Russia Leads UN Security Council In 'worst April Fool's Joke,' Says Ukraine

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By Jacob Geanous

April 1, 2023 | 4:48 p.m

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Russia’s assumption of the UN Security Council presidency was the “world’s worst April Fool’s joke”. Portal

Russia took over the United Nations Security Council on Saturday in what Ukraine’s foreign minister described as “the world’s worst April Fool’s joke”.

As Moscow’s brutal war in Ukraine rages on, Russia took the helm of the council earlier in the new month – which has a month-long presidency that rotates among its 15 member countries.

Ukraine’s top foreign diplomat was outraged by the fact that the country, ruled by Vladimir Putin, an indicted war criminal, will chair the council, whose main task is to maintain international peace.

“The country, which is systematically violating all fundamental rules of international security, heads a body whose sole task is to uphold and protect international security,” said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, calling the change in leadership “the worst April Fool’s joke in the world.” World”.

Ukraine’s presidential adviser Mykhaylo Podolyak also condemned Russia’s assumption of the presidency, calling it “another violation of international law”.

Last month, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Putin for war crimes. AP

“A unit waging aggressive war, violating humanitarian and criminal law norms, destroying the UN Charter, neglecting nuclear safety cannot lead the world’s most important security agency,” Podolyak said.

The last time Russia chaired the council was in February 2022, the month it invaded Ukraine.

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