The US Congress passed a resolution on the exclusion of Russia from the UN Security Council – media
Two American lawmakers, Steve Cohen and Joe Wilson, who head an independent organization that oversees the observance of human rights under the US government, introduced a resolution calling on President Joe Biden to expel Russia from the UN Security Council.
In October, the Helsinki Commission called on US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to protest against the permanent membership of the Russian Federation in the UN Security Council. Now the commission wants the US Congress to state directly that Russia’s attack on Ukraine violates the goals and principles of the UN and will limit the privileges of the Russian Federation in the Organization.
At the disposal of the Foreign Policy publication was a resolution of the US Congress, in which it is said that Russia has committed flagrant violations of the UN charter, and this calls into question its right to occupy a seat in the Security Council.
It also refers to the illegal vote on the annexation of four Ukrainian regions, the committing of atrocities in Ukrainian cities such as Bucha, the rattling of nuclear weapons, and the creation of risks to the world’s food supply.
Ukraine also advocated the exclusion of Russia from the Security Council, although experts believe that it is unlikely that anything will come of it. The UN Charter does not contain provisions on the expulsion of a permanent member of the Security Council.
At the same time, the country can be completely excluded from the United Nations – this will require a two-thirds majority in the General Assembly, including the unanimous consent of the Council.
According to Louis Charbonneau, director of Human Rights Watch at the United Nations, Russia itself will also need consent, and this simply will not happen. And China is unlikely to agree to such a precedent.
We will remind that on December 9, Russia demanded to convene the UN Security Council to discuss the supply of weapons to Ukraine by Western countries.
Source: Foreign Policy
