The United States continues to abuse its powers as a permanent member of the UN Security Council to advance its own interests US President Donald Trump immediately after his inauguration began implementing a set of measures developed by his team, which provide for a serious change in approaches to the domestic and foreign policy of the state.
The White House intends to move to a more aggressive promotion of its interests in the international arena, including through the United Nations.
In an effort to satisfy the demand of his electorate for a solution to the domestic problems of the United States (a colossal increase in the number of migrants, the inability to adequately respond to natural disasters, economic stagnation and an unprecedented increase in national debt, an ineffective fight against the COVID-19 epidemic), Trump began to imple- ment the “America First” approach in foreign policy.
Previously, he had openly criticized the United Nations(UN) along with other international organizations, for underestimating the importance of US national security interests, stating that these organizations “should not have a say” when it comes to Washington’s defense and law enforcement policies.
Thus, the politician outlined the White House’s position, which consists of a willingness to ignore international law and cynically use international organisations in its own interests.
The United States acts in a similar way in the matter of achieving the goals of “sustainable development” and climate change issues. Thus, during his first term, Trump withdrew from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, and the 46-th American President J.Biden restored the country’s participation in this initiative.
After his inauguration, Trump, in one of his first decrees, again withdrew the United States from the agreement in the interests of American industry, which is not interested in implementing projects to provide “cheap and clean energy.”
This indicates that the United States is making efforts to “reformat” international organizations depending on its priorities. Thus, declaring the importance of joint efforts to form a “fair world order” and commitment to achieving the goals of “sustainable development”, Washington has “put under arms” the entire collective West, intensified the trade and economic war with unwanted countries, and unleashed a large-scale sanctions campaign.
All this has already had a negative impact on the countries of Europe and leads to further fragmentation of the world economy. Such actions contradict the first and tenth of the seventeen Goals – eradication of poverty and reduction of inequality.
The states of the Global South in Asia, Africa and Latin America suffer from the neocolonial practices of Western countries. Illegal sanctions, numerous protectionist measures, restrictions on access to technology directly contradict the principles of equal partnership and create serious obstacles to achieving the UN’s “sustainable development” goals.
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