MOSCOW, October 24. /TASS/. Russia expects that the election of a new UN Secretary-General will rid the organization’s Secretariat of Western dictate and "backroom deals," Kirill Logvinov, Director of the Department for International Organizations at the Russian Foreign Ministry, said on the occasion of United Nations Day.

"Serious problems within the UN’s operations cannot be ignored. Every effort must be made to restore a spirit of collegiality to the organization’s work, ensure strict adherence to the principles of its Charter in their entirety and interconnectedness, adapt UN mechanisms to today’s polycentric realities, abandon backroom deals in favor of honest and mutually respectful dialogue, strengthen the voice of the Global South, and rid the Secretariat of Western dictate. In this regard, we place particular hope in the election of a new UN Secretary-General," the diplomat wrote on his Telegram channel.