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Continuation of the Security Council debate

25 April 2023

The debate at the Security Council, revolving around the “Maintenance of international peace and security: effective multilateralism based on the defense of the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations,” resumed after a short break.
The various States that took the floor (...)

Russia and China demand the application of all Treaties

25 April 2023

On 24 April 2023, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov presided over a UN Security Council meeting on the “Maintenance of international peace and security: Effective multilateralism through the Defense of the Principles of the UN Charter”.
It should be recalled that the interpretation of (...)

Russia calls into question US management of UN Headquarters

4 November 2022

The Russian Federation has sent a long letter to the 195 member states of the United Nations outlining the difficulties it faces in obtaining visas for its diplomats at the United Nations.
The missive points out that Washington no longer makes a secret of its intention to limit the number of (...)

Russia requests relocation of UN Headquarters to another country

6 September 2022

Russia calls for the UN headquarters located in the U.S. to be moved to another country, which would respect its obligations as host of the Organization.
When the headquarters were set up in New York, Washington had pledged to receive delegations from all member states regardless of its (...)

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights visits China

30 May 2022

A blow for Western diplomacy: the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Chilean national Michele Bachelet, has just completed a six-day visit to China, looking in particular for evidence of the "Uyghur genocide”, but had to leave empty-handed. Going back 17 years, none of her predecessors has (...)

It won’t be possible to keep Russia out of UN Security Council

6 April 2022

In an interview with MSNBC’s The “ReidOut” on 5 April 2022, US Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield admitted that it would not be possible to exclude Russia from the Security Council.
Since day one of the Russian intervention in Ukraine, the United States has (...)

US and UK consider excluding Russia from UN Security Council

10 March 2022

British and American diplomats are probing allied states on the possible exclusion of Russia from the Security Council (article 23).
Legally, it would first require an extraordinary meeting of the General Assembly convened by nine members of the Security Council (Article 109). This (...)

Russia slams UNSG António Guterres’ bias

23 February 2022

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov criticized the partiality of United Nations Secretary General António Guterres at a protocol meeting in Moscow with his Special Envoy Geir Pedersen on 23 February 2022.
The Russian Minister underlined that Mr. Guterres’ statements were not consistent (...)

NATO aggression against Russia and China at UNSC

2 February 2022

UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe: UN Under-Secretary.General Rosemary DiCarlo (front) speaks with U.S. Permanent Representative Linda Thomas-Greenfield (profile) amid general confusion.
The United States and its allies called a meeting of the UN Security Council on 31 January 2022, to forestall the (...)

Rising tensions

Russia wants to force the US to respect the UN Charter

by Thierry Meyssan

Paris (France) | 4 January 2022

Russia and China have just written to the United States asking it to respect the United Nations Charter and the word it has given. This approach, devoid of any aggressiveness, calls into question not only the functioning of the UN, NATO and the European Union, but almost all the US advances (...)

Russia vetoes resolution on climate change

16 December 2021

On 13 December 2021, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres promoted the adoption of a draft resolution on global warming presented by Niger, which holds the rotating Security Council presidency. However, to everyone’s surprise, Russia decided to veto this long-awaited text. (...)

Intervention by Benjamin Netanyahu the 75th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly

by Benjamin Netanyahu

New York (USA) | 29 September 2020

Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Middle East is not exactly renowned for producing good news, and few expected this year to be any different. You know, the pandemic is ravaging our part of the world like everywhere else.
But I am pleased to report to you that this year, I can tell (...)

Intervention by Ilham Aliyev the 75th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly

by Ilham Aliyev

New York (USA) | 24 September 2020

Mr. President,
Mr. Secretary-General,
Distinguished Heads of State and Government,
I congratulate the President of the 75th session of the General Assembly, Mr. Volkan Bozkir, on his election. We were delighted with the election of a representative of the brotherly Turkey to such a (...)

Intervention by Donald Trump the 75th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly

by Donald Trump

New York (USA) | 22 September 2020

It is my profound honor to address the United Nations General Assembly.
Seventy-five years after the end of World War II and the founding of the United Nations, we are once again engaged in a great global struggle. We have waged a fierce battle against the invisible enemy — the China virus — (...)

Intervention by Vladimir Putin before the 75th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly

New York (USA) | 22 September 2020

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen,
This year, the international community celebrates two, without exaggeration, historic anniversaries: the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and establishment of the United Nations.
The importance of (...)

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