unfortunately, russia is a permanent member of the security council and no feasible international legal pathway exists to change that reality. that is what we are living with currently as unpalatable as it may be to see russia presiding over the council. the reality is, this is a largely ceremonial position. russia's presidency hasn't. bolden some critics of the un veto wielding members like russia and the united states often prevent the council from acting time. but they're also been breakthroughs. the un successfully broker to deal in july allowing ukrainian grain to pass through the black sea un officials and also been active a europe largest nuclear power plant, which has been call in the crossfire between russian and ukrainian forces. the but both sides are gearing up for a new offensive and ukraine. the war has brought big challenges to b u. n. and many requesting what role can play during the larger scale conflict in europe since world war 2. 7 since and model him al jazeera the. so let's bring in august now in moscow we have done this love minister coverage international relatio

security council.orter: for the next month, russia will chair the u.n. security council. the council's presidency rotates every month, and that gives the holder some influence in shaping its agenda. but some members are objecting to russia chairing a body dedicated to peace and security as it wages war in ukraine e. >> yesterday the russian army killed another ukrainian child, a five-month-old boy. the parents are wounded. one of the hundreds of artillery attacks that the terrorist state carries out today. and at the same time russia , presides over the u.n. security council. it is difficult to imagine anything that proves the complete bankruptcy of such institutions. reporter: the ukrainians are pushing for russia to be removed from the council. but even kiev's allies admit that's effectively impossible. >> unfortunately russia is a , permanent member of the security council, and no feasible international legal pathway exists to change that reality. that is what we are living with currently. as impalp

russia became the head of the un security council . watch the country maps, the ukrainian version, trends and the world as journalists for the whole world. my name is volodymyr ostapchuk, in more detail, just now, we have to ensure the victory of ukraine as a sovereign and independent state , of course, any content on the discussion about ukraine as a member of nato, and how to base it on the fact that ukraine is democratic and independent , and this is exactly what is now being questioned, the closer you are to the center, the more you consider it a human being, and that is why so few muscovites and st. petersburg residents take part in the war in russia is open to a constructive partnership with all countries without exception we are not going to isolate ourselves from anyone the war against ukraine is increasingly taking on signs of ethnic cleansing within russia itself the analysts of the ministry of defense of great britain emphasize the huge disproportion of losses in different regions of the state of terrorists, the war and related to it russian elites and the richest cities of the

; there are 14 sanction regimes on the agenda of the council of security the security council is responsible for 12 peacekeeping operations that continue to this day in the world, that is, in essence, the council of security works and the russian federation very effectively uses its right of veto in order to prove that out of 49 issues, in 48 issues there is an opportunity to make decisions, there is an opportunity to direct operations with maintaining peace is an opportunity to effectively control the sanctions regime in one way or another. therefore, it would not be true to say that the council is ineffective and bankrupt when it comes to stopping the war it is waging a country that is considered by the world to be a permanent member of the security council, but let's go back to yalta in february of 1945 for a second and let's be honest or honestly remind everyone of the negotiations in yalta in 1945, where the third issue was the creation of the united nations , which was far from the same how to create a democratic organization, the essence of the issues that were consider

the it for the next month, russia will chair the un security council. the counsels presidency rotates every month. and that gives the holder some influence in shaping. that's agenda through. but some members are objecting to russia, sharing a body dedicated to security as it wages war and ukraine shorter, he's gotten bullshit. yesterday the russian army killed another ukrainian child a 5 month old boy. the parents are wounded, one of the hundreds of artillery attacks to the terrorist states carries out every day. and at the same time, in russia presides over the un security council. so it is difficult to imagine anything the crimes, the complete bankruptcy of such institutions and of course the ukrainians are pushing for russia to be removed from the council earlier. but even if allies admit that's effectively impossible. unfortunately, russia is a permanent member of the security council and no feasible international legal pathway exists to change that reality. that is what we are living with currently as unpalatable as it may be to see russia presiding

and at the same time, in russia presides over the un security council. it is difficult to imagine anything that crimes the complete bankruptcy of such institutions and of course, the ukrainians are pushing for russia to be removed from the council earlier. but even if allies admit that's effectively impossible. unfortunately, russia is a permanent member of the security council and no feasible international legal pathway exists to change that reality. that is what we are living with currently as unpalatable as it may be to see russia presiding over the council. the reality is, this is a largely ceremonial position, rushes presidency, hasn't bolden some critics of the un. this veto wielding members like russia in the united states often prevent the counsel from acting time. but there are also been breakthroughs, the un successfully broker to deal in july allowing ukrainian grain to pass through the black sea, un officials, and also been active a europe largest nuclear power plant, which has been caught in the crossfire between russian and ukrainian forces.

