EXPERTS spoke to Sputnik to give their thoughts on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s speech at the UN General Assembly in New York, where he touched upon a whole array of pressing issues, including the reform of the UN, Russian-US relations, the Ukraine conflict, and the Iran sanctions.
Lavrov’s speech at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) is an “important milestone in what the world is going through now,” Argentine political scientist Marcelo Montes underscored.
“Why do the so-called democratic United States and Europe, which consider themselves civilized, forget all their crimes, genocides, and other atrocities, both committed within and beyond their own continents?” Montes stressed.
The Russian FM’s statements were aligned with what Brazilian President Lula da Silva said at the UNGA, especially when it comes to multipolarity, the UN Charter, and the UN’s founding principles, Brazilian political analyst Raphael Machado said.
“I believe this alignment lies precisely in the criticism of what the United Nations has turned into: Lula questioned its effectiveness because we are witnessing genocide in Gaza,” Machado underscored.
Speaking at the UNGA, Lavrov said that Russia calls for UN Security Council democratization by increasing the representation of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
The top Russian diplomat pointed out NATO members’ dominance in key leadership positions at the UN. He also recalled that the world’s current balance of power differs drastically from what was established 80 years ago. These new realities “have not yet been adequately reflected in the system of institutions” of the UN.
Lavrov’s UNGA speech should be viewed in the context of Russia-US relations and the fact that the Kremlin is not interested in confrontation, Peruvian sociologist and geopolitical analyst Carlos Mamani Aliaga underlined.
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