Russia Assumes UN Security Council Presidency

 

BBC: Russia assumes UN Security Council presidency despite Ukrainian anger 

Russia has taken the presidency of the UN Security Council despite Ukraine urging members to block the move. 

Each of the council's 15 members takes up the presidency for a month, on a rotating pattern. 

The last time Russia had the presidency, February 2022, it launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 

It means the Security Council is being led by a country whose president is subject to an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes. 

The International Criminal Court - which is not a UN institution - issued the warrant for Vladimir Putin last month.  

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