UN General Assembly
2018

It is naive to believe that safe shores will always be found. There will be no safe shores if we allow someone to feel that he or she will not be bound by any norms or restrictions, that he or she has a right to reshape the international system to his or her liking, or that his or her interests are more legitimate than ours. In the absence of a strong and united reaction, an extremely irresponsible and selfish actor resorts to the tactic of further escalation, which creates new crises, raises the stakes, and blackmails other countries and even entire international organizations — all in an effort to get away with murder. We shall not allow this to happen. We will put the world back on track. What is the cure? In a word, it is responsibility. The ability of the international community to ensure systemic and unerring responsibility for each and every violation of international law — including, first and foremost, the norms and principles of the Charter of