In a following section named "UN-NATO-accord: incompatible with UN Charter," he exposed a clandestine accord signed between the secretaries general of NATO and the United Nations, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Ban Ki-moon, respectively, on September 23, 2008, which "took place without any reference to the United Nations Security Council.
"In the generally accepted agreement of stated purposes, one reads of a 'broader council' and 'operative cooperation, for example in 'peace keeping in the Balkans and in Afghanistan. Both secretaries general committed themselves to acting in common to meet threats and challenges.
"The UN/NATO accord is anything but neutral and will thus not remain without serious consequences." [16]
Shortly after the unauthorized pact signed behind the backs of the UN Security Council, in addition to the General Assembly, by NATO chief Scheffer and Ban, who has proven to be as obsequious toward and obedient to the interests of the West as his predecessor had been, the Russian press reported:
"Russia’s representative to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, said that in the document there is not a single word on the UN's leading role in ensuring stability in the world.
"NATO and the United Nations have signed a new cooperation accord on prerogatives for UN member states - but have angered Russia by not telling them about it in advance." [17]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was similarly caught off guard and indignant alike, stating ""We knew that the UN and NATO secretariats were drawing up an agreement. And we assumed that before the signing, its draft should be shown to the member states. But it never happened," accusing Scheffer and Ban of operating secretly and in violation of UN norms.
"The Russian minister said that he discussed the problem with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. 'I did not hear any reasonable explanations. It surprised me,' said Lavrov....'We asked the leadership of the two secretariats what it might mean. We're awaiting answers.'" [18]
Another Russian report added, "Russia has recently vented its displeasure over what it called the ‘furtive signature’ of a cooperation agreement between the secretariats of the United Nations and NATO, which took place late last month. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov complained that this country, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, was not even consulted on the matter.
"Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said recently that Moscow and other UN members had not been consulted on the essence of the UN-NATO cooperation agreement, although, he said, the document contained clauses that concern the prerogatives of UN member states." [19]
A third source referred to Russian Foreign Minister spokesman Andrei Nesterenko who, in stressing that the surreptitious pact was "riding roughshod over Moscow's interests," affirmed that "a big question mark currently hangs over the professional skills of some UN officials, who try to involve the UN Secretary-General in covert activities." [20]
An Azerbaijani news source added, "If the agreement, signed in September, is only confirming the status quo, it can be surprising why the information about it was not published on the NATO website, which even has a special section called 'NATO’s relations with the United Nations.' This fact perpetuates Russia’s perception of NATO as a hostile bloc." [21]
In a news dispatch titled "UN and NATO team up behind Russia’s back," Russian envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin - who was himself not informed of the backroom deal - said "NATO should fully acknowledge the UN's universal role and not try to substitute UN functions." [22]
In the article discussed earlier, Hans von Sponeck asked "Is the United Nations accord with NATO - a military alliance with nuclear weapons - in contradiction with Article 2 of the United Nations Charter, which requires that conflicts be resolved by peaceful means? Can UN and NATO actions be distinguished when three of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council are also NATO members? How can future violations of international law by NATO be legally prosecuted? Is an institution like NATO, which in 1999, without a UN mandate, unlawfully bombed Serbia and Kosovo, a suitable partner for the United Nations?" [23]
And in a section entitled "UN mandate makes NATO obsolete," he finished with "Any evaluation of the UN/NATO pact must take into account that NATO is a relic of the Cold War; that NATO, as a Western alliance, is regarded with considerable mistrust by the other 166 United Nations member states; that a primary NATO aim is to assert, by military means, its energy and power interests in opposition to other United Nations member states and that the United States, a founding member of the NATO community, in the most unscrupulous ways, has disparaged the United Nations and broken international law.
"It is urgent that one or several member states petition the International Court of Justice to rule on the interpretation of the UN/NATO pact of 23 September 2008, in conformity with the Courts statutes.
"The people of the world have a right to request such a ruling and a right to expect an answer." [24]
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