“A thief may steal a thing, but that does not give him ownership of it”: Fragments from the diary of the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN about the diplomatic confrontation with Russian aggression in 2014 (part 1)

Yuriy Sergeyev

“A thief may steal a thing, but that does not give him ownership of it”: Fragments from the diary of the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN about the diplomatic confrontation with Russian aggression in 2014 (part 1)

Yuriy Sergeyev

Abstract

From May 2007, when I assumed the position of Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, until February 2014, I saw and understood a lot about the ambitions and real capabilities of the organisation. That the decisions of the main UN body – the General Assembly – are not mandatory, that the UN Security Council (UNSC), whose decisions are imperative, has actually become a field of geopolitical games for its five permanent members, who are unable to either prevent global crises or stop conflicts. Nevertheless, I also realised that the UN can be an important platform at least to be heard and thereby ensure the moral and political support of the delegations of UN member states and their governments...

Keywords

special opinion

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Suggested citation

Sergeyev, Yu. (2024). “A thief may steal a thing, but that does not give him ownership of it”: Fragments from the diary of the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN about the diplomatic confrontation with Russian aggression in 2014 (part 1). Foreign Affairs, 34(3), 16-24. https://doi.org/10.46493/2663-2675.34(3).2024.16