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Positions of BRICS Nations on UN Security Council Reform

... Security Council. Thus, the Johannesburg Declaration-II, adopted on August 23, 2023 as an outcome of the 15 th summit of BRICS, expresses support for the reform of the UN, including the Security Council. For the first time, the BRICS document endorses the UNSC reform through expanded representation of developing countries from Africa, Asia and Latin America (including Brazil, India and South Africa) in all categories of membership, which implies permanent seats on the UNSC. In this regard, it can be assumed ...

26.03.2024

UN-doing Sanctions: The Significance of Russia’s Mali Veto

What might Russia’s veto mean in its approach to implementing and expressing its foreign policy within the UNSC? On August 30, 2023, the UN Security Council (UNSC) voted on extending its sanctions regime against Mali. These measures aimed to renew a travel ban and asset freeze imposed by Resolution 2374 against eight individuals who had been found to “obstruct ...

06.10.2023

Dis-United Nations and Conceptual Mazes of the New World Order

How to kickstart strategic dialogue between Russia and the United States, given the collapse of all official channels and communication systems? A plethora of fora organized by international institutions this fall, above all by the United Nations with its “ministerial week” involving heads of states and governments and foreign ministers, is a suitable occasion to explore the prospects of a new international order. Or, perhaps, this could be a good chance to transform the existing system of international...

03.10.2022

United States in the UN: Bound for Dismantling the Mutual Control of Great Powers

... endowed with substantial extra powers. Critics of the consensus principle among the permanent members sought to narrow the scope of the veto. In particular, attempts have been made to carve out some international conflicts from the jurisdiction of the UNSC by placing primary responsibility for their settlement on the relevant regional structures. In 2013, France initiated a discussion on the need for the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to voluntarily waive their veto rights in situations ...

20.09.2022

'Red Lines' on Ukraine, Ties With China and More

... inadmissibility of revising the Minsk accords, which are the uncontested basis for resolving the situation. The U.S. has the resources to stimulate [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky to implement the Minsk agreements, which were approved by the UNSC Resolution 2202 and are legally binding. By the way, many U.S. experts have started to put it clear: Kiev openly sabotages the Agreements, refrains from engaging in a direct dialogue with Donetsk and Lugansk. For Russia, the ongoing militarization ...

20.12.2021

Addis-Ababa Welcomes Russian Investment Looking Forward to Upcoming Russia–Africa Summit

Interview with Alemayehu Tegenu Aargau, Ethiopia’s Ambassador to Moscow The Russian International Affairs Council invited Ethiopia’s ambassador to Russia, His Excellency Alemayehu Tegenu Aargau, to talk about the current developments taking place in his home country, outlining the prospects of bilateral relations between Moscow and Addis-Ababa. The questions for the interview have been prepared by Ivan Loshkarev, Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Political Elites, Lecturer at the Department...

03.12.2021

Time for a Consolidated Russian-Chinese Approach to Modernize and Reform UN

The United Nations is much bigger than its Security Council, all the importance of UNSC notwithstanding When it comes to reforms of the United Nations, it is indispensable for China and Russia, as long-time UN champions and supporters, to take the lead in promoting bottom-up approach to UN reforms. Moscow and Beijing have already ...

25.10.2021

International Relations Amid the Pandemic

We are all facing a stark choice: either unite against new challenges or become hostage to the various extremists and adventurers We could rest assured that COVID-19 will be defeated, sooner rather than later. The excessive angst and fear we currently feel will gradually subside, while our science will find effective antidotes so that people could look back on the pandemic years as a ghastly dream. At the same time, it is also clear that a post-pandemic world will be quite different to the world...

16.09.2021

American weapons in Taliban hands

Washington’s abandonment of ammunition and armory in Afghanistan is in direct violation of the existing UN sanctions regime The hasty withdrawal of the U.S. forces from Afghanistan attests to both the indifference of the U.S. administration as regards the future of Afghanistan as a state and the neglect for its obligations to its allies. Besides, Washington has clearly violated the current UN Security Council sanctions regime against the Taliban, which was established in accordance with Resolution...

13.09.2021

The Impact of Sanctions on Human Rights

Interview with Elena Dovgan, UN Special Rapporteur on the Negative Impact of the Unilateral Coercive Measures on the Enjoyment of Human Rights In March 2020, the UN Human Rights Council appointed Elena Dovgan , a Professor in the Department of International Private and European Law at Belarusian State University, as its new Special Rapporteur on the Negative Impact of the Unilateral Coercive Measures on the Enjoyment of Human Rights. The appointment came at a difficult time, with the issue of...

27.07.2020
 

Poll conducted

  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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