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STORY: UN / WORLD ORDER COOPERATION
TRT: 02:40
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / RUSSIAN / NATS
DATELINE: 16 JULY 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
16 JULY 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation:
“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 without getting to the root causes and restoring faith in our ability to join forces for the common good and justice for all.”
4. Wide shot, Council
5. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation:
“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 resolution 2202, which endorsed the Minsk agreements on Ukraine and resolution 1031, which endorsed the Dayton agreement on peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the basis of the principle of equal rights for the three constituent peoples and two entities.”
6. Wide shot, Council
7. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation:
“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 is not legally binding. In other words, these American rules are more important than article 25 of the UN Charter.”
8. Med shot, United States Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield addressing Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“As I listened to the Russian representative’s statement thought I was in the wrong room, because this seemed to be a session whining about the United States and the West, and I hardly heard the word multilateralism mentioned.”
10. Med shot, Thomas-Greenfield addressing Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“Today we gather under the guise of embracing and improving multilateralism; of recommitting to international law and yet as we speak, Russia continues to erode confidence in our institutions, while wilfully and flagrantly violating the core tenets of the United Nations Charter; territorial integrity, respect for human rights, international cooperation. These are our values, the shared principles every single one of us agree to uphold.”
12. Wide shot, Council
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today (16 Jul) told the Security Council that “the very foundations of the international legal order, strategic stability and the UN centric system of global politics are being put to the test,” adding that “it will be impossible to resolve the conflicts that are multiplying without getting to the root causes and restoring faith in our ability to join forces for the common good and justice for all.”
Lavrov, addressing a Ministerial-level meeting on multilateral cooperation, under the Russian presidency of the Council, said, “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.”
He said, “many Security Council resolutions are outright ignored. These include resolution 2202, which endorsed the Minsk agreements on Ukraine and resolution 1031, which endorsed the Dayton agreement on peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the basis of the principle of equal rights for the three constituent peoples and two entities.”
“And of course,” Lavrov continued, “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 is not legally binding. In other words, these American rules are more important than article 25 of the UN Charter.”
For her part, United States Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said, “as I listened to the Russian representative’s statement thought I was in the wrong room, because this seemed to be a session whining about the United States and the West, and I hardly heard the word multilateralism mentioned.”
Thomas-Greenfield said, “today we gather under the guise of embracing and improving multilateralism; of recommitting to international law and yet as we speak, Russia continues to erode confidence in our institutions, while wilfully and flagrantly violating the core tenets of the United Nations Charter; territorial integrity, respect for human rights, international cooperation. These are our values, the shared principles every single one of us agree to uphold.”
Today’s open debate on “Multilateral cooperation in the interest of a more just, democratic and sustainable world order” was held under the “Maintenance of international peace and security” agenda item.