New York - SANA
Russia again criticized the imposition of unilateral sanctions by some countries on other countries in light of the circumstances of the outbreak of the Coronavirus epidemic, stressing that this matter constitutes a departure and an absence from international law.
The legal official in the Russian mission to the United Nations, Maria Zabulotskaya, said during a session of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations that even in conditions of a global epidemic, there are unilateral sanctions imposed on 20 percent of the member states of the United Nations without being discussed in the UN Security Council.
Zabolotskaya emphasized that the imposition of unilateral compulsory measures not based on international law and in the absence of a UN Security Council resolution or additional measures taken by him "raises special concern."
She pointed out that these sanctions deprive the countries that are imposed on them of access to borrowing mechanisms and foreign markets, which may push them to the brink of the abyss and deprive them of the necessary resources to implement their social obligations in front of their citizens, expressing Russia's support for Iran's proposal on formulating basic principles to avoid unilateral restrictions and reduce their effectiveness. And compensation for the resulting losses.
Russia continues to express its rejection of unilateral measures against countries. Last September, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reiterated his country's rejection and condemnation of the unilateral coercive American measures imposed on Syria, explaining that the so-called Caesar Act and other Western measures against Syria have primarily harmed the Syrian citizens. The opposite of what the West claims.
