La Russia bloccherà tutte le sanzioni unilaterali dell'ONU

President of Russia: Meeting with Security Council members
October 7, 2011, 15:00
Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office

The meeting discussed, in particular, the United Nations Security Council draft resolution on Syria, which was vetoed by Russia during the recent vote in the UN Security Council.

PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Good afternoon, colleagues.

Let’s start work, but before we move on to the main subject on the agenda – staff numbers in the presidential agencies - I want to first say a few words on another matter.

As you know, the [UN] Security Council held a vote a few days ago on the resolution on Syria. The resolution was drafted by European members of NATO. The resolution did not pass because it was opposed by the BRICS countries and Lebanon, and two of the Security Council permanent members, Russia and the People’s Republic of China, decided to exercise their right of veto. ...

... Russia and China have proposed to the Security Council their own draft resolution pursuing precisely these goals and setting out a viable settlement approach. This is a constructive, firm, and also reasonable document. It can serve as the basis for reaching a genuinely collective position that we can take in our dealings with the Syrian leadership and President Assad, and with the opposition.

At the same time, I want to reiterate the point that Russia will continue to oppose any attempts to use the Security Council to legitimise all manner of unilateral sanctions aimed at bringing about regime change. I remind you that the UN was not established for this purpose, and in any case, it is ultimately up to each people to decide their country’s fate, whether in the Middle East, Europe, or America. The Russian Federation will unswervingly respect the UN Charter’s provisions.

That is what I wanted to say on this matter, given that the Syria issue has been the subject of so much attention.

Now, let’s begin our work.

Traduzione (Google):

--- Alla riunione si è discusso, in particolare, del progetto di risoluzione sulla Siria del Consiglio di sicurezza dell'ONU, al quale è stato posto il veto da parte della Russia durante il recente voto nel Consiglio di sicurezza dell'ONU.

--- La Russia continuerà ad opporsi a qualsiasi tentativo di usare il Consiglio di Sicurezza per legittimare ogni sorta di sanzioni unilaterali volte a portare un cambio di regime. Le Nazioni Unite non è stato istituito a tal fine, e in ogni caso, è in ultima analisi, spetta ad ogni popolo decidere il destino del loro paese, sia in Medio Oriente, Europa o America.