While Moscow’s brutal war in Ukraine rages on, Russia took the helm of the council which has a presidency that rotates among its 15 member countries on Saturday.
Russia took over the United Nations Security Council on Saturday in what Ukraine’s Foreign Minister dubbed “the world’s worst April Fool’s joke.”rages on, Russia took the helm of the council — which has a month-long presidency that rotates among its 15 member countries — as the new month began.
Ukraine’s presidential adviser Mykhaylo Podolyak also condemned Russia’s assumption of the council presidency, calling it “another rape of international law.” A warrant was issued last month for Putin’s arrest for war crimes by the International Criminal Court.“An entity that wages an aggressive war, violates the norms of humanitarian and criminal law, destroys the UN Charter, neglects nuclear safety, can’t head the world’s key security body,” Podolyak said.Share this article:
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