Russia has a permanent seat on the UN Security Council only because of the shortsightedness of politicians at the end of the Cold War, the Ukrainian leader said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed to expel Russia from the United Nations (UN) Security Council and suspend its membership in the organization’s General Assembly. The Ukrainian leader said this in a speech to participants of a special meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday, June 28.
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Zelensky recalled that Article 6 of the UN Charter clearly states that any UN member who violates the principles set out in the Charter may be expelled from the organization by decision of the General Assembly.
“Although Russia violates basic UN principles and the international legal order, it is still not called an account, is present in UN institutions and enjoys the privileges of the UN Security Council,” Zelensky said.
He stressed that Russia remains at the UN and has a permanent seat on the Security Council only because of the shortsightedness of politicians at the end of the Cold War.
According to Zelensky, “Russia has no right to participate in discussions and organizational voting on issues of war in Ukraine, which it is not provoked and has a colonial nature.”
“I urge you to remove a terrorist state of its powers in the UN General Assembly. It is necessary. It is fair. Russia has no right to remain in the UN Security Council,” the president said.
Also, in his opinion, it is fundamentally important to remove the Russian Federation of the opportunity to manipulate the UN.
“It must be ensured that Russia cannot remain in the UN Security Council while its terrorist activities continue,” he added, stressing that “this is the only logical solution from the point of view of the UN Charter.”
In addition, Zelensky called on the UN to ensure the legal term and status of the “terrorist state”.
“The UN must hold Russia accountable for terrorism … An international tribunal must investigate Russia’s military actions,” the President of Ukraine summed up.
It was previously learned that the UN Security Council will hold a conference on the war in Ukraine. The theme of the meeting was “maintaining peace and security in Ukraine.”
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Source: korrespondent
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