, equality and fraternity, democracy creates an enabling environment for individuals to live freely and autonomously. It institutionally guarantees that the policies and laws created by governments take into account the best interests of people who have entrusted their leaders to govern their States. It is a classical form of the social contract which was first described in Greek and Roman philosophy and then transformed by Rousseau and other famous thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment.