The Russian president has suggested that UN-backed external governance in Kiev could provide a legitimate foundation for peace negotiations
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to establish a temporary international administration in Ukraine under UN supervision is based on historical precedents, according to Kirill Logvinov, who heads the Foreign Ministry’s Department of International Organizations. He told TASS on Sunday that the UN already has experience with this process.
Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is not possible to sign a peace agreement with Kiev because the current Ukrainian leadership lacks legitimacy. Vladimir Zelensky’s presidential term expired in May 2024, though he has remained in office without holding elections, citing martial law.
Putin suggested earlier this week that creating “external management or temporary administration under the UN could facilitate elections in Ukraine and provide a legitimate foundation for negotiations. A peace deal signed with a newly elected leader, he said, would be recognized around the world and could not be overturned later.
“There is no formal mechanism for creating such administrations in the UN,” Logvinov acknowledged. However, he noted that the UN has established transitional authorities in several post-conflict areas, including Cambodia, East Timor, and Eastern Slavonia, setting a precedent for this type of arrangement.
“In all cases, the first step was reaching an agreement between the parties to the conflict – directly or through intermediaries – on the appropriate transfer of powers to the UN,” he explained. Once an agreement is reached, the parties or their mediators would then submit a formal appeal to the UN. The Security Council would instruct the secretary-general to prepare a framework for the temporary administration, including a timeline and budget.
Logvinov stressed that the final decision rests with the UN Security Council following a report by the secretary-general outlining the form and functions of the proposed administration.
[my comment]: I am in two minds about this idea: On the face of it, it is democratic. Third parties can implement a transparent election and the whole thing can be done and dusted in a pre-determined time period. Furthermore, there will be no 'boots on the ground' as such, just external supervision of the process, with LOTS of eyes. Sounds like a plan to me.
However, Ukraine will demand that they are a sovereign country and do not need no stinkin' UN. Also, the Ukrainians are claiming that the Russians are delaying things. It's also not what Trump wants, as he wants to be the peacemaker, and not have that power removed from him, in favor of the UN security council (his favorite people, not).
I think that the Russians know this, however, and this is one of those we could always do .... bogeymen-topics in a negotiation, that no-one actually wants as a vehicle - this sort of thing tends to crystalise some sort of other action that is seemingly un-related, but ...meanwhile, progress on the ground on the line of combat contact is usually more than 10 square km per day (that's 2470 or so acres) in favor of the Russians. Just slow and steady enough, to let the UkroNATO, supposedly sans USA) frog heat up a little more.
It's probably chaff for the rest of the world as Putin and Trump's teams quietly negotiate all the tricky details to stop this proxy war. Those are the real decision makers.
His analysis is that Zelenski is the big obstacle, but also European elite, many in USA, who are all riddled with propaganda that Russia will overr-run Europe, or someting.
I think it is a mean proposal.
It would tie US hands ....Bilateral agreements are better than supranational ones, as these people speak a different language.
I agree - it's not going to happen.
The Russian president has suggested that UN-backed external governance in Kiev could provide a legitimate foundation for peace negotiations
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to establish a temporary international administration in Ukraine under UN supervision is based on historical precedents, according to Kirill Logvinov, who heads the Foreign Ministry’s Department of International Organizations. He told TASS on Sunday that the UN already has experience with this process.
Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is not possible to sign a peace agreement with Kiev because the current Ukrainian leadership lacks legitimacy. Vladimir Zelensky’s presidential term expired in May 2024, though he has remained in office without holding elections, citing martial law.
Putin suggested earlier this week that creating “external management or temporary administration under the UN could facilitate elections in Ukraine and provide a legitimate foundation for negotiations. A peace deal signed with a newly elected leader, he said, would be recognized around the world and could not be overturned later.
“There is no formal mechanism for creating such administrations in the UN,” Logvinov acknowledged. However, he noted that the UN has established transitional authorities in several post-conflict areas, including Cambodia, East Timor, and Eastern Slavonia, setting a precedent for this type of arrangement.
“In all cases, the first step was reaching an agreement between the parties to the conflict – directly or through intermediaries – on the appropriate transfer of powers to the UN,” he explained. Once an agreement is reached, the parties or their mediators would then submit a formal appeal to the UN. The Security Council would instruct the secretary-general to prepare a framework for the temporary administration, including a timeline and budget.
Logvinov stressed that the final decision rests with the UN Security Council following a report by the secretary-general outlining the form and functions of the proposed administration.
[my comment]: I am in two minds about this idea: On the face of it, it is democratic. Third parties can implement a transparent election and the whole thing can be done and dusted in a pre-determined time period. Furthermore, there will be no 'boots on the ground' as such, just external supervision of the process, with LOTS of eyes. Sounds like a plan to me.
However, Ukraine will demand that they are a sovereign country and do not need no stinkin' UN. Also, the Ukrainians are claiming that the Russians are delaying things. It's also not what Trump wants, as he wants to be the peacemaker, and not have that power removed from him, in favor of the UN security council (his favorite people, not).
I think that the Russians know this, however, and this is one of those we could always do .... bogeymen-topics in a negotiation, that no-one actually wants as a vehicle - this sort of thing tends to crystalise some sort of other action that is seemingly un-related, but ...meanwhile, progress on the ground on the line of combat contact is usually more than 10 square km per day (that's 2470 or so acres) in favor of the Russians. Just slow and steady enough, to let the UkroNATO, supposedly sans USA) frog heat up a little more.
I like your analysis on this.
It's probably chaff for the rest of the world as Putin and Trump's teams quietly negotiate all the tricky details to stop this proxy war. Those are the real decision makers.
Everyone else proposes everything, but zen-boy.
Col Douglas McGregor is talking bout this proposal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWGhXB1uszI
His analysis is that Zelenski is the big obstacle, but also European elite, many in USA, who are all riddled with propaganda that Russia will overr-run Europe, or someting.