#Kuzmin: Terrorist groups that take part in armed conflicts in #Syria & some #Africa|n states pose a serious threat to civilians. Opposing sides, militants, and #terrorists use what's designed as a civil facility (schools, hospitals) for military purposes with growing frequency. https://t.co/qSLXNIT5VO

#Kuzmin at #UNSC debate on protecting civilians in conflict: We believe 1949 #Geneva Conventions & Additional Protocols provide sufficient contractual legal framework for protecting civilians&civil facilities, i.a. in the circumstances of #urban warfare. https://t.co/U2fRp4UcNY https://t.co/FAQVHNQ59G

#Kuzmin: We strongly condemn this practice. Such irresponsible behavior turns this sort of [#civil] infrastructure into legitimate targets under the international humanitarian law. As a result, it puts the lives of civilians in danger. @mfa_russia https://t.co/tAiwhAT4Cu

#Kuzmin: #ISIL and other #terrorist organizations have not been defeated yet. They carry on w/criminal activities in various regions of🌍. Now they particularly gravitate towards the African continent. So it's crucial that we should prevent revival of “Caliphate 2.0” in #Africa. https://t.co/mH8Y2oJ8sM

#Kuzmin: Terrorist threats trigger great problems in NE #Syria. The illegally present US military fail to etablish order there. The atmosphere of lawlessness that evolves around the locations where🇺🇸contingents're deployed creates favorable conditions for #terrorists of all sorts https://t.co/gzlLEtGs7y

#Kuzmin: One of #Syria’s major #humanitarian challenges also takes us to the territory, illegally occupied by the #UnitedStates – camps “Al-Hol” and “Roj”, where dozens of thousand women and children are kept in horrible conditions. https://t.co/qCwsjTuIJP

#Kuzmin: The local militants definitely gained in strength and courage, because now they openly attack detention facilities where their “brothers-in-arms” are held. As a result, even those #terrorists who have been put to prison now turn out free. #Syria @mfa_russia https://t.co/AjTn0GUIji

#Kuzmin: Withdrawal of American🇺🇸 occupational forces from #Syria would allow Syrians to clear the remaining #terrorist hotbeds in the country and ensure safety of the population. As record shows, the Government of Syria🇸🇾 can do this in a much more effective way. https://t.co/pyYkAXoUXO

#Kuzmin: Russia🇷🇺 supports the efforts of states that are ready to cooperate in order to fight with #terrorism on the basis of the international law. There are enough legal tools that allow to do this, i.a. those elaborated by the #SecurityCouncil 🇺🇳. 🔗https://t.co/Ot3Tec8wwg https://t.co/0ygtpWBe1U

#Kuzmin: Russia has been engaging systemically with the authorities of #Syria and #Iraq to evacuate children from conflict zones. We've built an effective system of interaction that lets identify & repatriate children of🇷🇺citizens while fully complying w/norms of the intn'l law. https://t.co/MbwOpbOEpd

#Kuzmin: The Afghan wing of #ISIL consists of more than 6,000 fighters. We're particularly concerned over the fact that the majority of terrorists in 🇦🇫come from #CentralAsia states. This escalates risks that #terrorist activity may spread to the neighboring countries. https://t.co/I9EZrzNaAG

#Kuzmin: By this time, appr.3⃣5⃣0⃣ minors have safely returned from #Syria and #Iraq. One of our priority tasks at this track is ensuring social adaptation of these children. To achieve this, we among other things render support to their relatives who act as caregivers. https://t.co/LTbJMkTO1j

#Kuzmin: Our Western colleagues again called to observe #HumanRights & uphold the #humanitarian law when taking counter-#terrorism measures. We suggest that they be the first to do so, because at this point what they say does not reconcile w/ what they do. https://t.co/Ot3Tec8wwg https://t.co/QiYSb9BBqe

#Kuzmin at 🇺🇳Commission for Social Development: In order to ensure economic availability of food and mitigate negative impacts of the #pandemic, Russia has elaborated & endorsed a package of measures, in particular mechanisms for financial support and management of #food markets. https://t.co/44lXYCQ6ZY

#Kuzmin: There're less than 10 years left to achieve the goals of #Agenda2030. But COVID-related crisis created obstacles for many of these goals, including eradication of #poverty & hunger, ensuring #foodsecurity and safety, promotion of sustainable agricultural development. https://t.co/TzAM0erPxY

#Kuzmin at 🇺🇳Commission for Social Development: #UNSG highlights that COVID-related crisis negatively impacted the level of #employment and people's sources of livelihood. Russia takes every effort to reduce #poverty. This is one of our national development goals until 2030. https://t.co/tBa0HYDlxR

#Kuzmin on #WPS agenda: What is required today is measures enhancing #women's economic potential, creating favorable conditions for developing female businesses, broadening access of👩to financial and material resources, markets, modern #technology, and intellectual property. https://t.co/KZqQaSlxeU

#Kuzmin: It has been > 20 years since #UNSC adopted resolution 1325. The fundamental principles of this document that are based on the four elements: prevention, protection, participation, and sustaining #peace in situations of armed conflict, are relevant today as never before. https://t.co/91J8F0dZAE

#Kuzmin: Intn'l cooperation in this area should focus on overcoming poverty, development of #women, improving access to #education & decent work. The practice of applying #UCMs to states is unacceptable, as it impact the interests of👩in social & economic areas in the first place https://t.co/7npABGKKEN

#Kuzmin at SC debate on #WPS: We emphasize the importance of discussing issues of women’s social & economic inclusion as a critical element of building #peace. Sadly, it's not seldom that this track of cooperation is unjustifiably understated & sidelined. https://t.co/e69jZu5uTl https://t.co/a09ojh4D6Y