In what some experts are calling ‘the lowest point in the history of the United Nations’, the Russian Federation assumed the Presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on April 1st.
With Vladimir Putin subject to international arrest for war crimes, Russia’s ascension to the UNSC Presidency has senior Ukrainian government officials and international relations experts openly questioning the overall role and structure of the UN, whose mission is ‘to maintain international peace’.
Ahead of Russia’s UNSC Presidency, in an exclusive interview with Kyiv Post, Oleh Nikolenko, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s Minister for Foreign Affairs said:
‘Russia is playing an April Fools’ Day joke on...
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