this year he chairs the un security council . how is this possible? ourse, i want to say that there is no exclusion mechanism. russia 's betrayal of security does not have such means to exclude russia from the organization of the united nations, because we as an organization will need permission from the security council and how can you imagine that in fact almost it is impossible because russia has the right of veto and we understand that russia will preside over the un security council for a month, we must be ready and i think that not only ukrainian representatives have already prepared for this period of russia's presidency, but we all must realize that i can gipson can to provide some guidelines or manipulations regarding certain issues in order to present their points of view , and also to cause or bring to the agenda those issues that actually play into the hands of russia and can in a certain way justify russia's criminal actions and which it has been conducting for the last year yes, and again i want to ask you about why the united nations is

, let's start the security council , she sends a letter, and this letter is announced, it is seenbers of the council security and it is carried out on

and yesterday, russia assumes presidency of the un security council.n see, can't you, how that looks to many people? it makes the un... sorry... i agree with you. no, no, no. i know you will. but you can see it makes the un security council look impotent and leads to people saying, "what is the point of this"? exactly. and you basically take words from my mouth. that's what i was telling many security council members for months, because the month of april was coming and i was talking both to the united states, to the uk, to france, and to other members of security council, because it is primarily responsibility of the members of the security council to deal with this reaction. and i was warning them that public and constituents in their countries would put these questions that the decline of the authority and the image of the security council is quite dangerous. however, we should not forget that the united nations is notjust the security council. the security council is a very important body, but there are other bodies. there is the general assembly,

and in the security council.have tried to block russia from taking over the presidency of the security council but the us, again, said there was no means to block moscow from the post. earlier, we spoke to larry korb, a senior fellow at center for american progress and former united states assistant secretary of defense. let's take a listen to his thoughts on why russia cannot be stopped from assuming presidency of the un security council. the united states, president biden�*s secretary, said we don't like it but we hope that russia will responsibly during the next month but as you mentioned, they were running the security council when the russians you know invaded ukraine illegally. find russians you know invaded ukraine illegally.— russians you know invaded ukraine illegally. and is there a bi aer ukraine illegally. and is there a bigger question _ ukraine illegally. and is there a bigger question here - ukraine illegally. and is there a bigger question here about| a bigger question here about the kind of releva

the 2nd thing is, is the role of the presence presidency of the security council, which we veteran church in wolves trying to maintain it. i remember my 1st presence in the council which came come, came on the 1st of july 2018, which a coin sighted with with the last veto over us in the security council. that was nikki haley who was p r at the time. and we were in the consultations room now, and there was a procedural issue because at that time, us wanted to make an amendment to a resolution of palestine that that was under discussion with its own resolution. as if an amendment to which i told him, look, i do not want to go into the u. k. book on the proceedings of the security council. i'm sure many of you are aware of what it is. very useful reference on the 1st day of my presence. i hate to think about it. so let's, let's behave profession. so we did and that simply testifies that we, we do not have used to work with the security council. whoever says that it is in the least biased or you said that many of them, many of our colleagues in the security council will be working against rus

and this case loses from the security council is it presented by the peace and security council of the african union and e gun which also have their own. we've come on of experience and conflict resolution aligned with the charter to which defines that all of reach in an organization's industry, gods. my city that the african union has adopted the principle of african solutions . the african problem. last yes we're down should be given the opportunity to it in your home model site and collaboration with any channel and godly bhakti mom. so that should not be pushed into dealing with the emerging national security threat alone and will face a boycott that and some of the parties seek to impose there. so down favors and interactive and positive engagement with the un which intern enhances its ability to adapt and go with the most difficult circumstances. and the current events wouldn't have happened with her had the international community shouldered its commitments and provided the financial support for finalize. the did the, our process usually we audited them. if you go in dot 4 is cu

