China, Russia, North Korea, Iran and others are seeking support for a coalition to defend the United Nations Charter by pushing back against the use or threat of force and unilateral sanctions, Reuters news agency reported on Thursday.
Citing a concept note, Reuters reported that the “Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations” stated that multilateralism “is currently under an unprecedented attack, which, in turn, threatens global peace and security.”
Other founding members of the group are Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cuba, Eritrea, Laos, Nicaragua, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Syria and Venezuela, according to the news agency.
The concept note said “the world is seeing a growing resort to unilateralism, marked by isolationist and arbitrary actions, including the imposition of unilateral coercive measures or the withdrawal from landmark agreements and multilateral institutions, as well as by attempts to undermine critical efforts to tackle common and global challenges.”
Source: Reuters
