The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba called the beginning of Russiaʼs presidency of the United Nations Security Council an "evil joke".
"Russia has usurped its place; it is waging a colonial war; its leader is a war criminal wanted by the ICC for child abduction. The world cannot be safe as long as Russia has a seat on the UN Security Council," Kuleba wrote.
Previously, the permanent representative of Ukraine at the UN Serhiy Kyslytsia called to prevent Russia from presiding over the Security Council.
On April 1, Russia will begin presiding over the Security Council, although Council members were able to overturn this decision. Currently, members of the Presidium of the Council include Japan, Malta, Mozambique, the Russian Federation, Switzerland, the UAE and Great Britain, France, China, the USA, Brazil, Ecuador.
- On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale attack on Ukraine during the UN meeting. During the year of the great war, the members of the Security Council did not manage to exclude Russia from the organization. At the same time, the Russian Federation, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, has the right to veto any of its decisions.
- The presidency of the UN Security Council changes every month in the order of the English alphabet. The Security Council consists of 15 members (five permanent and 10 non-permanent).