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United Nations - The UN Security Council votes on a resolution to establish an informal working group on general sanctions issues.
The document, drawn up by Malta and the US, was adopted by consensus. The six-point resolution establishes a formal UNSC working group to deal with the general issues of its sanctions. It will include all members of the Security Council and will meet at least twice a year in a closed format. If necessary, other UN Member States may be invited with the agreement of all Security Council members.
"In the course of work on the text, our delegation has demonstrated a constructive approach and readiness to take a responsible stance towards efforts aimed at finding compromise solutions," said Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Representative of Russia to the UN. "Thanks to our active participation and support, a consensus decision was reached on the establishment of an informal Security Council working group on general sanctions issues. Most importantly, this subsidiary body of the Security Council will not interfere with the competences of the sanctions committees and its work will be carried out on the basis of consensus."
The resolution will not solve all the problems related to the use of UN Security Council sanctions, but Russia hopes "that this will be a step in the right direction and that this work will continue", the Russian diplomat said.
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