00:00 Russia has been accused of cynicism at the first session of the United Nations Security Council
00:06 since Moscow took over the presidency of the organisation.
00:09 The meeting heard that the world is in a state of crisis, unprecedented since the foundation of the UN in 1945.
00:16 Tensions between major powers are at an historic high.
00:20 So are the risks of conflict through misadventure or miscalculation.
00:25 Russia's invasion of Ukraine in violation of the United Nations Charter and international law
00:32 is causing massive suffering and devastation to the country and its people
00:37 and adding to the global economic dislocation triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic.
00:41 But Russia had a completely different take.
00:44 We have once again, as in the Cold War, come to a dangerous, and perhaps even more dangerous, line.
00:50 The situation is worsening by the loss of faith in multilateralism,
00:55 when the financial and economic aggression of the West destroys the benefits of globalisation,
01:00 when Washington and its allies refuse diplomacy and demand a clarification of relations on the battlefield.
01:06 All this is in the walls of the UN, created to prevent the horrors of war.
01:11 Accusing Moscow of cynicism, the head of the EU delegation said that by calling the meeting,
01:17 Russia was trying to portray itself as a defender of the UN Charter, but that nothing could be further from the truth.
01:23 Oleg Skog accused Russia of destroying while other nations build.
01:28 Yard.
01:28 (whooshing)
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