In the context of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the foreign minister warned of the dangers of globalization and the expansionist aspirations of the West and called for an end to the U.S. blockade against Cuba.
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00:00Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, a few days ago, within this building, the forum
00:20entitled the Summit of the Future took place.
00:22Russia showed understanding to the Secretary General's idea to convene that summit.
00:29The crisis of our organization is growing worse and something needs to be done about that.
00:33And we were involved, honestly, in the preparations for the summit,
00:37although, quite frankly, we didn't have any particular illusions about it.
00:41In the contemporary history of the UN, there have been many ambitious
00:44events that concluded with loud declarations that were quickly forgotten about.
00:50For example, in 2000, the Millennium Summit declared the task of freeing peoples from
00:54the scourge of war. Just two years after that, the USA, at the head of the Coalition of the
01:01Willing, under the laughable pretext, without a mandate from the UN Security Council, invaded
01:06Iraq, a country which has still not been able to recover from the destructive consequences
01:12of that escapade.
01:14In 2005, the UN World Summit declared a commitment to establishing a just peace in
01:20accordance with the principles and purposes of the UN Charter.
01:24This sacred obligation certainly didn't stop the USA and their allies from getting the then
01:31leader of Georgia, Mikhail Saakashvili, in 2008 to unleash an armed aggression against
01:36the people of South Ossetia and Russian peacekeepers.
01:41And a further three years after that, NATO organized the military intervention in Libya,
01:45destroying its statehood and undermining the stability of neighboring countries.
01:51In 2015, the UN Summit on Sustainable Development adopted grandiose plans to combat
01:57poverty and inequality, but they turned out to be empty promises in light of the reluctance
02:04of the countries of the West to refrain from their new colonial practices of mining the
02:09wealth of the entire world for their benefit.
02:11Just look at the statistics of the promises that were kept in terms of financing the
02:15development of the countries of the Global South and the transfer of environmentally
02:19friendly technologies.
02:21Just like Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon in the past, the current Secretary General advanced
02:26his own initiative under the slogan of rebooting global cooperation.
02:30It's an excellent slogan.
02:32Who could be opposed to that?
02:33But what global cooperation can we really talk about at a time when the West has trampled
02:38all of these unshakable values of globalization that they've been telling us about for so
02:44many years from this rostrum, trying to convince us that they would ensure equal access for
02:48everyone to the goods of contemporary civilization?
02:52Where is the inviolability of property, the presumption of innocence, freedom of speech,
02:57access to information, fair competition on markets with understandable and unchanging
03:03rules?
03:03The Secretary General is talking about global cooperation at the same time as the countries
03:08of the West have unleashed a veritable sanctions war against a good half, if not the majority
03:14of states in the world.
03:16And the dollar, which was advertised to us as the heritage and good of all of humanity,
03:21has been grossly transformed into a weapon.
03:25For more than 60 years, there has been a trade blockade of Cuba, the cancellation of which
03:30the overwhelming majority of members of the international community are calling for in
03:33the pursuit of the ever more ephemeral aim of preserving their domination.
03:38Washington is blocking the normal work of the World Trade Organization on dispute settlement
03:43and reform of the Bretton Woods institutions, the structures of which for a long time now
03:49have not reflected the real balance of forces in the global economy and finances.
03:53The West also wants to transform the UN into a tool for advancing its mercantile plans.
03:59As was shown by the Summit of the Future, there are more and more attempts to erode
04:03the intergovernmental nature of the organization.
04:06Long necessary changes in the staffing of the Secretariat are being held back.
04:11Key posts in the Secretariat are now essentially occupied and handed down to representatives
04:16of the Western minority.
04:19If the Secretary General is calling for a reboot of global cooperation, then the Secretariat
04:25must advance unifying ideas and propose compromise options rather than coming up with excuses
04:32to introduce into the UN's work narratives that are beneficial to the West.
04:37Breathing new life into the UN, it's not too late to do that.
04:40But in order to do that, we can't have unrealistic summits and declarations.
04:45Rather, it must be done through rebuilding confidence and trust on the basis of the charter
04:49principle of the sovereign equality of all member states.
04:54However, as long as confidence is being undermined, for the time being it is, and the actions
05:01of the West to create in circumvention of the UN narrow formats that are subordinate
05:06to it to resolve subsidiary fateful issues such as internet governance and artificial
05:11intelligence.
05:12But those problems affect the future of all of humanity, and they must be considered on
05:17a universal basis without discrimination or trying to achieve unilateral advantage.
05:23That is to say that there must be an honest negotiation involving all members of the UN
05:29rather than the way that the so-called pact of the future was prepared for, without a
05:34single plenary round of negotiations that all countries would be involved in.
05:40But instead of that, the work was carried out under the control of Western manipulators.
05:44As a result, the pact, even before it was born, had already joined the pantheon of declarations
05:51that sound nice in English.
