Lukashenka @ the United Nations
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenka, today, at the United Nations, in New York, delivered a rather shocking speech (in Russian, of course, and here’s English translation [PDF]). Here are the three excerpts which I found most interesting:
Quote #1, about “his country” USSR and current unipolar world:
“15 years have passed since the break-up of my country, the USSR. That event dramatically changed the world order. The Soviet Union, despite all mistakes and blunders of its leaders, was the source of hope and support for many states and peoples. The Soviet Union provided for the balance of the global system. Today the world is unipolar with all the consequences stemming from this. The once prosperous Yugoslavia was devastated and disappeared from the map of Europe. The long-suffering Afghanistan became a hotbed of conflicts and drugs trafficking. A bloody slaughter in Iraq is continuing to the present day.”
Quote #2, about “the choice” of “his people” (by the way, since he said that “his country” is USSR, then “his people” must be Soviets):
“We have established a strong and successful union with Russia as our very close neighbour. We build our country using our own brains and on the basis of our own traditions. But it is obvious that this very choice of my people (!) is not to everyone’s pleasure. It doesn’t please those who strive to rule the unipolar world. Wonder how? If there are no conflicts – they are invented. If there are no pretexts for intervention – imaginary ones are created. To this end a very convenient banner was chosen – democracy and human
rights. And not in their original sense of the rule of people and personal dignity, but solely and exclusively in the interpretation of the US leadership! …The simple thing is that it is a convenient pretext and an instrument to control other countries. Regrettably, the United Nations allows itself to be used as a tool of such policy.”
Quote #3, his demand to release Milosevic and Husseyn:
“The leaders of the destroyed Yugoslavia and Iraq were put behind bars on groundless, absurd and far-fetched accusations (!). This was a very opportune way to conceal the truth about annihilation of their countries. The trial of Milosevic was made into a caricature since long ago. Saddam Hussein was abandoned to the winner’s mercy, like in barbarian times. There is nobody to defend their rights… their states no longer around, destroyed. They should be released to be able to defend freely their rights, honour
and human dignity!”
P.S. At the same time, there were several dozen Belarusan protesters outside of the U.N. building.
