UN Security Council holds high-level open debate Russia: A small number of Western countries have no right to speak on behalf of all mankind
On the 24th local time, the United Nations Security Council held an open debate on "safeguarding the UN Charter and multilateralism", attended by UN Secretary-General Guterres, and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, who holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council, presided over the meeting. Lavrov said at the meeting that the current international system with the United Nations as the core is experiencing a deep crisis, and some countries are trying to use the so-called "rules-based international order" to replace international law and the UN Charter.
The Russian Foreign Minister said that some countries are trying to replace the United Nations with so-called "rules"
Lavrov said that these so-called "rules" are specially formulated in an attempt to curb the independent development of other countries. These so-called "rules" are enforced through force, embargoes, financial sanctions, confiscation of property, "destruction of critical infrastructure" and "manipulation of universally accepted norms and procedures."
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov: As was the case during the Cold War, we are already facing a dangerous, and possibly even more dangerous, situation. Western financial and economic aggression is destroying the gains of globalization, and the United States and its allies are abandoning diplomacy and demanding a showdown on the battlefield.
The Russian Foreign Minister said that the United States undermines multilateralism in order to maintain its hegemony
Lavrov said that in order to maintain its hegemony, the United States does not hesitate to undermine multilateralism and destroy globalization. For a long time, the United States has adopted the "method of pulling together gangs and factions" to engage in bloc confrontation for various reasons and undermine the role of the United Nations. Today, he said, the United States and its allies are "blacklisting" anyone who opposes them and trying to tell the world that "those who don't support us are those who oppose us."
The Russian Foreign Minister said that a small number of Western countries have no right to speak on behalf of all mankind
Lavrov stressed that Western countries should respect other members of the international community, and that a small number of Western countries have no right to speak on behalf of all mankind, and their so-called "rules-based international order" is a serious violation of the principle of sovereign equality.
Lavrov also called for reform of the UN Security Council to increase the representation of Africa, Asia and Latin America. He said that the current representation of Western countries undermines multilateralism.