DNYUZ/Foreign Policy: Congress Wants to Boot Russia From U.N. Security Council
Two U.S. lawmakers heading up an independent U.S. government human rights watchdog have
The bipartisan Helsinki Commission, which called on U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to protest Russia’s standing as a permanent Security Council member in October, wants Congress to argue that Russia’s war has violated the “purposes and principles of the United Nations” and asks U.S. government agencies to take steps to limit Russia’s privileges at the U.N., though it gives the administration some free rein to determine how it might act.
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WNU Editor: not going to happen. The U.N.’s governing charter doesn’t contain any provisions for removing a permanent member of the Security Council. This is just PR.
