Video Infoblog: Lavrov's Bold Speech at the UN Causes Shockwaves Globally!
ladies and gentlemen your excellencies today the very foundations of the international legal order strategic stability and the UN Centric system of global politics are being put to the test it will be impossible to resolve the conflicts that are multiplying and without getting to their root causes and restoring faith in our ability to join forces for the common good and justice for all let us be frank not all states represented in this room recognize the key principle of the UN Charter The Sovereign equality of all states the United States has long through the words of its presidents declared its own exceptionalism this also applies to Washington's attitude towards its allies from whom it demands unquestioning obedience even to the detriment of their national interests rule America that is the essence of the notorious rule-based order which is a direct threat to multilateralism and international law the most important components of international law the UN Charter and the decisions of our Council are interpreted by the collective West in a perverse and selective manner depending on what instructions are handed down from the White House and many Security Council resolutions are outright ignored these include 2202 which endorsed the minced agreements on Ukraine and resolution 1031 which endorsed the Dayton agreement on peace in Bosnia and herzo on the basis of the principle of equal rights for the three constituent peoples and two entities the sabotage of resolutions on the Middle East can be discussed endlessly it suffices to mention Anthony blinken's statement in an interview with CNN in February 2021 in response to a question about what he thinks but the decision of the previous US Administration to recognize the Syrian goal Heights as belonging to Israel and I will refresh your memory for those of you who may have forgotten in response to that question the Secretary of State said leaving aside legality from a practical standpoint the goalen heights are very important to Israel's security end of quote and this in spite of the fact the UN Security Council resolution 497 which remains in force in which we are all very familiar with qualifies Israel's annexation of the Goen Heights as illegal however according to those very rules we should to quote Anthony blinkin leave aside the legality and of course everyone remembers the statement of us permanent representative regarding the fact that resolution 2728 of March 25th demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip words these American rules are more important than article 25 of the un Charter in the last century George Orwell in his story animal farm already presaged the essence of this rule-based order I quote all animals are equal but some are more equal than others end of quote if you fulfill and obey the will of the hamon you're permitted to do anything you wish but if you dare defend your national interests you will be declared a pariah and sanctioned Washington's hegemonic policy has not decades every Euro security Arrangement without exception has been based on ensuring us dominance this has included the subjugation of Europe and the containment of Russia the main role in this was assigned to Nato which eventually subjugated the European Union which was presumably created for Europeans and shamelessly privatized o institutions in flagrant violation of the Helsinki Final Act The Reckless expansion of NATO despite repeated wash warnings from Moscow over many years also provoked the Ukrainian crisis starting with the cud organized by Washington in February 2014 in order to establish full control over Ukraine with a view to Preparing an offensive against Russia with the help of the Neo-Nazi regime brought to power when penko and then zinski were Waging War against their own citizens in the donbas and were destroying russan russan education Russian culture Russian media and the Russian language in general through their legislation and were Banning the Ukrainian Orthodox Church no one in the west batted an eye nor did they demand that their Wards in Kev observe decency and refrain from violating International conventions on the right of national minorities or the very constitution of Ukraine itself which which itself which also contains these demands it was precisely to eliminate threats to Russia security and to protect those people who consider themselves part of Russian culture and who live on lands that had been settled by their ancestors for centuries in order to save them from legislative and even physical extermination that the special military operation was launched it is telling that even now when multiple initiatives on a Ukrainian settlement are being put forward few people remember ke's violation of Human Rights and the rights of national minori ities none of these initiatives include these aspects only recently did EU documents on the beginning of negotiations negotiations regarding Ukraine's accession formulate a demand to this end mainly due to hungary's position however Brussels actual capacity and desire to influence the key regime is questionable we call on all those who are genuinely interested in overcoming the crisis in Ukraine to enure that their proposals take into account the key issue of the right of national minorities all minorities exception silence on this issue devalues peace initiatives and the racist policy of Mr zalinsky receives deao approval it is typical that 10 years ago in 2014 zalinski said if the people in the east of Ukraine and