well, now vasyl, to the main vote of russia in the un security council. well, someone says that it's just a lack of understanding, someone says that it's generally something incredible, well, the fact of the russian presidency indicates that something is going on, something is going wrong in the world security architecture that's how the head commented the chairmanship of russia in the security council of the united nations organization, the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, dmytro kuleba , during an online discussion in the chat temhouse. well, he again, like the chief european diplomat, jose borel, said that this is such a stupid april fool's joke because precisely this chairmanship began on april 1, that is, in fact, no matter what vasyl said, it seems to me that something so arche-e catastrophic did not happen because russia is one of the 15 members of the security council of the united nations, which do not rotate on a monthly basis to chair this structure, that is, russia will not be able to influence the creation of the agenda, russia will no

there's been some angry reaction after russia assumed the rotating presidency of the un security councilhe top security body of the united nations. dmytro kuleba, the ukrainian foreign minister, said, "this was a slap in the face to the international community" and the president's chief of staff said, "this was another blow to the rules—based system of international relations" and since the beginning of the war, the ukrainians have criticised the fact that russia has continued to be a permanent member of the security council with veto power, and russia has been using this power to block resolutions related to the conflict. but the united states, which has been a key ally of the ukrainians in this war, has said there is no legal pathway to expel a permanent member of the security council. and in the last few days, the ukrainians have tried to block russia from taking over the presidency of the security council but the us, again, said there was no means to block moscow from the post. earlier we spoke to larry korb, a senior fellow at the center for american progress and former united state

so the security council, as long as the current world war, the with the you and the security council stance, there will be no change in the rules of procedure. unlike some countries who come up with such claims who are not always on as brokers. but i'm not even talking about the u. s. p r who's present seen the security council, and i recognize that when they were was professional. but the, some of the pretty justices i would say, just didn't to do likewise. they played with the rules and procedures of the security council and factually basically, the trampled the counselor. and that's all get more money or correspondence. caleb more pain. caleb. good to see if that what else that we heard from the russian on that today? well, as was stated, russia is a permanent member of un security council, that's the 15 member by that leads the united nations. and as a permanent member, they have the rights to a rotating position as president of the council. and today, russia, how the press conference beginning the month of april in which russia will have the presidency of the security council, h

you're well aware of the provisional rules of procedure of the security council that of me rule 20 says during the consideration of a particular question with which the member he represents is directly connected. he shall indicate his decision to the council, to, to, to recuse yourself basically if, if that particular issue is something that you're directly involved in. and it's up to, it's up to you as the president to decide that. so if the issue of ukraine comes up this month, there's the prescript provision for you then to hand the presidency for that subject over to switzerland. no, that's no why not? if i, if you put the question this way, then i think if you are the companies that are on the security council should also withdraw from the discussion. and namely, free members of the b 5 who are directly involved involved in the situation which you are alluding to are. secondly, i would like to remind that in 20, so in 2003 was you can u. s. were presence of the security council in september in october consecutively. nobody raised the question of their legitimacy to, to call the pre

that's according to russia's foreign minister speaking at the un security council. she just listened to the snow, she still with the un centric system was currently going through a deep crisis. the root cause of this was the desire of individual members of this organization to replace international law and the un charter with the sort of rules based order. but no one has actually seen these rules. they have not been the subject of transparent international negotiations. the results is the fragmentation of global trade, the collapse of market mechanisms, the paralysis of the w, t. o and the final undisguised transformation of the i m f into an instrument for achieving the goals of the us and its allies, including military objectives with russia, leading the un security council for the month of april. we were able to hear the long awaited address to the 15 member body that leads the united nations from russia's foreign minister, sergei lab, rob. now he emphasized how the united states is distorting the purpose of many international institutions and using them to serve

does this deal yet another blow to the relevance and credibility of the un security council? i think we shouldn't overestimate the importance of russia having the presidency when the presidency is largely a procedural functional job. it's about convening meetings. it's about shuffling paper. i mean, i can fully understand that too many people, especially people in ukraine. it seems pretty grotesque that russia is presiding over the security council in the current situation. but i actually don't think that it gives moscow a significant platform to do much diplomatic damage to the ukrainians there just to be care about. there will be no material impact from russia taking over the presidency. it's not something they could use to influence the agenda on ukraine to work in their favor. they do have some power over the council's agenda for the monks, but to be quite honest, i think the russians are a little nervous themselves. i think they realize that they are in the spotlight in new york now. and if they do the presidency to try and put some sort of pressure on the ukrainians, th

