We need to use the United Nations Security Council and believe that preserving law and order in today's complex and turbulent world is one of the few ways to keep international relations from sliding into chaos. The law is still the law, and we must follow it whether we like it or not. Vladimir Putin Believe • Chaos • Complex • Council • Law • Nations • Need • Order • Today • United • World
No one wants the United Nations to suffer the fate of the League of Nations, which collapsed because it lacked real leverage. This is possible if influential countries bypass the United Nations and take military action without Security Council authorization. Vladimir Putin Action • Authorization • Council • Countries • Fate • Influential • League • Military • Nations • Possible • Real • Security • United
In line with international law, only the U.N. Security Council could sanction the use of force against a sovereign state. Any other pretext or method which might be used to justify the use of force against an independent sovereign state are inadmissible and can only be interpreted as an aggression. Vladimir Putin Aggression • Council • Force • Independent • Independent Sovereign State • International Law • Law • Line • Pretext • Security • Sovereign State • Use
Vladimir Putin