05:55Sad as it is, that is the fate of products of these world summits.
05:59However, things aren't any better when it comes to implementing Security Council resolutions,
06:02which are binding.
06:05The sabotage of decisions on the Kosovo settlement and the Dayton agreements on Bosnia and Herzegovina
06:11says a great deal, but the most glaring example continues to be spinning out over almost 80
06:17years the consensus resolutions on the creation of an independent Palestinian state coexisting
06:24in peace and security with Israel.
06:27There can be no justification for acts of terrorism, which Israelis fell victim to on
06:33the 7th of October last year.
06:35But everyone who still has a sense of compassion is outraged by the fact that the October tragedy
06:42is being used for the mass collective punishment of the Palestinians in the form of an unprecedented
06:50humanitarian catastrophe.
06:52The killing of Palestinian civilians with American weapons must immediately be ended.
06:57It is important to ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid to the enclave, the reconstruction
07:02of infrastructure, and most importantly, it is important to guarantee the realization
07:06of the legitimate right of the Palestinians to self-determination and to allow them not
07:10in words but in deeds, as they say, on the ground, to create a contiguous and viable
07:17state within the 1967 borders with its capital in East Jerusalem.
07:25Another glaring example of terrorist methods as a means of achieving political aims is
07:30the inhumane attack on Lebanon that transformed civilian technology into a lethal weapon.
07:38There must be an immediate investigation into this crime, but already we cannot remain silent
07:43in the face of the many publications in the media, including in Europe and here in the
07:48United States, that indicate to varying degrees the involvement and, at the very least, awareness
07:55of Washington when it comes to the preparation of that terrorist attack.
08:01And we understand that the Americans always deny everything, and they do everything they
08:05can to hush up any facts that come to light, as they did in response to the irrefutable
08:10evidence of their implication in the terrorist attack on the Nord Stream gas pipeline.
08:17Those gas pipelines, incidentally, were a marvelous symbol of that self-same global
08:21cooperation that our Secretary General dreams of, but as a result of their destruction,
08:28the competitiveness of the European Union in the global economy has been undermined
08:32for long years to the benefit of the United States.
08:36It is on the West's conscience as well that the truth about those who organized many other
08:41heinous crimes has been put on a back burner, including the bloody provocation in the Kiev
08:47suburb of Bucha and the series of poisonings of citizens of Russia in Britain and Germany.
08:54The UN Secretariat cannot remain separate from efforts to establish the truth in situations
09:00that directly impact global security, and in doing so is obliged to strictly observe
09:06Article 100 of the UN Charter to act impartially and to avoid the temptation to play into the
09:11hands of individual states, particularly those that are actively calling not for cooperation
09:17but to divide the world into the flowering garden and the jungle, or to those sitting
09:24around the table of democracy and those that are on the menu.
09:28We must not forget the record of the service of those who demand that their rules be implemented
09:32by the rest of the world.
09:33The invasion of Afghanistan and the glorious 20-year presence there of the infamous coalition
09:38was accompanied by the formation of al-Qaida, a direct result of the aggression against
09:43Iraq, which was the creation of ISIL.
09:47Unleashing the war in Syria gave rise to Jabhat al-Nusra, which is now Hayat Tahrir al-Sham,
09:52and the destruction of Libya opened the floodgates for the permeation of terrorism into the Sahara
09:57Sahel region and for the flow of millions of illegal migrants to Europe.
10:01We call upon all of those that are thinking about the future of their peoples and countries
10:06to be very wary of any new escapades by those who invented these rules.
10:11We are particularly concerned by the now almost commonplace practice of political killings,
10:17as once again took place yesterday in Beirut.
10:21The tragic and unacceptable turn of events in the Arab-Israeli conflict in Yemen, in
10:26the Red Sea basin, in the Gulf of Aden, Sudan, and other hotspots in Africa reflects an
10:32indisputable fact.
10:34Security can either be equal and indivisible for all, or it won't be for anyone.
10:41An understanding of what would seem to be a simple truth in the context of European
10:46security is something that Russia for years has been trying to impart to Washington, London,
10:51and Brussels, who are obsessed with their complexes of their own exceptionalism and
10:57impunity.
10:58Although they initially promised not to expand NATO, and in 1999 and in 2010 they signed
11:04in official documents of OSCE summits an obligation to not ensure their security at the expense
11:11of others.
11:12In fact, the North Atlantic Alliance for three decades has been carrying out the geopolitical
11:17and military expansion of NATO into Europe.
11:20It is trying to take root in the South Caucasus and Central Asia, creating direct threats
11:25to the security of our country.
11:27And now the same is happening in the Asia-Pacific region, where NATO infrastructure is creeping
11:32in to contain or deter China and Russia.
11:38Narrow military political blocks are being created that undermine the inclusive security
11:43architecture under the ASEAN umbrella.
