UN's Antonio Guterres: Aiding and Abetting Ukrainian Nazis

by Stephen Lendman

Like most of his predecessors, UN secretary general Guterres is a US/Western imperial tool.

Aiding the viciousness of their ruling regimes flagrantly breaches the letter and spirit of the UN Charter he's sworn to uphold.

Journalist John Helmer explained Guterres' latest breach of his mandate, saying:

In late April when Vladimir Putin met with him in Moscow, he was told that Nazified Ukrainian forces inside Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant were holding civilians hostage as human shields — a flagrant international law breach.

Ignoring reality inside the plant, Guterres aided a scheme by these thugs to try escaping from Azovstal disguised as civilians, Helmer explaining:

He "conceal(ed) differences between civilians and combatants in the evacuation plan over the weekend of April 30-May 1."

On April 5 — in cahoots with US/Western regimes — Guterres recited the following reinvention of reality, saying:

"We are dealing with the full-fledged invasion on several fronts, of one (UN) member state, Ukraine, by another, the Russian Federation…in violation of the UN Charter (sic), and with several aims, including redrawing the internationally recognized borders between the two countries (sic)."

Guterres lied twice over, likely using Biden regime supplied talking points.

Since Russia's SMO in Ukraine began on Feb. 24 with publicly stated aims, Guterres sided with hegemon USA-dominated NATO and Nazi-infested Ukraine over what's mandated by the UN Charter he's breached time and again since installed as secretary general — by the empire of lies — on January 1, 2017.

During their meeting in Moscow last month, Putin explained the aim of Russia's SMO after years of futile diplomacy to end Ukraine's aggression on Donbass since the Obama/Biden regime's 2014 Maidan coup in Kiev.

Putin also explained that Russia's SMO complies with Article 51 of the UN Charter.

Based on how Guterres responded, facts Putin presented went in one ear and out the other.

Before and after meeting with Putin and other Russian officials in Moscow, Guterres has been silent about Ukrainian crimes of war, against humanity and related atrocities.

Instead, he made statements like the following:

"The war has led to senseless loss of life, massive devastation in urban centers and destruction of civilian infrastructure (sic)."

"I will never forget the horrifying images of civilians killed in Bucha (sic)."  

"I immediately called for an independent investigation to guarantee effective accountability (sic)." 

"I am also deeply shocked by the personal testimony of rapes and sexual violence that are now emerging (sic)."  

"The High Commissioner for Human Rights has spoken of possible war crimes, grave breaches of international humanitarian law and serious violations of international human rights law (sic)."  

"The war has displaced more than 10 million people in just one month — the fastest forced population movement since the Second World War (sic)."  

The above remarks falsely pointed fingers at Russian forces — instead of Nazified Ukrainian thugs and conscripts, ones responsible for heinous war crimes.

Weeks later when calling for a "humanitarian pause" in fighting, Guterres' aim was all about giving Ukrainian forces time to regroup.

His remark had nothing to do with concern for civilians in harm's way — ones he doesn't give a hoot about by supporting Nazi-infested Ukraine and hegemon USA's proxy war on Russia.

In late April, Russia knew about his aim to help aid Nazified thugs and likeminded mercenaries in Azovstal escape by pretending to be trapped civilians.

On Thursday, Guterres ducked answering questions on what he knew about the distinction between civilians and Nazified thugs inside Azovstal — and the plot to aid their escape.

Helmer minced no words, stressing the following:

"Russians sources believe that, despite the explicit warnings Guterres received from Putin and Lavrov in Moscow (days earlier, he) authorized the plan to assist in a break-out by (Nazified) combatants (from Azovstal), using civilian evacuees as their shield," adding:

When former UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold complied with what's mandated by the UN Charter over US aims, a fatal September 1961 plane crash ended his tenure.

When former US Secretary of State Madeline Albright objected to how UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali operated independently, she publicly said:

"I will break his legs."

Guterres was installed in office by hegemon USA to serve its interests.

On all things Russia and Ukraine, he's operating this way — in flagrant breach of the UN Charter and other international law.

He's a war criminal by supporting what he failed to condemn — along with falsely implying Russian responsibility for what its forces had nothing to do with.