Threats to International Peace and Security - Security Council, 9295th Meeting

Security Council Rejects Draft Resolution Establishing Commission to Investigate Sabotage of Nord Stream Pipeline

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 00:48:40
• Production Date: 27 March 2023
• Asset Language: Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Original; Russian; Spanish
• Subject Topical: INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY; INVESTIGATION
• Geographic Subject: BALTIC SEA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION
• MAMS Id: 3050416
• Parent Id: 3027874

Description

The Security Council failed today to adopt a resolution, put forward by the representative of the Russian Federation, which would have established an international independent investigative commission into the September 2022 “acts of sabotage” committed on the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea.

By a vote of 3 in favour (Brazil, China, Russian Federation) to none against, with 12 abstentions, the Council rejected the draft resolution, owing to a lack of sufficient votes in favour.

The resolution, if adopted, would have requested the Secretary-General to establish an international, independent investigation commission to conduct a comprehensive, transparent and impartial international investigation of all aspects of the act of sabotage on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines — including identification of its perpetrators, sponsors, organizers and accomplices.

It would have outlined the commission’s composition, deciding that it would comprise “impartial and internationally respected experts” selected by the Secretary-General, and be furnished with an adequate number of experienced and impartial staff.

Further by its terms, the Council would have requested the Secretary-General to report to it within 30 days on recommendations for the proposed specific modalities of the commission, and encouraged Member States — including those conducting their own relevant national investigations — to fully cooperate and share information with the commission.

The meeting began at 3:04 p.m. and ended at 3:52 p.m.