Posted on 08/17/2022 7:54:02 AM PDT by JonPreston
In some cases, Western countries are shying away from some specific moves, fearing tepid support, as rising vote abstentions have signaled a growing unwillingness to publicly oppose Moscow, diplomats and observers said.
The European Union mulled a plan in June to appoint a U.N. expert to investigate human rights violations in Russia, according to diplomats, but it shelved the idea over fears nearly half the 47-member U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva might oppose it.
“Countries are asking: ‘Is it really so wise to be among those who beat down Russia?’,” said Olaf Wientzek, director of the Geneva office of the German Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
“Support will wane because the March resolutions represent a high water mark; and there is no appetite for further action unless red lines are crossed,” a senior Asian diplomat said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Some diplomats have suggested such red lines could be a nuclear or chemical weapons attack, large-scale civilian deaths or annexation of Ukrainian territory.
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Perhaps they might think otherwise if China were invading their country?
“Countries are asking: ‘Is it really so wise to be among those who beat down Russia?’,” said Olaf Wientzek, director of the Geneva office of the German Konrad Adenauer Foundation. …Proof positive of a modern-day Molotov-Ribbetrop pact in effect.
The smaller states have been historically not that keen on criticising any superpower, so this is hardly an endorsement of Russia.
What’s worrying is, they think Russia is a superpower. It isn’t. It’s just an aggressive corrupt state with nothing going for it except an enormous stockpile of nukes and its friendship with China. If it had neither of those things Putin would’ve had the Gulf War One treatment by now.
Get the US out of the UN.
Get the UN out of the US.
another one of your posts cheering the decline of US influence
take your America-hating elsewhere
Ukraine now has a line up of ships carrying grain to the outside world. Why aren’t they feeding their own people, instead of relying on Feed the Hungry and such charities?
Yeah, let’s just let anyone invade any country they want. What the heck, if the BLM crowd wants to take your house ispts ok by you, right?
Kinda like McConnell & McCarthy waving in illegals at our Southern border?
Hush, Hoser. Fix Trudeau before you speak to an American.
Absolutely. I’m against invasion of sovereign countries where ever they are. Taking what doesn’t belong to you is communism on steroids.
If you cheer for one of America’s enemies - that would be Russia - you’re not much of an American patriot
Hush Hoser, and ask permission before speaking to an American citizen.
FU a-hole
Yep. Not biting
Gone.
We’d better get our act together at home first, before trying to influence the rest of the world.
Nobody outside of Europe or the West cares about Ukraine and unlike the clueless pro-Ukies on here, they know it’s just a US proxy war against Russia. And many of these countries resent US bullying and welcome a multipolar world with an alternative monetary system. I suspect the US will be busy fomenting coups in these countries in the near future as it tries to hold onto power.
you are absolutely correct!
Actually, nobody in the real world “cares” when a few grumpy old nutballs want to support Russia’s war and genocide in Ukraine. The fringes of the political spectrum have always existed and in the end they mean nothing.
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