i mean, basically _ security council. i mean, basically what _ security council. council. i mean, basically what i think - security council. i mean, basically what i think the | basically what i think the russians are going to do as they are going to bring up the united states invasion of iraq and say we didn't condemn that, that was illegal, it didn't have un support when they did it, they invaded underfalse pretence as and i think they will spend the month doing that quite thank you very much for joining us, seniorfellow, centre for american progress. thank you for having me. this is bbc news, a reminder of our top stories: a series of devastating tornadoes have torn through america's south and midwest, at least 21 people are killed. for the thirteenth week in a row, thousands of israelis have demonstrated against a radical overhaul of thejudiciary. finns are heading to the polls on sunday, with three party leaders all vying to become the country's next prime minister. opinion polls suggest it'll be a tight race, with sanna marin who became the world's youngest

, the security council will begin, it will send a letter and this letter will be announced for all members of the council to see security and this is put to a vote, so to speak, that is, according to the rule 37 procedure, such and such a delegation wants to participate, does anyone object or not, that is, because it is decided by the chairman, everyone decides if someone goes to vote for me and the procedure, therefore, no one can notify him, that is, is it just the majority, that is, i honestly did not see, even if in principle , what they can do, how they can harm us, both in that and in his role as the chairman of the security council, president volodymyr zelenskyi er said what russia's presidency of the united nations proves the bankruptcy of this and other similar institutions. well, first of all, do you agree with this assessment? why, because we should not look at the month of april, but we should look at russia as the head of the security council, because it is a member of the security council of the art of understanding, if we do not strive for russia to be kicked out

so for example, you know, russia can set the gender of the security council. i'm so they might bring emotion that, that is in their favor. but there are other, you know, 3 of the other members here to counsel britain, france in the u. s. a firmly on ukraine side. they will have the power. so really is just a war was nothing will come of it. now, with the latest intelligence report from british defense experts that russia has failed to take further control of the don bass region. what do you make of their assessments? i largely agree. since january, we've seen the russian spring offensive. it just started earlier. and over that time, they've been focusing in the east, but particularly on the move to ensure your viewers will be aware of. and they've really taken, you know, single figures square kilometers a territory at the cost of tens of thousands of troops. and now we're starting to hear of some shortages of key bits of equipment. so for instance, ante on the weapons on the russian side. and what this means is that there's been a huge amount of results, is la

completely, ah ah, moscow calls for a complete restructuring of the united nations security council. the russian foreign minister says it's the only way to overcome a deep, systematic crisis in the organization. to do it is necessary to accelerate the reform of the security council by increasing representation of asian african and latin american countries in control of actuating hundreds of the nationals as violence. spin, sudan rages on post indians on israel is can join the mark memorial day because of the restrictions imposed by israeli authorities are crossed by the supreme court. we spoke to some of the participants who lost loved ones in the conflict. i love my son. can you imagine how unique with very warm welcome to our see international moneys peter scott to bring you all the latest on my headquarters every moscow? thanks for joining us. we start with some news just in from washington, because joe biden has officially announced his 2020 for reelection bid. it's 80 years old biden is the oldest candidates you think u. s. re election, vice president. pamela harris will once ag

specifically while sharing the un security council today. he said, let's call a spade a spade. no one elected the west to speak for the rest of the world. they speak of this kind of law fair terms as a court rules based order that we make the rules and the rules are do as we say, not as, as we do. a lab office pointed out the many us hypocrisies and double standards when talking about things like interference and other countries affairs regime changes invasions occupations over the last few decades and the like. but they feel that this a gemini is slipping from them and they have to act to contain and provoke conflicts with both russia and china. and the u. s. feels that it will no longer be able to military engaged both of those countries in their own backyards. and when following the security council session in new york say gala ross sat down for talks with you and chief antonio terrorist. they moser, for the black. the great initiative with lab rough stressing the need to implement all parts of the international deals to explore grain from both russia and ukraine . terrorist

