UN General Assembly
2024

We are deeply concerned by the now nearly routine practice of political assassinations—as seen once again just yesterday in Beirut. The tragic and unacceptable developments in the Arab-Israeli conflict, in Yemen, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, Sudan, and other “hot spots” in Africa reflect an undeniable truth: **security must be equal and indivisible for all—or it will exist for none**. --- ### Page 5: This seemingly simple truth—that security must be equal and indivisible—has long been promoted by Russia in its dialogue with Washington, London, and Brussels. Yet these capitals remain gripped by a sense of their own exceptionalism and impunity. Although they initially promised not to expand NATO, and even signed official OSCE summit documents in 1999 and 2010 pledging not to strengthen their own security at the expense of others, in practice the North Atlantic Alliance has spent three decades pursuing geopolitical and military expansion in Europe. It now seeks to entrench itself in the South Caucasus and Central Asia, posing direct threats to Russia’s national security.