Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Decision time for United Nations Security Council

 



Members of the US Congress rightly have been asking how countries that value security and freedom might remove Russia from the United Nations Security Council.  In fact, it’s not impkossible, as some have argued, or even unprecedented.

 

In 1990 when Iraq’s Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and tried to wipe that country from the face of the earth, the Security Council took action.  The Council demanded that Iraq immediately withdraw and when Iraq refused, authorised the use of force to expel the aggressor.  The Security Council today, by contrast, has not so much as censured Vladimir Putin, whose invasion of Ukraine poses a far greater threat to international peace and security……

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-03-20/ukraine-war-how-the-un-can-expel-russia-and-remain-relevant


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