ah ah moscow called for a complete re stopped hurrying of the united nations security council. a russian foreign minister says this, the only way to overcome a deep this don't make crisis in the organization. if you mean school, it is necessary to accelerate the reform pope the security council by increasing representation, asian, african, and latin american countries. hungary foreign minister calls for urgent solutions to problems directly on the african continent. in order to tackle migration blaming e u policies for the crisis and washington bars, russia from paying worth facts of quality. soviet soldiers at the most important military cemetery in the us, on the eve of the 78th anniversary of soviet american war time, cooperation with good morning for moscow. this is our to international with the latest world news updates. i'm pure allies about. it's great to have you with us. the u. m. based system has been plunged into crisis by western attempts to replace international law with the rules based order. that's according to russia's foreign minister speaking at the un securit

russia right now presiding over the un security council.— security council.right, and it can block any _ security council. right, and it can block any decision - can block any decision according to this war, so it's not a normal situation. 50 according to this war, so it's not a normal situation. so what is the avenue _ not a normal situation. so what is the avenue you _ not a normal situation. so what is the avenue you see - not a normal situation. so what is the avenue you see going - is the avenue you see going forward, working with the un and the us and your partners to reach the justice you were talking about?— talking about? the international - talking about? the i international criminal talking about? the - international criminal court issued a warrant to arrest putin for his crimes but it's not enough. he should be brought to accountability for his crimes, so we should work altogether, the democratic countries, because it's not just an issue for ukraine and russia. it's an issue for the whole democratic world. when a leader starts an aggressive war in

a, a call for a complete restructuring of the united nations security council. the russian foreign minister says it's the only way to overcome ag demik prices in the organization. it is necessary to accelerate the form of the security counts by increasing representation, asian, african, and latin american countries. foreign countries are evacuating hundreds of their national violence to dan urgent solutions to problems directly on the african continent must be found quickly to tackle migration hungry is foreign minister, blaming you policies for the price. how thing is that? israelis can jointly mark memorial day in tel aviv after the restrictions imposed by israeli authorities on a similar event in jerusalem. we spoke to some of the participants who lost loved one a. can you imagine how unique to sit with coming to you from moscow? this is our international with the latest world news updates here ella is about, it's great to have you with us. the un based system has been plunged into a crisis by western attempts to replace international law with the rules based

international peace is the security. gus, now we have a case where a permanent member of the security council has attacked its neighbor. and at the same time, it's paralyzed by its regional power. the whole secure to cause a the war has been going on for more than a year. and the secret council has not been able to take a single decision on the, on the war warrior warren, your claim. therefore, all the political issues that are linked in any way to the conflict came to jenna assembly suggest somebody took already 6 decisions against aggression against her annexation territory, against the infringement of human rights against it. destruction is setting up your future is claimed. range is 3, and also asking for a kind of international juvenile for aggression. can we talk about the security council for a little bit? and i mean, obviously this is like, you mentioned, you know, when one of its members trust it will, doesn't vita, another country that throws up a whole bunch of issues. do you think that there needs to be reformed to the security council? first and foremost, of course, i think by th

and april simply is russia's turn, but that the security council is the main body in the international system to govern peace and security around the world. and russia is a country that has violated the u. n's. fact finding chuck founding charter according to the un secretary general. and of course, russia's president now has an arrest warrant out for him from, from the international criminal court. other members of the security council used this occasion to criticize russia. this was the comment from the u. s, ambassador linda thomas greenfield. so as you know, russia is assuming it's sad seat as president of the security council as started on april 1st. it's like an april fools joke. bad at the truth of the matter is it's rotating. see, we expect that they well behave professionally, but we also expect that they will use their seat or to spread this information and to promote their own agenda as it relates to ukraine. and we will stand ready to call them out at every single moment at that they attempt to do that. so western countries like the u. s. say they will be very vigilant to w

the un security council had been listening intently. a purpose was giving that update from port sedan on the ground on the situation in sudan. he said the sci fi is holding in some parts, but us failed in other areas. he said in and around the capital cartoon fighting has been taking place at the airport and mainly focused on army bases. he says air strikes and a heavy shilling still continues around khartoum and residential areas are still under persistent attacks. he says, the safety of u. n. workers hasn't been insured and they've had to relocate because of the violence. but importantly he says, the u. n is not abandoning sedan we heard earlier before we heard from vulgar perth, as we heard from the you and 2nd general antonio cottage. he said to the fighting must stop immediately. there he is there talking earlier to the security council, he called on both warring generals to silence the guns. he said the conflict won't be resolved on the battlefield. he said, sounds people have already chosen the path of democracy. he said both sid

