Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha was absolutely right when he said:
“There are 15 members of this council. 14 of them support an immediate ceasefire in one way or another. Only one state blocks an end to hostilities. And it is the aggressor itself.”
“Russia occupies the seat of the USSR illegally. The aggressor must be removed from this table,” said the Ukrainian Foreign Minister.
Russia was never a founding member of the United Nations. There are no signatures from Russian representatives on the United Nations Declaration of January 1, 1942. The Russian Federation (RSFSR or Russia) was neither a founding member of the UN nor a participant in the 1945 San Francisco Conference — unlike Ukraine, which was officially included in the list of UN founding members on April 27, 1945. Russia has never undergone any official admission procedure to the UN.
Moreover, the Russian Federation has never ratified the UN Charter, which is a mandatory requirement for member states under Article 110 of the Charter. Thus, the UN Charter is not formally binding on Russia, a fact it has consistently demonstrated throughout its modern history.
The fact that the Russian Federation continues to illegally occupy a seat in the UN and the UN Security Council is a demonstration of the complete collapse of the international order, which was based on law rather than force.
Now that Ukraine is strong, we must restore the supremacy of international law and expel Russia from the UN! Quis nisi nos!
I urge everyone to sign the international petition on this issue and strengthen the call to expel Russia from the illegally occupied seat of the USSR at the UN:
change.org/p/kick-russia-out…