Russia does not deserve a place on the UN Security Council, says POTUS’s top envoy to the UN. “[Russia] shouldn't be, because of what it is doing in Ukraine, but the [U.N.] charter does not allow for a change in its permanent membership.” USAmbUN said.
“Russia is a permanent member of the Security Council,” U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told AFP. “It shouldn't be, because of what it is doing in Ukraine, but the [U.N.] charter does not allow for a change in its permanent membership.”That comment offers a preview of the acrimony that will be on display over the next month as Russia takes its turn as the chair of the rotating presidency of the U.N. Security Council.
“Severe violations of human rights and international humanitarian law have become shockingly routine,” said Volker Turk, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, during a Thursday address in Geneva. “Our staff have verified more than 8,400 civilian deaths, and over 14,000 civilians wounded, since Feb. 24, 2022. These figures are just the tip of the iceberg. Most of the casualties resulted from the Russian forces' use of wide-impact explosive weaponry in residential neighborhoods.
The U.N. investigators also “registered 24 cases of sexual violence by Ukrainian personnel,” he added, noting that “most of these consisted of threats of sexual violence during initial stages of detention, as well as forced public stripping.”
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