nationals austell scrambling to leave pasco calls for a complete restructuring of the united nations security council. the russian foreign minister says it's the only way to overcome a deep, systematic crisis in the organization. the human school it is necessary to accelerate to reform the security counts, playing, increasing the representation of asian african and latin american countries with welcome to our see international mon is peter scott to bring the all the latest from our headquarters here in moscow. thanks very much for joining us. and we start off in moscow which has hosted the heads of the area. and so iranian syrian and turkish military is to discuss steps. so a strength thing, serious security, as well as the normalization of the countries relations with turkey. following the talks, the parties reaffirm the desire to preserve the territorial integrity of syria, as well as the need to intensify efforts for the speedy return of syrian refugees to their homeland. with special attention has been paid to countering terrorist threats. and so was fighting extremism in syria, all the parties t

ah, moscow calls for a complete restructuring of the united nations security council. the russian foreign minister says that the only way to overcome a deep systemic crisis in the organization. good your school to do what it is necessary to accelerate the reform of the security council by increasing the representation african and latin american countries. foreign countries are evacuating hundreds of their nationals as violence to dan continued. urgent solutions to problems directly on the african continent must be found quickly to tackle migration foundries, foreign minister, blaming you policies for the prices and palestinians, and israelis can jointly mark memorial day and television after the restrictions imposed by israeli authorities on a similar that in jerusalem we spoke to some of the participants who lost loved ones in the decades long conflict with can you imagine how unique to see to sit with good morning for moscow? this is our international with the latest world news updates i'm bureau is about it's great to have you with the un based system has been plung

the white house national security council spokesperson john kirby has for ukraine. let's talk of kids. spring counter offensive, gross hushed as april comes to a close. now, meanwhile, ukrainian, a general sort of game merely has admitted that he does like the weapons of manpower, to take a lasting counter offensive. one of the ukrainian officials say that western reluctance to supply aid is to blame for the deficit. that's the use foreign policy . she feels that barrel reveals that he has already received an immense 600000000 euros in munitions from the you. former us intelligence officer, scott ritter says a spring offensive would be impossible under any circumstances. if we do see something by the end of april, what we'll see is the, the tide turning even further against you. craig, on the ground, you're seeing the russian forces getting more and more freedom of action is ukrainian to run out of artillery ammunition. some point in time. ukrainian army is going to break whether that happens at the end of april sometime in may, june. we don't know, but it's going t

well, as was stated, russia is a permanent member of un security council. as the 15 member by the leads the united nations. and as a permanent member, they have the rights to aid rotating position as president of the council. however, a recurring theme in question is directed to the russian ambassador and anthea was whether or not russia could legitimately hold this position. reporter after reporter seemed to push forward the notion that somehow russia does not have the right to do what every other member of the security council can do. and assume the president did a council in a rotating position for a month. the u. s. expects russia to be spreading disinformation about ukraine in fact, we, we think just the opposite. now actually many in media outlets already started suspected that russia is going to abuse the presidency of the security council. my think that these articles on these opinions, or rather a gesture of despair rather than something serious intangible, can you understand? normal citizens feel offended, that as a country can share the security c

the un security council _ today in the council. the un security council is _ today in the council.e one we are seeing now. it is a failure of the body that russia has already invaded a country before, like crimea, and can invade another and also preside over this body? it invade another and also preside over this body?— over this body? it has shaken the confidence _ over this body? it has shaken the confidence of _ over this body? it has shaken the confidence of the - over this body? it has shaken | the confidence of the member states— the confidence of the member states in— the confidence of the member states in the council, but the council — states in the council, but the council continues to function. we are — council continues to function. we are continuing to deal with peace — we are continuing to deal with peace and security issues across _ peace and security issues across the globe. we will be meeting _ across the globe. we will be meeting tomorrow on the situation in sudan. we have addressed the situation in libya _ addressed the situation in libya. we met last week on the

