![]() ![]() But with Russia’s brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine entering its second year, nearly the entire Security Council sent their usual U.N. Normally, when a country’s foreign minister chairs a high-profile session, the other council members send top brass of their own. ![]() ![]() Security Council presidency this month, used the platform to discredit the idea of a rules-based system to protect basic human rights, turning that system on its head and claiming that it was a cynical attempt by Western countries to infringe on national sovereignty. The visit was the culmination of his recent whirlwind global tours in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, where he pitched the Kremlin’s vision of a multilateral world order and sought more support for what has become, in the eyes of the West, nearly an outlaw regime. Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s longtime foreign affairs minister, returned this week to his familiar stamping grounds at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, where he served for almost a decade as Moscow’s ambassador before moving into his current role in 2004. ![]()
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