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Tuesday, April 5, 2022
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Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Ukraine president says new type of UN Security Council needed
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleZelensky tells the Security Council that a new paradigm is needed, and proposes a conference in Kyiv to create a new kind of UN that can respond “preemptively to security challenges.”
“It is now clear that the goals set in San Francisco in 1945 have not been achieved and it is impossible to achieve them without reforms,” he says, referring to the UN’s founding after World War II.
The new system would treat all countries fairly, regardless of economic strength, he says, seemingly knocking the Security Council’s veto system, which gives five countries power over everyone else.
He also proposes removing Russia from the Security Council.
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