Contents tagged with UN veto
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Ukraine calls for limitation of Russia's veto power in the UN
The Ukrainian Delegation to the UN pointed out the need to reform the United Nations Security Council due to abuses of veto powers by certain countries, particularly Russia, Ukrinform reports. "The reaction of the Security Council to serious violations of international law is slow and inconsistent,” Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Volodymyr Yelchenko stated.
He recalled that Russia is defying international law by carrying out armed aggression against Ukraine while …
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Moscow warns against depriving Russia of right of veto in UN
The power of veto in the United Nations Security Council, which is held by Russia, Britain, China, the United States and France, is the cornerstone of the organization’s architecture, without which it will lose its stability, as stated by Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations Vladimir Safronkov at the regular meeting of the General Assembly on the issue of Security Council reform.
The diplomat noted that “ungrounded actions against the right of veto” …