11:47And the West is not only not remembering about the global cooperation that our Secretary
11:52General is such a fan of, but openly in their doctrine documents they are harshly accusing
11:57Russia, China, Belarus, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and Iran of creating threats
12:03to their domination.
12:06In respect of Russia, they have declared the aim of dealing it a strategic defeat, almost
12:11just like London and Washington planned in May 1945, with the development even before
12:17the end of the Second World War of an operation entitled Operation Unthinkable to destroy
12:24the USSR.
12:27Back then, this was kept top secret, but the current Anglo-Saxon strategists are not hiding
12:32their ideas.
12:33For now, they do its true hope to defeat Russia using the illegitimate neo-Nazi Kiev regime,
12:40but they're already preparing Europe for it to also throw itself into this suicidal
12:45escapade.
12:46I'm not going to talk here about the senselessness and the danger of the very idea of trying
12:50to fight to victory with a nuclear power, which is what Russia is.
12:56Equally senseless, the Western backers of Kiev swearing that there is no alternative
13:01to negotiations based on the infamous peace formula, they are defending this doomed ultimatum
13:07by shamelessly invoking the UN Charter, demanding the territorial integrity of Ukraine be ensured.
13:14And I would like to recall, in particular, I would like to remind the colleagues in the
13:17Secretariat that the Charter isn't just about territorial integrity.
13:22Charter 1 of the Charter declares the obligation to respect the principles of the equality
13:27and self-determination of peoples, and that served as the international legal basis for
13:31the process of decolonization, which incidentally still needs to be completed, however much
13:37the French, the British, and other former colonial countries may resist.
13:42In 1970, the General Assembly unanimously established, decided in its declaration, that
13:48everyone must observe the territorial integrity of those states whose governments respect
13:54the rights of peoples to self-determination, and on that basis provide the entire population
14:01living on that territory.
14:03And I underscore that this was a unanimous decision of the UN General Assembly following
14:07long years of difficult discussions.
14:09There's no need to prove that Ukrainian neo-Nazis, having seized power in Kiev as a result of
14:15the U.S. and allies-supported bloody coup d'etat in February 2014, didn't and are not
14:22still representing the Russian population of Crimea, Donbass, and Novorossiya.
14:28The Western leaders, doing anything they can to talk about human rights, are in a very
14:32telling way staying silent about these rights when it comes to the racist actions of their
14:37clients in Kiev.
14:38In the light of this forgetfulness, I'll remind you about another requirement, again, in Article
14:431 of the UN Charter, the requirement to respect the rights and fundamental freedoms of any
14:47person regardless of race, sex, language, and religion.
14:52The rights of Russians and those that feel that they are part of Russian culture following
14:57the coup d'etat in Kiev have methodically been exterminated.
15:00The Russian language in Ukraine is banned by law in all areas, in education, the media,
15:07art, culture, and even in day-to-day life.
15:10Recently, another law was adopted banning the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
15:16These are gross violations of the rights of Russians enshrined in the UN Charter, and
15:20they bring with them threats to the security of Russia and all of Europe, stemming from
15:25the Kiev regime and those that are dragging it into NATO.
15:29And all of these are the root causes of the current Ukrainian crisis.
15:34It is to address these that is the aim of the special military operation that Russia
15:39is carrying out to defend its security and the present and future of the people on their
15:45native lands.
15:46We value the sincere aim of a number of our partners to advance, out of the best interests,
15:53mediation initiatives.
15:54We value their constructive results focus, unlike the hopeless Zelensky peace formula.
16:01We call upon our friends in their further efforts to take into account in full the facts
16:06that I have mentioned about the real reasons of this situation, the real causes of this
16:11situation.
16:12Unless they are addressed, a just UN Charter-based peace will not be possible.
16:18A realistic settlement plan was outlined by President Putin on the 14th of June, when
16:23once again, convincingly, he demonstrated Russia's goodwill when it comes to achieving
16:28negotiated agreements, the prospect for which were thrown out by Kiev and its backers as
16:32a result of the coup d'etat in 2014, the disruption of the Minsk agreements in 2015, and the Istanbul
16:40agreements of 2022.
16:44The unprecedented level of arrogance and aggressiveness of Western politicians against Russia simply
16:50not only nullifies the Secretary General's idea of global cooperation, but it is increasingly
16:56also blocking the functioning of the entire system of global governance, including the
17:00Security Council.
17:02That's not something we chose, and we're not responsible for the consequences of this dangerous
17:06course.
17:07However, if the West doesn't stop, there will be serious costs that will be felt by everyone.
17:13It is clear to the global majority that confrontation and hegemony will not resolve any global problem.
17:18They will only artificially hold back the objective process of the formation of a multipolar
17:23world order that will be based on the equal rights of large and small nations that will
17:28respect the values of human identity, the equality of men and women, and the rights
17:33of peoples to determine their own fate.
