Russia speaks on behalf of the "Like Minded Group of Countries" at the UN Human Rights Council
At the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva, Russia delivered a statement on March 4, 2014, on behalf of a rogue's gallery known as the "Like Minded Group of Countries." The gang - which are all members of the Council - includes states like Cuba, China, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the UAE. Russia has just violated the UN Charter's fundamental principles of territorial integrity and non-interference in domestic jurisdiction by sending 16,000 troops into Ukraine. And yet Russia's Human Rights Council delegate had no shame in telling the Council: "In today's world promotion and protection of human rights involves...the promotion of preventive approaches [that] can be acceptable only...without having any implicit or explicit interference in the internal affairs of any state..."