The United Nations Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement published a photo showing the Galaxy Leader vessel hijacked by the Houthis in the background. This sparked criticism as the UN Secretary-General shook hands with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, who has been accused of defending terroristic acts by his country. Critics argue that this undermines the UN's principles and peace-keeping role, labeling the organization as useless and its actions as a new low.
Very sad to say it, but this is surely the death knell of the UN as a serious international peace-keeping organisation. The Secretary General welcoming a sanctioned Russian war criminal, Lavrov, with a handshake and a photo op. A new low. https://t.co/HWDztdxzX0
🤬 Lithuanian foreign minister @GLandsbergis on handshake between Russian foreign minister and UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres: UNbelievable https://t.co/iwZXdgN35d
The UN is without a doubt one of the (if not thé) most useless organs in the world right now. The UN Secretary General shook hands with Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Lavrov, who keeps defending terroristic acts by his country. https://t.co/9x3B9UDEJ4
Example #17,359 for why the @UN is utterly useless. You do not shake hands with a representative of a nation that invaded another sovereign nation and is responsible for the death of tens of thousands of civilians and the destruction of whole towns & villages. You just don’t. https://t.co/lZqhsyIIkT
That would be a hand shake between the head of the UN and the foreign minister of a country that is violating every principle the UN supposedly stands for. Remember this the next time someone invokes the UN as a judge of “legitimacy.” And don’t tell me he has no choice. https://t.co/BR3TpwYyNQ
The worst of what is wrong with the United Nations, and so many other international institutions, in a single photo. https://t.co/HxtO67k2TD
MORE UN USELESSNESS. The United Nations Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (@UN_Hudaydah) publishes a photo with the Galaxy Leader vessel hijacked by the Houthis in the background. https://t.co/xHp22jNEmu