THE FOREIGN POLICY CONCEPT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
 | POSITION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AT THE 65TH SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1. The 65th session of the UN General Assembly should give an impetus to the multilateral interaction aimed at resolving present-day global problems, first of all, in such areas as preventing and settling regional crises, ensuring WMD non-proliferation, overcoming consequences of natural and man-made disasters, addressing climate change, ensuring sustainable development and food security. Further consolidation of the UN as a unique Organization with universal legitimacy becomes especially relevant.
2. Enhanced collective engagement requires a strict compliance with the UN Charter prerogatives of the UN Security Council as the main body bearing responsibility for maintaining international peace and security. Moreover, better cooperation between the Security Council and regional organizations in accordance with Chapter VIII of the UN Charter is meant to usefully complement the work of the Organization in stabilizing the situation in conflict-prone regions of the world.
3. The main objective of the UN Security Council reform is to further enhance the effectiveness of this body. Russia supports the idea of making the Security Council more representative. At the same time, we believe that it is important to keep it compact (for us it is "slightly more than twenty" members) in order to ensure its adequate and prompt response to emerging crises. The progress of the intergovernmental negotiations on the SC reform shows that today none of the proposed reform models enjoys wide support. In such a situation putting some models to the vote would inevitably polarize the General Assembly. The only way is to continue patient work on harmonizing positions within the established negotiation framework without setting artificial deadlines for making decisions on the issue that is sensitive for many Member States. This is the only way to elaborate a model to reform the Security Council that would enjoy maximum possible support – much larger than the two-thirds of UN Member States' votes required by the Charter. As for the veto procedure, we are convinced that this right of the SC permanent members cannot be abolished or limited. Their prerogatives should remain intact.
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