UN chief openly playing into West’s hands, doesn’t meet impartiality criterion — Lavrov Russia’s top diplomat, Lavrov, criticized the UN secretary-general, stating that the position requires unbiased implementation of the UN Charter. He believes the secretary-general is not meeting this impartiality criterion and is instead selectively implementing tasks. This selective approach, according to Lavrov, means the chief is playing into the West’s hands.

• The UN secretary-general is required to be unbiased under the UN Charter.
• The secretary-general must implement all tasks set forth in the Charter in their entirety.
• Lavrov believes the current UN secretary-general is not impartial and implements tasks selectively.
• This selective implementation means the secretary-general is playing into the West’s hands.