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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Update #1: Russia set to take chair of UN security council amid Ukraine war (The Hill)
Update #2: Russia takes over the presidency of the UN Security Council (Euronews)
WNU Editor: Ukraine has responded .... Kyiv says Russian UN Security Council presidency is a ‘symbolic blow’ (Reuters). More here .... Russia runs the UN Security Council this month. Ukraine says it’s the worst April Fools’ joke (CNN).
Update #3: Here is the US response .... Russia 'should not be' on UN Security Council, says US diplomat (Euronews/AFP).