information, take care of yourself, go into hiding, the news about russia's presidency of the un security council absurd. this is what the president said volodymyr zelenskyi of ukraine, according to him, the institution that is responsible for security in the world cannot be headed by russia, because it is an aggressor that kills peaceful ukrainians every day. it is obvious that a terrorist state and any other state that wants to be a terrorist cannot destroy the peace . united nations organizations should boycott during april any meetings under the auspices of the russian federation, the adviser to the head of the president 's office, mykhailo podolyak, said this, in his words, russia violates the organization's charter, and for that, at the very least, it should be deprived of its presence in the un, this is not just a joke, i don't understand why is it called a joke? well, it is a certain legal action . well, there is a country there. look, this is not a joke. illegally since 1991, because it took as a right the recipient of the ussr, russia took a place there. and this is not so because the s

and the un security council was your assessment of the pre conditions for such a reform of the cancel. i think it's very difficult to reform tonight's nation security cancer in the short or median 3rd known of the great power for example, or a set to losing their right of vito. perhaps that could be some expansion of the count filled with new counters, having the same right off a veto, which wouldn't change much. i don't see as likely the adoption or from majority voting system without the right of feet or the definition that there's no assembly could be the bearer to not does it seem reasonable to me that counters defeat that in the 2nd world war, such as japan, germany or italy could drawing the security council before denies of fascism defeat, completes 100 years, even more so with this nation's being clearly alive with the united states and nato. so kind of response, they expect from the other permanent members of the un security council to say it was, it was bad to think my, my support i so what do you think maybe it without changing the system that grants the right of vito to th

it is necessary to accelerate the reform of the security council by increasing the representation of asian african and latin american countries in it. the current, excessive over representation of the west in this main human body undermines the very principle of multilateralism. it's important to note that the russian foreign minister was unable to be accompanied by the journalists who generally travel with him. their visas were not made available by us officials. and he touched on this when he arrived in new york city, as well as in his remarks before the council. he touched on how this effort essentially suppressing the ability of the world to hear the message that russia, a permanent member of the un security council had to say before this 15 member body that leads the united nation. however, he emphasized in his remarks that russia speaks a world of multiple arity or countries can trade with each other on a win win, cooperation basis, and militaristic. confrontations are not promoted and escalated. international affairs and security analysts mark for bo to say the us, the gains t

ah, ah moscow called for a complete restructuring of the united nations security council. the russian foreign minister says that the only way to overcome 8th systemic crisis in the organization. good human school, it is necessary to accelerate the reform of the security council by increasing the representation of asian african and latin american countries. foreign countries are evacuating hundreds of their nationals as violence and then continued urgent solutions to problems directly on the african continent. must be found quickly to tackle migration with hungary foreign minister blaming e policies for the crisis. palestinians and israelis currently mark memorial day and tel aviv after the restrictions imposed by israeli authorities honest, similar bent and jerusalem. we spoke to some of the participants who lost their loved ones in the decades long conflict a i'm, i think that it's a, can you imagine how unique with good morning from moscow this is our teen or national with the latest world news update. i'm fiorella, isabel, it's great to have you with us. the un based sy

that writes outside the official program of the security council, but i would like to mentionon april 26 in the afternoon, uh, an interactive dialogue on the humanitarian situation in syria april 27th. we will have, uh, a discussion on the situation in syria along with a briefing consultations. peterson mr. griffins. uh, reports for the next day, we will hold consultations on the situation in kosovo. and, uh, another report for you. to let go and april 28th as a closing i believe this will be the day when we will have the opportunity to meet with you again, in addition to the usual appearances that i promise you will be in front of the press. i am ready to answer your questions. if they are your first question, thank you. thank you, mr. who believes that russia should not be the chairman of the security council because of the war in ukraine and the second gathered european leaders? european holiday, which went to the chinese with the president of this, you think it is useful to resolve the situation in ukraine at the negotiating table and whether china can play a key role and

evolve the security council to take into account the issues of peace and security that we are facing. many of them different from what we faced almost 80 years ago when the u.n. was created. >> what kind of reform would prevent one of the permanent members from invading another country? >> you know, first and foremost, we need to make the council more representative of the world. so, right now, there are no african permanent representatives on the council. no one from latin america has a permanent representative on the council. it is to expand the council and make it more representative, is one of the things that we would certainly look to doing. >> you mentioned latin america. we know sergey lavrov previous to his trip to new york, traveled through south and central america, including cuba. are you concerned about russia's influence in the region? >> russia is trying their best to get as many countries on their side as possible. but the truth of the matter is only five countries have consistently supported russia in the resolutions that we have brought before the general assembly. s

