Ukraine begins procedures to request the expulsion of Russia from the United Nations

Dec. 26 () –

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has asked the UN member states to expel Russia from both the Security Council and the other organizations that make up the United Nations.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has sent a document in which it urges the application of the United Nations Charter to “deprive the Russian Federation of its status as a permanent member of the Security Council” and exclude it from the UN “as a whole”. .

“From the point of view of international law, the question of the status of a UN member state and permanent member of the UN Security Council, which the Russian Federation enjoys, remains unresolved,” they have moved from kyiv.

Thus, the diplomatic portfolio has indicated that, with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, in December 1991, there were issues related to the international rights and obligations of the USSR that remained unresolved, collects Ukrinform.

“The Russian Federation occupied the post of permanent member of the United Nations Security Council without going through the procedures defined by the UN Charter,” the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.

Therefore, kyiv has defended being in a position to fight to achieve the objectives of the United Nations Charter and cooperate with other countries to jointly protect the body and limit Russia’s veto right.

“We assume that the expulsion of the Russian Federation from the UN Security Council will not have a retroactive effect on the previous decisions of this body,” Ukrainian diplomatic representatives have acknowledged to the aforementioned agency.