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Aus sowjetischer Sicht

The voice heard in the UN is not that of Russia but of the Soviet Union: The Security Council Meeting on 15 March 2014. The moment of truth arrived on Saturday, 15 March. Convened at Ukraine's request, the UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting reviewed document S/2014/189 (2014), which contained the text of a draft resolution submitted by the USA and supported by Ukraine and several other countries...

Sasha, a marine. Events on 4-10 March at the UN. The Security Council (SC) meeting on 3 March was broadcast live and in full in Ukraine. I received many texts and letters of support from friends and strangers alike. I was pleased that Leonid Danylovych Kuchma called me with support and advice. "Crush him" (Churkin)" – Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk emotionally shouted into the phone along with his advice and support. From that moment on, Arseniy Yatsenyuk called several times a day, asking about the plans of our Permanent Mission to the Security Council and the UN General Assembly. He positioned himself not as a boss, but as a concerned partner.

From May 2007, when I assumed the position of Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, until February 2014, I saw and understood a lot about the ambitions and real capabilities of the organisation. That the decisions of the main UN body – the General Assembly – are not mandatory, that the UN Security Council (UNSC), whose decisions are imperative, has actually become a field of geopolitical games for its five permanent members, who are unable to either prevent global crises or stop conflicts. Nevertheless, I also realised that the UN can be an important platform at least to be heard and thereby ensure the moral and political support of the delegations of UN member states and their governments...

Perhaps every person has moments of truth in their life that influence their life choices. Such a catalyst in my life was the bloody night from November 29 to 30, 2013 on Independence Square in Kyiv, which outraged the whole world. The events of that night determined my civic position on all further socio-political changes in Ukraine and my position as the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN...