![]() ![]() ![]() "Thousands of Ukrainians have been killed, millions have been displaced and across the world billions have faced rocketing commodity prices and food insecurity. "More than a year into Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine, President Putin has brought unimaginable suffering to that country while trampling on the UN Charter. In the conflict in Syria it abused its power of veto at the UN to block every effort to rein in its murderous client the Assad regime and there is plenty of evidence Russian warplanes bombed both medical facilities and even a UN aid convoy.Īnd there is nothing unipolar about 141 UN members condemning Russia in the last vote at the UN and ordering it to withdraw from Ukraine.Īs the security council meeting continues, the UK and US's representatives to the UN have hit back at Russia's aggressive speech earlier (see 3.55pm post).ĭame Barbara Woodward told the Security Council: "We've seen what Russia's idea of multilateralism means for the world. If Moscow really wants a more multipolar world the best place to start might be the UN and yet it has acted with wanton disregard for its principles for more than a decade now. Russia complains the world has become unipolar since the end of the cold war. He wanted to use the UN pulpit to try to win the support or at least acquiescence of nations still sitting on the fence over the ill fated invasion, whether that means abstaining in UN votes on the conflict or helping efforts to circumvent sanctions. Its attack on its neighbour is incompatible with almost every one of its clauses.īut that is not really the point for Mr Lavrov. Russia has driven a cavalry and entire fleet of carriages through the UN charter with its invasion. Interesting topics for the envoy of a country that has shown such callous disregard for any of that when it's come to Ukraine. Lavrov growled his way through what we were promised would be a discussion on a "new multipolar world order based on sovereign equality and self determination". And last month he reduced an audience in Delhi to helpless laughter when he said Ukraine had launched the war against Russia.Īll without a trace of irony and a deadpan delivery that the late Barry Humphries would have been proud of. He insisted Russia would never invade Ukraine, then, once they had, insisted that they were not. He has lied with astonishing cynicism about his country’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. A bruising silverback of a diplomat in contrast to some of the more softly spoken of his counterparts. Sergei Lavrov used to be respected, albeit grudgingly, in the world's chancelleries. The UN security council should be dissolved rather than host the obscene spectacle of its aggressor nation presiding over a body whose entire raison d'etre is to preserve global peace and security. Ukraine says that is a sick April Fools joke. Russia had it 15 months ago, when the news broke it had invaded Ukraine, during a live council session its diplomats were chairing. There are fifteen members of the UN security council and each member has the rotating presidency for a month. Sudan may be descending into a war that could "engulf the whole region" in the words of the UN secretary general and Ukraine's war is wrecking the world economy.īut instead the Russian foreign minister chose the moment to deliver a long rant about multilateralism. Sergei Lavrov is not one to to be distracted. Russia's defence ministry accused Ukraine of attempting to attack its ships in the Black Sea, which it said was threatening prospects for a deal on grain exports.īy Dominic Waghorn, international affairs editor.Dutch intelligence agencies have accused Russia of planning sabotage to offshore turbines. Security will be a key issue at a wind energy summit of seven countries surrounding the North Sea, Belgium said.The speech was described by our international affairs editor Dominic Waghorn as a "cynical rant" The Russian foreign minister said the UN was "enduring a profound crisis" that was caused by the US "replacing international law with a certain rules based order". Sergei Lavrov railed against the US and Western allies in a UN speech, accusing countries of "destroying globalisation" and not obeying international law.EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said he was "sure" the bloc would finalise a plan within days to buy ammunition for Ukraine after Kyiv expressed frustration at wrangling among EU member states.Good morning, we're back with another day of live updates on the war in Ukraine.įirst off, here's what you need to know this morning. ![]()
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