Russia assumes the presidency of the UN Security Council amid international criticism
It is the first time that the president of a country that presides over the Security Council has an international arrest warrant for war crimes. Ukraine has protested strongly, but the US has responded that it cannot stop Russia from taking over.
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Russia has assumed this Saturday the monthly rotating presidency of the UN Security Council between the criticisms of Ukraine and its allies that remind Moscow of its repeated mockery of the international legal system.
Each of the 15 members –five permanent and 10 rotating– that make up the Security Council assume the presidency for a month. The last time Russia chaired the UN’s highest decision-making body was in February 2022, when it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
In addition, it is the first time that the president of a country that presides over the Security Council has a international arrest warrant for war crimes. The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued the injunction last month for the forced deportation of minors from Ukrainian orphanages.
The presidential position does not grant special prerogatives, although the Russian ambassador to the UN, Vasili Nebenzia, has stressed in statements to the Russian news agency TASS that will allow them to “monitor” certain discussions, including the one related to arms control. Thus, they will raise the need for “a new world order” that “replaces the unipolar order.”
Ukraine has insistently protested Russia to occupy the presidency of the Security Council, but the United States has responded that it cannot prevent Russia, as a permanent member of the Security Council and with the right of veto, from assuming the post. The United States, the United Kingdom, France and China also have veto rights.
The White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, has responded that “unfortunately Russia is a permanent member of the Security Councilso there is no practical way at the legal level to avoid that reality”. He has also warned that Moscow will “continue to use its seat on the Council to spread disinformation” and justify its invasion of Ukraine.
Source: Eitb
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