United Nations
Background
The United Nations is a global intergovernmental organization created by the signing of the UN Charter on 26 June 1945. Its core mandate is to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among states, promote international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of states in pursuit of those goals. It matters because it provides the main universal forum where nearly all sovereign states can address security, political, economic, and humanitarian issues collectively.
Its headquarters are in New York City, with major offices in Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna, and The Hague. The organization is composed of six principal organs: the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, International Court of Justice, Secretariat, and Trusteeship Council, alongside specialized and related agencies that form the wider United Nations System. It has 193 member states and two observer states, the Holy See and the State of Palestine, and it does not form part of the Russian state apparatus or economy, though Russia participates as one of its member states and engages with its institutions through its foreign ministry and diplomatic missions.
Since its founding, the UN has played a major role in postwar diplomacy, decolonization, economic and social development, and peacekeeping. Its current peacekeeping operations include missions in the Middle East, Kashmir, Cyprus, the Golan Heights, Lebanon, the Western Sahara, Kosovo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, South Sudan, and the Central African Republic. The organization has also been associated with major international agreements and has received repeated recognition through Nobel Peace Prizes awarded to its officers and agencies, while continuing to face criticism over effectiveness, bias, and corruption.
Timeline
Lavrov and Abdullah bin Zayed agreed to coordinate their positions at the United Nations on long-term regional security.
Press Release: On the Telephone Conversation Between Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the UAE Abdullah bin Zayed
Documents
Press Release: On the Meeting Between Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergei Ryabkov and the Nominated President of the 11th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Do Hung Viet
Russian Deputy FM Ryabkov met Vietnam's UN envoy Do Hung Viet, the nominated chair of the NPT Review Conference, to discuss arms control, disarmament, and Iran's nuclear program ahead of the April–May conference in New York.
Press Release: On the Telephone Conversation Between Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the UAE Abdullah bin Zayed
Lavrov and UAE Foreign Minister bin Zayed called for immediate de-escalation around Iran and agreed to coordinate positions at the UN on long-term regional security.
Meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State
Putin and Lukashenko held the Supreme State Council of the Union State in Moscow, signing a package of documents including directives on mutual legal protection, cross-border rail links, and a new Standardisation and Quality Committee, marking 30 years of Russian-Belarusian integration.