{"id":92208,"date":"2017-03-21T12:16:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T16:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/?p=92208"},"modified":"2017-03-21T14:31:31","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T18:31:31","slug":"tribute-to-the-memory-of-his-excellency-vitaly-churkin-late-permanent-representative-of-the-russian-federation-to-the-united-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/2017\/03\/21\/tribute-to-the-memory-of-his-excellency-vitaly-churkin-late-permanent-representative-of-the-russian-federation-to-the-united-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribute to the memory of His Excellency Vitaly Churkin,  Late Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><em>As delivered<\/em><\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Statement by H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>President of the 71st Session of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ General Assembly, at\u00a0<\/strong><strong>General Assembly Plenary Meeting \u00a0to pay\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Tribute to the memory of His Excellency Vitaly Churkin,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Late Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>21 March 2017<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_92212\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2017\/03\/717624-GA-am-21_03_2017-11.59.11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92212\" class=\"wp-image-92212 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2017\/03\/717624-GA-am-21_03_2017-11.59.11-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"L-R, SG Guterres, PGA Thompson USG Pollard, during the minute of silence. 72nd plenary meeting Tribute to the memory of His Excellency Vitaly Churkin, late Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2017\/03\/717624-GA-am-21_03_2017-11.59.11-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2017\/03\/717624-GA-am-21_03_2017-11.59.11-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2017\/03\/717624-GA-am-21_03_2017-11.59.11-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2017\/03\/717624-GA-am-21_03_2017-11.59.11-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-92212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Photo\/Manuel Elias<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ambassador Churkin was a dear friend and colleague and his \u00a0tragic passing \u2013 just one day shy of his 65<sup>th<\/sup> birthday \u2013 shocked and saddened us all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the annals of history of the United Nations, Ambassador Churkin\u2019s name will be indelible.\u00a0 His decade of wise leadership while serving as Russia\u2019s Representative on the Security Council will suffice to ensure that legacy.\u00a0 But it will be the late Ambassador\u2019s character that will surely be the most beloved element of institutional memory of this remarkable man.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The outpouring of heartfelt tributes from colleagues from all corners of our world reflects the esteem with which Ambassador Churkin was held.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">To put it simply, in the theatre of diplomacy, Ambassador Churkin was a giant \u2013 a deep and eloquent intellectual with a sharp wit and disarmingly approachable manner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">He served his country with passion and pride. As Russia\u2019s Ambassador to the United Nations for more than a decade, he became the longest-serving member of the Security Council.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ambassador Churkin\u2019s quick intelligence was admired by all, his grasp of the intricacies of international political affairs, undisputed, his mastery of negotiation and due process commanding respect from all quarters. But it is the passing of the man himself that we mourn &#8211; the loss of his dry wit, his knowing looks, eye-to-eye, his smiling dismissal of nonsense, his wide cultural reach into literature, theatre and film. For all this and so much more that Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin shared with his colleagues, we are so grateful, even as we stand diminished by his passing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Over a long and illustrious career, Ambassador Churkin made an outstanding contribution to the work of the United Nations. And while acknowledging the myriad of challenges that the organization has faced, he believed \u2013 and I quote \u2013 \u201cthe United Nations continues to be an indispensable mechanism\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On behalf of the United Nations General Assembly, I would like to express our most sincere condolences to Mrs. Irina Churkin, to their children, Anastasia and Maksim, to the staff of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, and to the people and the Government of the Russian Federation. I thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As delivered Statement by H.E. 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