# UN Secretariat serves interests of select Western countries, Russian diplomat says

https://mins.news/en/item/130731

- TASS, 2026-11-05 13:41 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2213327

> Kirill Logvinov, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s International Organizations Department, said UN reform should benefit all member states rather than what he described as a Secretariat serving a small group of Western countries. Russia supports eliminating duplicative structures and functions and preserving the reform’s intergovernmental nature and balance among the UN’s principal bodies.