17:35And incidentally, all of these are also quotes from the UN Charter, just like the principle
17:39of non-interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states as well, a confirmation
17:44of which, to the shame of the members of our organization, was blocked by the U.S.
17:50and their satellites at that very same summit of the future when the pact was adopted.
17:57Speaking on the 18th of September before the participants in the fourth Eurasian Women's
18:00Forum in St. Petersburg, President Putin underscored the need for a pooling of efforts in the name
18:07of sustainable development and general, universal, equal, and indivisible security, addressing
18:13the most complex problems facing all of humanity as something we can only do together, taking
18:17into account one another's interests.
18:19The West must realize this and refrain from its neo-colonial ideas.
18:23The Global South and the East are more loudly speaking about their rights and their fully
18:27fledged participation in decision-making processes on the whole range of the international agenda,
18:32which is becoming particularly relevant in a situation in which the West is steadily
18:36destroying the model of globalization that they themselves created.
18:41The role of interstate associations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America is growing stronger,
18:47including the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the African Union, the Community of Latin
18:52American and Caribbean Countries, the League of Arab States, the Eurasian Economic Union,
18:57the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and others.
19:03The contacts between those regional integration structures are being established among themselves
19:08and also with the global association, the BRICS, which is creating opportunities for
19:12harmonizing approaches and agreeing on mechanisms for mutually beneficial cooperation and development
19:18that are not under the control of any negative external influence or diktats.
19:23All of these objective processes need to be taken into account in the work of the G20
19:27as well, where the G7 is no longer able to pick the tune.
19:32We need to take a new look at ways of ensuring security in various regions, learning lessons
19:36from the sad experience of the functioning of the NATO-centric models or the models,
19:42the so-called model of Euro-Atlantic security that the West has used to serve their own
19:47expansionist ideas.
19:49Russia advanced the initiative of forming an inclusive architecture of equal and indivisible
19:54security in Eurasia, which, and I wish to underscore this, is open for all states and
19:59organizations on our shared continent.
20:03We stand ready to work together to find mutually acceptable solutions, the use of interlinkages
20:09and the natural competitive advantages of a single Eurasian space.
20:15This subject – this will be the subject of an international conference in Minsk that
20:19begins on the 31st of October this year.
20:22We are not stepping away from dialogue with the West.
20:25In July, upon the proposal of Russia, there was an open debate in the Security Council
20:29on the subject of building a more just, more sustainable world order.
20:34We believe it is important to begin the discussion that we – that has begun in the UN as well
20:39as in other platforms with – a fairer world order undoubtedly requires the expansion of
20:46the representation of the Global South in the UN Security Council.
20:49We support our position in favor of the candidacies of Brazil and India, while at the same time
20:55taking a positive decision on the well-known initiatives of the African Union.
21:00However, of course, we cannot even talk about any additional seats for Western countries
21:04who are already excessively overrepresented within the Security Council.
21:09Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, May next year we will mark the 80th anniversary of
21:14the victory in the Second World War, during which the genocidal policy of the Third Reich
21:20killed tens of millions of people, including 27 million citizens of all of the peoples
21:26of the Soviet Union.
21:28These crimes do not have a statute of limitations, nor is any moral justification for those who
21:33are trying to whitewash Nazi executioners, collaborators, and their current adherents,
21:39be it in Ukraine, the Baltics, Canada, or in any other countries.
21:43Today, the world is facing extremely serious challenges that require a joining of forces
21:48rather than confrontation and a thirst for global domination.
21:52Russia will always stand on the side of collective work, on the side of truth and law, peace
21:58and cooperation, in the interests of giving rebirth to those ideals that were enshrined
22:04by the Founding Fathers.
22:06That is the aim of the Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter that was created
22:11upon the initiative of Venezuela.
22:13Its purposes and principles remain fully relevant.
22:15And the most important thing is to make sure that absolutely everyone is guided by those
22:20principles, not selectively choosing from a menu, but rather in their entirety and as
22:27they are interlinked, including the principle of the sovereign equality of states.
22:32Then working in favor of forming an honest balance of legitimate national interests,
22:36the legitimate national interests of all countries, we will be able to give life to the purpose
22:42of the UN that is enshrined in the Charter, to be a center for harmonizing the actions
22:47of nations.
22:49We were listening the Prime Minister of Russia, Sergei Lavrov, at his speech of the 79th UN
23:02General Assembly, asking the world to respect the human rights of the people, so they cease
23:07fire on Palestine due to the Israeli constant aggression since October 7th, 2023.
23:13And now the aggressions of the Israeli forces in Lebanon.
23:18The conflict in Yemen also said that the U.S. and England are creating a narrative in which
23:24Russia, China, Belarus and North Korea are trying to start a conflict.
23:28And now let's