🎙 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov's remarksat the General Debate of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly
📍New York, September 28, 2024
💬 A few days ago, this building hosted a forum called the Summit of the Future.
Russia was supportive of the idea of the Secretary-General to convene it, since the crisis of our Organisation is deepening and something needs to be done about this. We devoted our efforts to preparing the summit. However, we were realistic in our expectations. There have been many ambitious events in the modern history of the United Nations which ended up with loud declarations which were soon forgotten. <...>
The current UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, just like Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon before him, has put forward an initiative under the slogan of a new start for global cooperation. This is a wonderful idea. Who could disagree? But what global cooperation is there to talk about, when the West has trampled all those unshakeable values of the globalisation that speakers on the podium talked so much about, trying to convince us that they would give everyone equal access to the goods of modern civilisation?
Where is the inviolability of property, the presumption of innocence, freedom of expression, access to information, fair competition in markets under fair and constant rules?
The Secretary-General speaks of global cooperation at the very moment when the countries of the West have unleashed a veritable war of sanctions against more than half, if not the majority, of the countries of the world, and the US dollar, promoted as an asset and a good for all humanity, has been crudely turned into a weapon.
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It is not late to breathe new life into the United Nations. But this can be achieved through restoration of trust based on the charter principle – sovereign equality of all states – rather than out-of-touch summits and declarations. However, while the trust is undermined, including through actions by the West to create its subordinate narrow formats to resolve crucial issues bypassing the UN such as control over the Internet or determination of legal frameworks to use AI technologies. These issues touch upon the future of the entire humanity and they have to be considered on a universal basis, without discrimination and aspiration to achieve unilateral benefits. Thus, everything has to be agreed on a fair basis involving all UN members.
Key points:
• The world faces massive challenges which require united efforts rather than confrontation and desire of global domination.
• It is obvious for the world majority that confrontation and hegemonism do not solve a single global problem. They just artificially restrain the impartial process of forming a multipolar world.
• Russia will always be on the side of collective work,truth and law, peace and cooperation in the interests of reviving the ideals laid down by the founding fathers.
• The unprecedented level of hypocrisy and aggressiveness of the western policy against Russia not only brings to naught the idea of global cooperation promoted by the Secretary General.
• The UN Secretariat cannot remain aloof from efforts to establish the truth in situations that directly affect global security and must act impartially in accordance with Art. 100 of the Charter, acting impartially and avoiding the temptation to play into the hands of certain states, especially those who openly call for the world to be divided into a flowering garden and a jungle, or for a democratic table to be set for dinner and those on the menu instead of cooperation.
• A more equitable world order unconditionally presupposes increased representation of the Global South in the UN Security Council. We reaffirm our position in support of Brazil and India provided a positive decision is reached in the framework of the well-known initiatives of the African Union.
#UNGA79#UNCharterIsOurRules
🖊OPINION | The Kidnapping of Venezuela’s Sovereignty
"The kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro and National Assembly deputy Cilia Flores should compel a fundamental reassessment of the state of the international order."
Tricontinental Institute researchers Atul Chandra and Tings Chak look at the recent US attacks and their implications for multilateralism and international law.
Follow the link to read the article: https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/the-kidnapping-of-venezuelas-sovereignty/
#InternationalLaw#Multilateralism#Sovereignty#NicolasMaduro
🌐Today is International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace.
On December 12, 2018, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution A/RES/73/127 on marking this day. The document notes that the International Day aims to promote UN values and to reaffirm the trust of the world’s nations in the goals and principles of the UN Charter.
🇷🇺🇺🇳 Russia is invariably committed to the policy of upholding multilateralism and the UN’s leading role in global affairs and is actively involved in efforts to overhaul the UN and to adapt it to new international realities.
This is particularly topical today when a narrow group of states advancing the rules-based order concept exerts unprecedented pressure on the UN and other multilateral institutions.
✍️ Under the Russian Foreign Policy Concept, approved on March 31, 2023, Russia intends to prioritise efforts to reinstate the UN’s role as a central coordination mechanism in coordinating the interests of UN member states.
At the same time, one of the main aims of national foreign policy is to strengthen the potential of multilateral regional associations and integration organisations involving Russia. For example, this refers to measures to enhance the international role of #BRICS, the #SCO, the #CIS, the #EAEU, the #CSTO, #RIC and other interstate associations and international organisations, as well as mechanisms with significant Russian involvement.
⏰ Today, on April 24, FM Sergey Lavrov will take part in one of the key events of Russia’s presidency of the UN Security Council, specifically, the open debate on "Effective multilateralism through the defence of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations." The debate will be streamed live on all our feeds.
#UNCharterIsOurRules#Multilateralism
La Convenzione di Hanoi: un nuovo pilastro globale contro il crimine cibernetico
Il 25 ottobre a Hà Nội è stata firmata la Convenzione ONU contro il crimine cibernetico, primo strumento universale che unisce sicurezza digitale, cooperazione giudiziaria e tutela dei diritti umani in un’unica cornice globale.
Con quasi 70 Paesi firmatari già nella giornata inaugurale, il trattato segna una svolta nella governance del cyberspazio e un importante riconoscimento del ruolo crescente del Việt Nam come attore diplomatico di primo piano.
La “Convenzione di Hanoi” mira a:
Armonizzare le definizioni di reati informatici e le procedure investigative.
Favorire lo scambio di prove elettroniche e la cooperazione giudiziaria.
Proteggere i diritti fondamentali e promuovere la fiducia tra Stati.
Rafforzare la sicurezza digitale globale senza sacrificare la libertà online.
Per il Việt Nam, ospitare la firma è molto più che un gesto simbolico: è la conferma di una leadership multilaterale proattiva e della volontà di contribuire alla costruzione di un cyberspazio sicuro, equo e aperto.
Come ha ricordato António Guterres, “la vera forza della Convenzione sarà trasformare le firme in azione concreta”.
Se il mondo saprà cogliere questa opportunità, Hà Nội 2025 resterà nella storia come il giorno in cui la comunità internazionale ha iniziato davvero a mettere legge nel cyberspazio.
#HanoiConvention#Cybercrime#UN#Vietnam#DigitalDiplomacy#CyberSecurity#Multilateralism
https://www.marx21.it/internazionale/la-convenzione-di-hanoi-come-nuovo-pilastro-globale-contro-il-crimine-cibernetico/
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🇷🇺🛡️13th International Security Meeting to Be Held in Moscow
📅 On May 27–29, 2025, Moscow will host the 13th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues under the chairmanship of Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergey Shoigu.
🌍 More than 150 countries from the Global South and East have been invited to participate, along with representatives of the #CIS, #CSTO, #EAEU, #SCO, and over 20 international organizations.
🗂️ The meeting will focus on strengthening international security cooperation. Discussions will cover a broad range of challenges, including terrorism, extremism, transnational crime, drug trafficking, and emerging threats.
🧭 Since 2010, this annual platform has brought together senior security officials to build trust, share expertise, and coordinate efforts on pressing global security issues.
📌 Media accreditation is open until May 20, 2025.
#Shoigu#SecurityCouncil#InternationalMeeting#Moscow2025#GlobalSecurity#Counterterrorism#Multilateralism#CIS#SCO#BRICS#CSTO#EAEU#GlobalSouth