At the same time, for stable peace to prevail in conflict-affected regions in the CIS area the volume of international economic and humanitarian aid for their rehabilitation should be increased. Russia attaches primary importance to the expansion of cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional mechanisms in Africa for the purpose of a more effective crisis response on the continent. This is evidenced by the Russian participation in peace-keeping operations in a number of African countries. The experience of UN peace-keeping activities in recent years clearly shows priority of political and diplomatic methods of conflict settlement. It is exactly these methods that help minimize the suffering of civilian population and find ways to a stable peace.
Strategic stability means security and tranquillity of civil society and of an individual.
This task can be accomplished only through combined efforts of the international community to counter contemporary threats and challenges including, inter alia, aggressive separatism and religious extremism, illicit arms trafficking and organized crime. Such an abhorrent manifestation of extremism as international terrorism poses a direct threat to security and stability. Today, terrorists of every stripe are sometimes more organized than the world community confronting them. We expect that the United Nations will step up mobilization of international capacities to counteract terrorism. As to those who violate these principles the Security Council should take against them measures contained in the UN Charter.