uproar as russia takes over the presidency of the un security council.kraine calls it a slap in the face. translation: there is no form of terror that russia has not. already committed and there would be no reason why that would not stop the reform of global institutions, particularly the un security council. and, fancy footwear — we'll tell you about the huge convention in asia dedicated to the humble trainer. hello and welcome to bbc news. authorities in the united states have been assessing the damage caused by severe storms and tornadoes. at least 21 people are now known to have died as the storms ripped through the south and the midwest, leaving a trail devastation. hardest hit were tennessee, arkansas and indiana. in illinois, one person was killed when a theatre roof collapsed. these pictures are of the storm passing a car in arkansas and, as you can see, the images speak for themselves. the bbc�*s sancha berg reports. dozens of storms and tornadoes left a trail of destruction, two of the fiercest touched down in the southern state of arkansas. te

russia has taken the presidency of the un security council despite ukraine urging members to block theh 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, vladimir putin, is subject to an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes. earlier i spoke to our ukraine correspondent hugo bachega. i started by asking him to talk us through this development at the united nations. russia has taken over the rotating presidency of the security council, which is the main security body of the united nations. and obviously there's been angry reaction here from the ukrainians. the foreign minister today said this was a slap in the face of the international community. we heard from the president's chief of staff saying that this was another symbolic blow to the rules based system of international relations. so the ukrainians, since the beginning of the war, have criticised the fact tha

first of course, would you like to see more permanent members added to the security council? there are many, many ideas a many you think that would be a good idea or i think the 5 members who are now permanent members of the school council. this is a notion coming from the end of the 2nd world war. it deflects the balance of power of 1945, and now we are $77.00. he is off to a and they are very new powerful countries, new continents, politically new continents, a new responsibilities. and quite frankly, and this way, my very personal notion is mud the motion of this, of the, of gen assembly. after the 2nd road hall, you had to win award to become a member of the security guy. so i hope off to 7 to 7. he is a, you are awarded a membership not to by winning award winning a piece. what about the, the number of vetoes that a member state that might be able to get? would you like to see changes to that, you know, limiting the number of vetoes in this? i once definitely though it is one of the most sensitive issue issues for the for the members. been members of the security council

there are other things security council could potentially do. they could potentially, for example, send a peacekeeping force in they could potentially adopt sanctions against the to rival generals. but i can tell you those are very, very unlikely to be something that the security that at the selections security council will agree to. so i think it's gonna be more words, and certainly we had more words from the un secretary general, who spent most of the weekend on the phone. this is what he said in the last, our situation has already led to end the loss of life, including many civilians. and he further escalation could be devastating for the country and the region edge. all those really influence over the situation to use it in the cause of peace, to support efforts to win the violence restore order and return to the best of friends ation. you may tell you the situation. so there was already pre carriers, and these now catastrophic. all right, so you mentioned that probably multi lateral intervention by the you and highly unlikely. but both side

here you have the un security council, the buses. thank you. now go back to where my had sense as well. if the president of the session of the council of non special this is the responding, i guess the stipulated that to the now i would like to give it more to just slowly will be with his excellency. but you know, just a human 2nd out of my route and he needs through the school or that was a un un security council meeting dedicated to the situation in the middle east and palestine with the vs for minister gala rod item is the chairman of that meeting for the key, take ways to head over to our web sites. art see dot com the talking of meetings moscow's host it at the head of the iranian syrian and turkish militaries. to discuss steps toward strength in serious security and the normalization of the country's relations with secchia. following the talks to parties reaffirm the desire to preserve the territorial integrity of syria, as well as the need to intensify efforts for the speedy return of syrian refugees to their homeland watches at times to

it is necessary to accelerate the reform of the security council by increasing the representation of asian african and latin american countries in it. the current, excessive over representation of the west in this main un body undermines the very principle of multilateralism. when the russian foreign minister spoke before the un security council, he reiterated what he said when he 1st arrived in new york city, which was the essential move by the united states. unable to approve the visas for the journalist who generally travel with the russian foreign minister that this move was an effort to suppress what he had to say before the council. essentially, the united states was trying to prevent the world from hearing the message he put forward before the un security council today explaining that russia would like to see a peaceful resolution of the conflict in ukraine. and also emphasizing that provocations from the united states, such as the expansion of nato and the toppling of ukraine's government in 2014, have only served to escalate global tensions and resulted in the conflict as it