Crimea want to Russian let them be leave them alone let them speak Russian legally language will never divide our homelands end of quote since then the US has successfully re-educated him and as early as 2021 zalinsky in one of his interviews demanded that those who feel a sense of affinity with Russian culture get out and go to Russia for the future of their children and grandchildren I appeal to the masters of the Ukrainian regime make sure that it complies with ar I 1.3 of the UN Charter which guarantees the fundamental rights and freedoms of all people without distinction of race sex language or religion dear colleagues the North Atlantic Treaty uh organization is not content with the war that it has Unleashed against Russia through the hands of the unlawful authorities in Kev nor is it content with the entire o space having dismantled the fundamental agreements in the area of arms control the US continues to ramp up recently at The Summit in Washington the leaders of NATO countries reiterated their claim to a leading role not only in the Euro Atlantic region but in the well the proclaimed intention is that NATO is continuing to be guided by the goal of protecting the territory of its member states but in order to do this it they allegedly need to spread the alliance's dominance on the entire Eurasian com continent and adjacent water the military infrastructure of NATO is advancing into the Pacific region with the obvious goal of undermining the oan Centric architecture which for many decades was built on the basis of the principles of equality recognition of mutual interests and consensus to replace the inclusive mechanisms around Assan the US and its allies are Building closed confrontational locks such as Aus and other quartets and trios recently the deputy head of Pentagon Mr Hicks stated that the US and their allies must prepare for protracted Wars and not only in Europe that is the end of the quote Russia China and other countries whose independent policies are seen as a challenge to its hemony the West is the global system that was originally built based on its models Washington has done everything to blow up including literally by organizing terrorist attacks on the nordstream gas pipelines the foundations of mutually beneficial energy cooperation between Russia Germany and Europe as a whole at the time Berlin remained silent but today we see another embarrassing period for Germany whose leadership has unquestioningly complied with the US in order to place U us medium range missiles on its territory Olaf schz said very ingenuously that the US has decided to Place High Precision offensive Weapons Systems in Germany and decision and amidst all this Mr Kirby spoke uh the expert on media spoke on behalf of the US president to say we're not seeking to unleash a third world war this would have horrific consequences for the European continent aian slip as they say Washington is convinced that if a new global war were to take place it would be their European allies and not the US who would suffer if that's the analysis on which Biden's Strate and Biden's Administration strategy is based this is a very dangerous illusion and Europeans must become aware of the suicidal role that has been assigned to us Americans are holding the entire West at G point and expanding their trade and economic war with those they see as undesirable having Unleashed an unprecedented campaign of unilateral course of measures that are hitting Europe first and are leading to a fragmentation of the world economy the uh countries of the global South Asia Africa and Latin America are suffering from the neocolonial practices of the West illegal sanctions multiple protection measures uh restrictions on access to Leading techn te ologies are counter to true multilateralism and create serious obstacles to achieving the 2 2030 agenda where are all those attributes of the free market where the United States and its allies taught that they taught everyone to follow market economy Fair competition viability of practice private property presumption of innocence free movement of people goods and capital all that has been jettisoned the geopolitics has buried the one laws of the uh market for the West recently we heard we heard public demands from the officials of the United States the European Union uh aimed at China to reduce excess production in Hightech sectors because uh the West has started losing its uh uh long advantages in that area in today instead of uh Market principles we have the same rules colleagues the actions of the United States and their allies are impeding International cooperation and the building of a more just world they're taking entire countries and regions as hostages are not allowing peoples to uh fulfill their Sovereign rights enshrined in the UN Charter and uh distracting from the necessary joint efforts to regulate conflicts in the Middle East Africa and other regions and reducing Global in inequality eliminating terrorism drug uh trafficking and famine and uh other problems of course uh we I believe that it's uh with good faith it's possible to resolve these matters in order to uh stop development following a negative scenario we want to discuss steps in order to restore trust and stabilize the international situation first of all we need to deal with the root causes of the crisis that have unfolded in Europe but conditions for establishing a stable peace in Ukraine have been set out by President Putin I won't repeat them a political diplomatic solution must be accompanied by concrete steps to eliminate threats to