In the message a whole bunch of lies about the Baltic countries are presented in Russian.
It is claimed that even 90 percent The inhabitants of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are Russians or Russian speakers.
However, the concentration of Russian speakers in reality is much lower. Official Statistics Portal (OSP) data, in 2020 at the beginning, Lithuanians accounted for 85.9 percent. of the country’s permanent residents, Poles – 5.7 percent, Russians – 4.5 percent, others – 3.9 percent.
In Latvia, this number is much higher, but it also does not reach 90%.
National Bureau of Statistics indicatesthat the Russian national minority comprises 558,216 inhabitants, that is 23.7 percent. of the entire population.
In 2020, Estonia has 327,802 inhabitants assigned himself for the Russian national minority, which is about a quarter of all 1.3 million population. Although the number is considerable, the Russian national minority here too is less than 90 percent.
Denazification left and right
Further distributed on Facebook in the message it is claimed, supposedly UN Charter gives the Russians the right to “denazify” whatever they want.
“Our country has a duty universally recognized by all mankind to destroy Nazism everywhere and at all times, in accordance with the legal position set forth in Article 107 of the UN Charter,” the message asserts.
It is clear from the context that the Russian Federation is meant by the words “our country”. However, the UN Charter does not provide for any exclusive right or even duty to “exterminate Nazism”.
AFP/Scanpix/Russian soldiers in Sakartvel
UN Charter are these global intergovernmental organizations founding agreement. During World War II, the Allies, formally known as the United Nations, agreed to establish a new post-war international organization.
Articles 106 and 107, adopted at the time of the founding of the UN, form Chapter 17 under the title “Security Measures in the Transitional Period”. This means that they were valid for a limited time.
The aforementioned Article 107 of the UN Charter establishes the following rule:
“This Charter shall in no way derogate from the legality of, or suspend, any action taken or sanctioned after the Second World War by the Government responsible for such action against any State which during the Second World War was an enemy of any State signatory to this Charter .”
Part of the meaning of this provision is explained in Article 106 of the UN Charter:
“Pending the entry into force of the special agreements referred to in Article 43 which, in the opinion of the Security Council, enable it to assume its duties under Article 42, the parties to the Four Powers Declaration signed at Moscow on October 30, 1943, and France, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 5 of this Declaration, on behalf of the Organization will consult among themselves and, when necessary, with other Members of the United Nations on such joint action as may be necessary for the maintenance of international peace and security”.
Article 106 states that in 1943 in Moscow Declaration of four states the signatory countries (the USA, the United Kingdom, China, the USSR) and France will consult with each other and, if necessary, with other UN members regarding joint actions that may be necessary to maintain international peace and security.
This provision was to be in force until the Security Council could carry out its work under the already cited Article 42. This institution has been operating according to its provisions for a long time.
The Security Council decides
The UN Charter includes various provisions that are binding on member states. One of the organization’s regulatory structures is the Security Council (SC), whose structure and activities are discussed in Chapter 5.
In Article 39 positivethat the SC “determines the danger of a threat to the peace, its violation or an act of aggression and makes recommendations or decides what measures need to be taken in accordance with Articles 41 and 42 in order to maintain or restore international peace and security”.
Articles 42 and 43 define the procedure for the use of the armed forces of the UN member states as determined by the Security Council.
According to these articlesthe Security Council may decide what measures, other than the use of armed force, must be taken to implement its decisions.
For example, complete or partial suspension of economic relations, rail, sea, air, postal, telegraph, radio and other communications and communications, as well as diplomatic relations.
As provided for in Article 51, a state may use armed force without the consent of the UN only when it is necessary to defend itself against attack.
The Security Council consists of 15 members, five of them – the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China and Russia – have veto power, the remaining ten are non-permanent. Thus, Russia, even with the right of veto, cannot make a decision on the use of armed force on its own, except to block it.
Assault is aggression
The basis for the prohibition of the use of force and the threat of military force in international relations is provided by the norms of the United Nations Charter.
These norms were adopted after the end of the Second World War with the aim of ensuring security and peace in the world.
This goal is majestically emphasized in the preamble of the United Nations Charter, namely “to save future generations from the scourge of war”.
The prohibition of force and the threat of force is enshrined in Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter.
In order to implement the goals specified in the Charter, member states undertake to “refrain from the threat of force and its use against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state”.
in 1970 October 24 The UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 2625, or “Declaration on the Principles of International Law Relating to Peaceful Relations and Cooperation between States Guided by the Charter of the United Nations”.
The aforementioned declaration declares, among other things, that “aggression is the use of armed force by a state against the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political independence of another state.
The document states that “Invasion by the armed forces of a state into the territory of another state, or occupation that is the result of an armed invasion,” is considered aggression.
It does not state that any state has the right to attack another in order to “exterminate Nazism”.
AP/Scanpix photo/Buča
15min verdict: lie. Russia’s claims about denazification, which the country can supposedly carry out whenever and wherever it wants, do not comply with the basic principles of UN law.
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