Go to mediabankMOSCOW, Oct 22 There may be more permanent members of the UN Security Council, but their powers should be inviolable, said Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. «The number of states that are permanent members of the UN Security Council can be expanded, but their powers must be inviolable. Otherwise, the UN will face a systemic crisis and, as a result, the organization will repeat the fate of the late League of Nations» , — he wrote in his Telegram channel. Medvedev stressed that the UN and the fundamental documents adopted by it are the only universal tool in the world for resolving international disputes. «The tool is universal, but not at all ideal,» he noted. without the UN. For most of history this has been the case. However, the degradation of the system of international law will inevitably come, and the world will return to narrow regional and bilateral agreements on issues security,» Medvedev added.
