Countries must insist on changes as Russia continues its immoral war against Ukraine, a fellow UN member state. Read more.
But expulsion can only be granted by the General Assembly if requested by the Security Council — a request that would be blocked by Russia’s veto. This effectively means that the Security Council cannot meet its responsibilities, which are to identify threats to peace or acts of aggression.
An urgent reform would be to disallow the use of a permanent member’s veto if the veto-holder itself is the cause for concern. Another would be to open an inquiry into the questionable legality of how Russia grabbed the Soviet Union’s permanent seat in 1992.Article content After the invasion, Russia was still in the presidency, and immobilized the council from taking immediate action. Worse, even if action had been demanded, its veto, and presumably China’s, would have blocked any effort to intervene.
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