Ukraine Prepares Official Steps To Prove Russia's Illegal Presence in UN Security Council

Ukraine is preparing for official steps to prove Russia's illegal presence in the UN Security Council.

"Russia has been poisoning the UN for many years, this is no secret to anyone. Just as it poisons all the international organisations in which it is a member. Russia occupies the place of a permanent member of the UN Security Council without proper legal grounds as a result of a frankly fraudulent scheme that took place 31 years ago. Ukraine is currently preparing for official steps that will prove Russia's illegal presence in the UN Security Council and launch a political process that should lead to its removal from this seat," Dmytro Kuleba, the Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at an online briefing on Tuesday, 20 December

Kuleba also accused the UN of inaction in sending a mission to study the attacks of the Russian Federation on the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine with the help of Iranian drones.

"Back when Russia was just starting to use Iranian drones for terrorist raids on Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure, Ukraine and its partners appealed to the UN to send a mission of experts to study Russia's use of Iranian drones. This is not just a mission. The fact is that the supply of drones to Russia of Iranian production violates the UN Security Council resolution of 2015, which establishes the nuclear agreement with Iran," Kuleba said.

Back on 14 October, Ukraine officially addressed the UN Secretariat regarding sending the mission, the minister added. According to him, the UN Secretariat proposed two alternative dates in November, one of which has already been agreed upon. But later, the UN Secretariat informed of the impossibility of visiting Ukraine in these terms.

"The Secretary General and the UN in general have not yet taken any steps to send a mission to Ukraine… I understand that it is not so cold in New York, there is always light and heating, but I would like to remind you that what the UN Secretariat is doing now is an unacceptable delay and the connivance of Iran and Russia's impunity for their actions, since this is a violation of the Security Council resolution and a threat to international peace and security.

The UN has to explain the reasons for the delay and inaction," Kuleba said.

Kuleba also welcomed the adoption by the European Union of a new package of sanctions, but said that the pressure on Russia should be increased even more.

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