It is the first time that the president of a country that presides over the Security Council has an international warrant for war crimes. Ukraine has protested vigorously, but the US has replied that they cannot stop Russia from taking power.
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Russia adopted this Saturday the monthly rotating presidency of the UN Security Council between the criticisms of Ukraine and its allies who remind Moscow of its repeated mockery of the international justice system.
Each of the 15 members — five permanent and 10 rotating — that make up the Security Council assume the presidency for one 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 international warrant for war crimes. The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an order last month for the forced deportation of minors from Ukrainian orphanages.
The presidential position does not confer any special prerogatives, although Russia’s ambassador to the UN, Vasili Nebenzia, has stressed in statements to the Russian news agency TASS that allows them to “monitor” certain discussions., including those related to gun control. Thus they will put forward the need for “a new world order” that “replaces the unipolar order”.
Ukraine has strongly protested Russia to occupy the presidency of the Security Council, but the United States has replied that it cannot prevent Russia, as a permanent member of the Security Council with veto power, from taking the post. The United States, the United Kingdom, France and China also have veto rights.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has commented that “unfortunately Russia is a permanent member of the Security Councilso there is no practical way on a legal level to avoid that reality”. He also warned that Moscow “will continue to use its seat in the Council to spread disinformation” and justifies its invasion of Ukraine.
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Source: EITB
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