Moscow used its rotating presidency of the Security Council to host a session on deported Ukrainian children, leading some officials to walk out.
Tag: War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
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Strange Days at the U.N. as Russia Takes the Helm of the Security Council
The monthlong presidency of an organization dedicated to preserving world peace is now in the hand of a nation waging the biggest land war in Europe in decades.
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Maria Lvova-Belova, the Children’s Rights Advocate Accused of Russian War Crimes
Maria Lvova-Belova says she is running a humanitarian evacuation of abandoned Ukrainian children. The International Criminal Court accuses her of abducting them wholesale.
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Zelensky Denounces ‘Absurd’ U.N. Security Council Presidency for Russia
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that permitting Moscow its monthlong chairmanship of Security Council meetings showed “the complete bankruptcy of such institutions.”
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Putin Allies Must Decide Whether to Host a Wanted Man
The International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for President Vladimir V. Putin could thrust his allies into domestic and foreign legal disputes, experts say.