 Moving away from Africa to outside of Africa, the U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has taken a veiled swipe at Russia and China during a UN Security Council meeting chaired by his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, warning that the actions of some big power portrays impunity to others. The meeting on multilateralism convened by China as Council President for May comes amid a UN battle for influence between the world's two biggest economies, as President Joe Biden seeks to re-asset traditional U.S. leadership. Blinken stressed the need for countries to uphold international commitment, focus on human rights and respect for the principle of sovereign equality. The domestic jurisdiction doesn't give any state a blank check to enslave, torture, disappear, ethnically cleanse their people or violate their human rights in any other way, which is that the United Nations is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of its member states. The state does not respect that principle when it purports to redraw the borders of another or seeks to resolve territorial disputes by using or threatening force, or when a state claims it's entitled to a sphere of influence to dictate or coerce the choices and decisions of another country. And a state shows contempt for that principle when it targets another with disinformation or weaponized corruption, undermines other countries' free and fair elections and democratic institutions, or goes after journalists or dissidents abroad. These hostile actions can also threaten the international peace and security that the United Nations Charter obliges this body to maintain. In this context, there is a well-known idea of the so-called self-democracy, with which the American administration is acting. The creation of a new club of interest on an openly ideologized basis can additionally deepen the international tension, deepen the dividing line in the world, which, as it never does, is needed in a united agenda. At the same time, the list of democracies that this self-democracy invites will naturally be established in the United States. Sanctions and other enforcement measures should be used only after all other non-enforcement means are exhausted, and for the purpose of seeking political settlement. All unilateral moves that circumvent the Security Council are illegitimate and must be abandoned. Only to find about fresh news updates.