Oleksandr Merezhko: The Ukrainian Parliament emphasizes that russia has no right to occupy a seat

12.12.2022, 15:03 rada.gov.ua

The People’s Deputies of Ukraine adopted Resolution No. 8229, which calls on parliaments and governments of foreign states to reform the United Nations and recognize the russian federation’s membership in the UN as illegitimate. As it was explained by MP, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Committee on Foreign Policy and Interparliamentary Cooperation, the member of the Ukrainian delegation Olexander Merezhko, this document calls not only to recognize russia as a terrorist state but also to take appropriate steps.  “The world community, particularly, the United Nations, should not recognize russia as a member of the UN Security Council and a member of this organization in general. A terrorist state, a terrorist regime has no right neither in the sense of morality nor in the context of international law to take a place in the United Nations,” the politician stressed. He added that the adopted document also contains a call to impose sanctions on certain russian political parties.