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Russia’s role at the United Nations, where it sits on the Security Council, is under fresh scrutiny as it presides over the council’s discussions of its invasion into Ukraine — and the Ukrainian president demands Moscow be stripped of its vote.
“To deprive the aggressor country of the right to vote in the U.N. Security Council, to qualify Russian actions and statements as genocide of the Ukrainian people, to help with the delivery of corpses of Russian soldiers. Talked about it in a conversation with UN Secretary General [Antonio Guterres],” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tweeted.
ZELENSKYY CALLS FOR RUSSIA TO LOSE UN SECURITY COUNCIL POWER, SAYS UKRAINE ATTACK ‘BEARS SIGN OF GENOCIDE’
That came after Russia vetoed a Security Council resolution that denounced its invasion of Ukraine and called on it to withdraw.
The call to take Russia out of the Security Council has found support among some Republican lawmakers in the United States. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., has introduced a resolution to encourage the U.N. to remove Russia from the Security Council.
“Russia should be kicked off the UN Security Council,” Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, said on Twitter. “The U.N. has become a complete joke and this might be a good first step to correcting that problem.”
The Soviet Union was written into the charter as one of the permanent five (P5) members of the council — meaning it was given a veto over the council’s business.
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia took the Soviet Union’s spot — a move that was not challenged. Meanwhile, the presidency of the council rotates on a month-by-month basis. Russia is the president for February, and will be replaced by the United Arab Emirates in March. The U.S. will preside over the Council in May.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield appeared to dismiss the possibility of Russia being scrubbed out of the Security Council on Sunday when…
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