U.S. and UN flags at UN Headquarters in New YorkUN Jan 26The Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN pointed out the hypocrisy of their American colleagues, who declare their desire to revive the values of the UN, but in fact undermine them in favor of the so-called «rule-based order», and continue to believe in their own exceptionalism. The commentary of the Russian mission was published in response to a press release from the US Permanent Mission to the UN dated January 20, where the American side presented the so-called «list of facts» about «the restoration of American leadership in the UN in the first year of Joe Biden's presidency.» «Another example of hypocrisy is the assertions of American colleagues that the US leadership allegedly «confirmed its focus on the revival of the values on which the UN relies,» the Russian mission said in a commentary. In practice, Moscow sees US attempts to undermine these values in line with the promotion of the Western concept of a «world order based on rules» , where the rules mean «the right of the strong» and not the norms of international law, the Russian mission notes. taken on the eve of the so-called «Summit for Democracy» on December 9-10, 2021. This «summit» had nothing to do with democracy and pursued the only goal — to rally American allies and satellites on a confrontational basis against Russia and China,» the commentary says. so blind» to American colleagues that they do not see a logical contradiction between their calls to resist the promotion of an «authoritarian vision of the international order» and their claims to «restore American leadership in the UN».
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