Vasily Nebenzya

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Alekseevich and the family name is Nebenzya.
Ambassador
Vasily Nebenzya
Vasily Nebenzya (2020-02-03).jpg
16th Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations
Assumed office
27 July 2017
PresidentVladimir Putin
Preceded byVitaly Churkin
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
In office
3 June 2013 – 27 July 2017
PresidentVladimir Putin
MinisterSergey Lavrov
Personal details
Born
Vasily Alekseyevich Nebenzya

(1962-02-26) 26 February 1962 (age 62)
Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma materMoscow State Institute of International Relations
Awards

Vasily Alekseyevich Nebenzya (Russian: Василий Алексеевич Небензя; born 26 February, 1962) is a Russian diplomat and the current Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations.[1] His official title is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.[2]

Life and career

Nebenzya was born 26 February, 1962 in Volgograd. His father was Deputy Chairman of the USSR State Committee for Publishing Aleksei Andreevich Nebenzya (1923–1994). He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1983. Since then he has pursued a diplomatic career.[2]

  • 1988–1990 — attaché of the USSR Embassy in Thailand.
  • 1990–1991 — third Secretary Directorate for international economic relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR.
  • 1991–1992 — second Secretary Department of international organizations Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR and Russia.
  • 1993-1996 — head of Department, Department of international organizations Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
  • 1996–2000 — Advisor, senior Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Russia to the UN.
  • 2000–2006 — head of Department, Deputy Director of the Department of international organizations Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
  • 2006–2011 — Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the World Trade Organization.
  • 2011–2012 — Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations office and other international organizations in Geneva.
  • 2012–2013 — Director of Department for humanitarian cooperation and human rights Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
  • 2013–2017 — Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
  • Since 27 July 2017 — Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN

Nomination and confirmation

In February 2017, Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vitaly Churkin died. In March 2017, Nebenzya was named as one of the main candidates for this post alongside the Permanent Representative of Russia to NATO Alexander Grushko, and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Anatoly Antonov.[3]

On April 21, 2017, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia nominated him for the post of UN Ambassador. Since 25 to 29 May 2017, he was officially approved of the Federal Assembly of Russia.[4]

Confirmation Process
Voting Body Vote Date Results
State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs 25 May 2017[5] Approved
Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs 29 May 2017[6] Approved

President Putin appointed Nebenzya as Permanent Representative to the United Nations on July 27, 2017, and he presented his credentials to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres the following day.[7][8]

Invasion of Ukraine in 2022

At the time of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, Nebenzya was serving as the president of the UN Security Council, a position which rotates monthly between the fifteen UN member states with seats on the Council. The holder of the presidency is considered to be the "face" and spokesperson of the UNSC. On 23 February 2022, President Vladimir Putin announced the invasion via video message while the Security Council was meeting. When the Ukrainian Representative Sergiy Kyslytsya called upon Nebenzya to "call Lavrov right now" and "do everything possible to stop the war", Nebenzya simply stated that "waking up Minister Lavrov at this time is not something I plan to do".[9] Despite calls for his resignation, Nebenzya did not offer it, and in fact vetoed a proposed resolution by the UNSC condemning the invasion.[10] Commenting on Russia's Bucha massacre, Vasily Nebenzya said that "corpses lying on the streets of Bucha did not exist until Russian troops arrived."[11]

Main article: Eleventh emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly
UN General Assembly
video icon Addressing UN General Assembly on Feb 28, 2022

Speaking at the 11th emergency special session of UN on 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Nebenzya maintained that “… there is a need to demilitarize and de-nazify Ukraine" and that "media and social networks" had "distorted and thwarted" image of Russia's actions.[12][note 1]

Notes

  1. ^ He did not specify which media, however.

References

  1. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации №340 от 26 июля 2017 года «О Постоянном представителе Российской Федерации при Организации Объединенных Наций в Нью-Йорке, США, и Представителе Российской Федерации в Совете Безопасности Организации Объединенных Наций". kremlin.ru. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b "NEBENZYA Vasily Alekseevich". www.mid.ru. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  3. ^ ""Коммерсантъ" назвал имя основного кандидата в постпреды России при ООН". Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. ^ "МИД РФ выдвинул кандидатуру нового постпреда при ООН - Статьи - Известия". 21 April 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Дума может 25 мая рассмотреть кандидатуру Небензи на пост постпреда при ООН". 18 May 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Источник: кандидатуру на должность постпреда при ООН рассмотрят в СФ 29 мая". 16 May 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации №340 от 26 июля 2017 года «О Постоянном представителе Российской Федерации при Организации Объединенных Наций в Нью-Йорке, США, и Представителе Российской Федерации в Совете Безопасности Организации Объединенных Наций". kremlin.ru. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  8. ^ "О встрече Постоянного представителя России при ООН В.А.Небензи и Генерального секретаря Организации Объединенных Наций Антониу Гутерреша". russiaun.ru/ru. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Ukraine - Security Council, 8974th meeting". United Nations. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  10. ^ Leff, Alex; Wood, Patrick (24 February 2022). "Read the impassioned plea from Ukraine's U.N. Ambassador to Russia to stop the war". NPR.
  11. ^ "Russian UN ambassador accidentally says Bucha corpses 'didn't exist until we arrived'". 6 April 2022.
  12. ^ "General Assembly holds emergency special session on Ukraine". February 28, 2022.

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