Statement by Ambassador Gennady Gatilov at the General Segment of the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council:

Statement by Ambassador Gennady Gatilov at the General Segment of the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council: February 28, 2024, Geneva 🇺🇳 Human rights today have transformed into a means the “collective West“ and its allies actively use to achieve their own geopolitical goals. This involves leveraging the UN Human Rights Council, deliberately destabilizing the domestic political stability of sovereign states, and employing the illegal practice of imposing unilateral coercive measures. ️ The cynicism of these countries has reached such levels that it has become impossible not to react. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) could not remain indifferent, issuing a decision on January 31 on Ukraine’s case against Russia. In its verdict, the Court rejected all accusations against our country, including those related to racial discrimination and financing terrorism. ️ Thus, the ICJ completely disavows the anti-Russian resolutions adopted by the UNHRC, recognizing the claims and accusations on which these documents are based as null and void. This decision clearly demonstrates that the resolutions are based on slanderous statements of the Ukrainian authorities and their Western sponsors. This also applies to the information contained in the OHCHR reports, which spread fabrications made by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine and the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the events in that country. Now, the High Commissioner, Mr. Volker Türk and his staff cannot deny this fact. The decision of the International Court clearly shows that these reports, written by the OHCHR using the criteria dictated by its Western donors, are not trustworthy. Источник: Russian Mission Geneva