The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyspoke before the UN Security Council and denounced the invasion of russia as “criminal” and urged an end to his veto power.
“Most of the world recognize the truth about this war“, said Zelensky. “It is a criminal and unprovoked aggression by Russia against our nation with the aim of seize Ukraine’s territory and resources“.
Zelensky asked the UN to remove Russia from its veto power in the Security Council. “He veto power in the hands of the aggressor it is what has brought the UN to a stalemate“Zelensky assured. He considered that it will be a vital reform that would also include greater representation from the developing world, where support for Ukraine was lukewarm.
“It is impossible to stop the war because everyone efforts are vetoed by the aggressor or by those who approve of the aggressor,” he emphasized.
“Unfortunately, this seat on the Security Council, which Russia illegally occupies through behind-the-scenes manipulations after the collapse of the Soviet Union, has been occupied by liars whose job is to cover up aggression and genocide,” Zelensky declared.
Despite Zelensky’s request, It will not be easy to take the veto power from Russiaalthough the UN General Assembly despoiled Taiwan in 1971 of the veto power he held as a representative of China, ceding it instead to the government in Beijing.
The Ukrainian president shared, for the first time since the beginning of the conflict in February 2022, the same UN room with a Russian representativewho on this occasion was the ambassador Vassily Nebenzia.
The Russian envoy asked to speak repeatedly and told Edi RamaPrime Minister of Albania, than to let Zelenskya former comedian, to appear first ran the risk of “undermine the authority of the Security Council” and turn it into “a one-person monologue“.
Rama angrily responded to the Russian representative: “Here is a solution: you stop the war and President Zelensky will not speak“.
Zelensky spoke at the UN General Assembly
Before speaking to the Security Council, Zelensky had presented before the UN on Tuesday and denounced that the deportations of Ukrainian children to Russia – which triggered the arrest warrant against Putin – They are a “genocide.”
He also warned that war affects everyone, since Russia uses food and energy as a “weapon”as evidenced by the suspension of the UN-backed agreement that allowed Ukraine export grain safely through the Black Sea.
“For the first time in modern history, we have the opportunity to put an end to the aggression on the terms of the attacked nation,” Zelensky said in a speech met with applause led by Western nations, but many empty seats elsewhere.
Source: Ambito
