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#304068 2-Apr-2023 07:08
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not sure if April Fools or not but Russia and China will together cause changes not seen in 100 years if i recall

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65146557

 

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.

 

Despite Ukraine's complaints, the United States said it could not block Russia - a permanent council member - from assuming the presidency.

 

The other permanent members of the council are the UK, US, France, and China.

 

The role is mostly procedural, but Moscow's ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia, told the Russian Tass news agency that he planned to oversee several debates, including one on arms control.

 

He said he would discuss a "new world order" that, he said, was coming to "replace the unipolar one".


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  #3057779 2-Apr-2023 08:46
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Pretty elaborate April Fool's joke if it is!




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  #3057792 2-Apr-2023 10:41
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Proves how worthless it is.

 

This council is only there to preserve the authority of those already permanent members of the council. By giving each of them the power of veto they can ensure nothing changes.


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  #3057804 2-Apr-2023 12:08
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Each security council member holds the post for a month at time.

 

Times were very different when this arrangement was set up.




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  #3057816 2-Apr-2023 13:13
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SJB:

Each security council member holds the post for a month at time.

 

Times were very different when this arrangement was set up.

 

 

Its also largely symbolic, mostly rubber-stamping paperwork. The permanent members all have veto powers whether they're in the chair or not, so apart from a little more grandstanding nothing much will change.

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