The Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council spoke at the opening of the 25th Vitaly Churkin Moscow International Model United Nations.
Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev took part in the opening ceremony of the 25th Vitaly Churkin Moscow International Model United Nations.
The United Nations Model is an international student conference and role-playing game, which lasts for a week and consists of participants replicating the work of the United Nations bodies.
Model participants – delegates and observers – act as official representatives of UN member states attending a conference to discuss issues on the agenda of their committee.
The event is organised by MGIMO University in cooperation with the United Nations Association of Russia.
Addressing the audience, the Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council recalled the fundamental principle of sovereign equality of all UN members, enshrined in Article 2 of the UN Charter.
“Although the UN Charter should be the main source of international law, the principle of equality is constantly violated by some Western countries,“ Konstantin Kosachev said.
He noted that the crisis in the UN began after the end of the Cold War, which involved two balancing blocs.
“At some point, the group of the so-called winners in the Cold War was left alone on the international arena. As a result, the balance was lost, and we are witnessing the consequences of that today,” the Senator emphasised.
According to Konstantin Kosachev, the West’s attempts to preserve at any cost the unipolar world that is favourable to them, imposing their own interests on the Global Majority, as well as the infamous rule-based order undermine the UN Charter and its authority.
“The world needs to develop legal mechanisms governing a multipolar world order, which includes reforming the United Nations. This includes an unambiguous interpretation of rules, the prohibition of extraterritorial application of national law, imposing sanctions only with the consent of the UN Security Council, and devising norms for regulating alliances (only within their own territory and with respect to their members),” Konstantin Kosachev concluded.