the Russian Federation coming from the Western Euro Atlantic Direction by agreeing to uh Mutual guarantees and agreements that will be necessary to take into account new geostrategic realities on the Eurasian continent where where a continental architecture is being formed that is TR truly equal and indivisible Europe risks falling behind from this objective historical process we are ready to seek a balance of Interest secondly restoring Regional and Global balance of forces must be accompanied by active efforts to uh uh eliminate uh U un Injustice in the global economy in a multi-polar world there should not be any monopolis or uh in monetary regulation trade or Technologies the overwhelming uh majority of members of the International Community share this view it's very important to reform as soon as possible the Breton Woods institutions and the WTO their activity should reflect the true weight of nonwestern centers of development and growth thirdly significant and qualitative changes must take place in other institutions of global governance if we want them to work for the benefit of all first of all this applies to our organization which up to now in spite of everything well continues to be the embodiment of multilateralism and has a unique Universal legitimacy and uh and recognize broad range of authority an important step to uh restoring the effect effectiveness of the UN would be a confirmation uh by all its members of it their commitment to the principles of the UN Charter not selectively but in their fullness and interdependence as about which form this kind of reconfirmation could take place we could think together an important work is being done by the group of friends in in defense of the UN Charter established at the initiative of Venezuela we uh invite all countries that still believe in the uh rule of international law to join this work a key aspect of reforms of the UN must be changing the makeup of the security Council although this by itself will not lead to productive work unless there is a basic agreement on the methods of work among its permanent members this thought nevertheless does not invalidate the need to eliminate Geographic and geopolitical imbalances in the SEC Council where there's clear over representation of the countries of the collective West today what's been needed for a long time is to achieve broad agreement on concrete parameters of Reform which will strengthen representation of Asia Africa and Latin America it's also important to implement changes in the Staffing policy of the Secretariat to eliminate the over representation of Nationals of the West and their subservient nations in the administrative structures of the organization and the SEC Secretary General and his staff of course must adhere strictly to the principles of impartiality and neutrality as uh demanded by uh article 100 of the charter which we are constantly reminding of fourth strengthen the multilateralism in international relations must be done through other multilateral organizations including the G20 which in which has represented most of the global majority and western states the Mandate of the G20 is strictly limited to Economic and Development so it's very important that a substantive Dialogue on this platform is uh does not is not include shortsighted attempts to introduce geopolitical topics an increasingly important role uh based on the principles of the UN Charter is played by bricks and the Shanghai Organization for cooperation it includes countries that represent various regions and that are cooperating on the basis of equality Mutual uh respect consensus and uh Mutual compromise this is the global standard of multilateral cooperation with the participation of major Powers pra of practical importance for multilateralism are such Regional entities as the CIS the collective security Treaty Organization the Euro Asian economic uh Community asan uh the league of Arab states African Union and sellak we see as an important task to uh develop multi uh multiple and diverse contacts between them including with the support of the UN the Russian presidency the counc will devote a topic of it on its agenda to Eurasian Regional organizations colleagues speaking at the par parliamentary Forum of the bricks on the 9th of July in St Petersburg Vladimir Putin said that the formation of a world world order that reflects a real balance of forces is a complex and to uh in many ways a painful process end of quote discussions on this topic We Believe must be developed without devolving into pointless polemics they should be based on on a sound analysis of all the range of factors first and foremost it's important to restore professional diplomacy culture of dialogue uh the uh ability to hear and to uh to listen maintain channels of Crisis communication depending on whether politicians and diplomats can formulate something uh like a vision of the future millions of lives will depend on them whether our world will be multilateral and just uh it depends on member states uh the uh Foundation is the charter of the United Nations if everyone follows its letter and spirit then the United Nations is capable overcoming current divergences and to reach a common denominator of most the end of History did not take place let's work together in the interest of the beginning of history of true multilateralism that reflects all the richness of culture and cultural and civilizational multi uh diversity of the peoples of the world I invite everyone to an Frank discussion of course it has to be an honest one thank you very much
