UN Security Council MeetingUN, 6 Apr Excluding Russia and the UN Security Council will not work, acknowledged in an interview with MSNBC US Ambassador to the world organization Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
"The Security Council was created as a result of the creation of the UN after World War II. They (Russia — ed.) are members of the Security Council. It is a fact. We can't change that fact", she said.
On Tuesday, Vladimir Zelensky, speaking before the UN Security Council, where Moscow, as a permanent member, has the right to veto, proposed that the council dissolve itself or exclude Russia from its membership. Earlier, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya pointed out that Russia's exclusion from the organization is impossible according to its Charter. Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin, in turn, previously called the initiative unrealizable, since in order to amend the UN provisions, it is necessary that they be supported and ratified by two-thirds of the member states, including all permanent members of the Security Council. The department believes that such a solution «will not work».Nebenzya expressed hope that Russia would not be expelled from the UN Human Rights CouncilOn a permanent basis, Russia, the United States, China, Great Britain and France are members of the Security Council, each of these countries has the right of veto. Another ten members are elected by the General Assembly for a two-year term. An amendment to the UN Charter is required to exclude Russia from the Security Council. According to the document, the amendments require the signature of all permanent members of the Security Council. At the same time, Russia has the right to veto such a proposal. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass