Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has blamed the United States for causing global instability and manipulating the United Nations. Lukashenka told the UN summit that Washington is using a campaign on democracy and human rights to try to dominate other states.

The Belarusian president told world leaders the global balance has been disturbed since the collapse of the Soviet Union 15 years ago.

Lukashenka made it clear he holds the United States responsible for major disruptions to world order and seeking to maintain a unipolar world. He said U.S. foreign policy is aimed at undermining governments, a reflection of his concern at the recent democratization of former Soviet states.

"If there are no conflicts -- they are invented. If there are no pretexts for intervention -- imaginary ones are created. A very convenient justification has been found to do this -- democracy and human rights. Moreover these terms are not used sincerely -- as a power of the people and the dignity of the nation -- but they are used as the U.S. government sees it fitting," Lukashenka said.

Lukashenka said Belarus should be allowed to develop itself through "our own traditions."