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Showing Original Post only (View all)Get a load of this crap [View all]
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65146557.ampRussia assumes UN Security Council presidency despite Ukrainian anger
Russia has taken the presidency of the UN Security Council despite Ukraine urging members to block the move.
Each of the council's 15 members takes up the presidency for a month, on a rotating pattern.
The last time Russia had the presidency, February 2022, it launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
It means the Security Council is being led by a country whose president is subject to an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes.
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How is this allowed? How is it an openly belligerent nation who invaded an another nation be allowed their turn to be head of the security council?
This is where, I believe, the UN drops the ball
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The US also needs a way to punish a rogue state like Russia for waging illegal war against
HUAJIAO
Apr 2023
#13
Well my point was to dump individual "countries" as part of the "5 permanent members"
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2023
#31
Reminder Russia didn't exist at the time the UN was established it was thr Soviet Union
Historic NY
Apr 2023
#17