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Dozens of UN Delegates Take Action When Russian Foreign Minister Begins Speaking
Mar 1, 2022 13:45:42 #
Dozens of UN Delegates Take Action When Russian Foreign Minister Begins Speaking
In a display to show the extent to which Russia has become a pariah in the world community, diplomats at the Human Rights Council of the United Nations walked out as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov addressed the body.
About 100 people representing 40 nations left the hall in Geneva, Switzerland, where they were gathered, according to Reuters.
Lavrov appeared by video, saying that he could not attend in person because of a ban against Russian-owned planes flying through European Union member countries’ airspace.
“HRC members walk out once Lavrov’s video began to play in the session of the Council. Enough of exposure to the deranged lunacy of war criminals. We will listen to you at International Tribunal for War Crimes of Putin’s Regime,” Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine’s representative to the U.N. tweeted.
Lavrov accused the EU of taking part in a “Russophobic frenzy” by giving military aid to Ukraine while Russia was seeking to overthrow its government.
Yevheniia Filipenko, Ukraine’s representative on the Human Rights Council, called the walkout “a remarkable show of support for Ukrainians who are fighting for their independence.”
Should other nations intervene in this conflict?
Yes: 87% (145 Votes)
No: 13% (21 Votes)
Filipenko said Russia had conducted “massive destruction to civilian infrastructure” in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.
“The maternity wards are being attacked, civilian residential buildings are being bombed,” she said.
In a video address to the Conference on Disarmament, also meeting in Geneva, Lavrov claimed the world needs to be protected from the dangers posed by Ukraine, according to Reuters.
“Today the dangers that (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelenskyy’s regime pose for neighboring countries and international security in general have increased substantially after the authorities set up in Kyiv have embarked upon dangerous games related to plans to acquire their own nuclear weapons,” he said as diplomats walked out on that address as well.
“Ukraine still has Soviet nuclear technologies and the means of delivery of such weapons. We cannot fail to respond to this real danger,” he said.
On the ground, the battle for Ukraine’s survival grew desperate as a massive convoy converged on Kyiv. Russia’s Defense Ministry warned that it was targeting sites in Kyiv and urged civilians to flee, according to The New York Times.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the time has come to dig in.
“Kharkiv and Kyiv are currently the most important targets for Russia. Terror is meant to break us. To break our resistance. They are heading to our capital, as well as to Kharkiv,” he said in a Facebook message, according to CNN.
“Therefore, the defense of the capital today is the key priority for the state,” Zelenskyy said. “Kyiv is special. If we protect Kyiv, we will protect the state. This is the heart of our country. And it must keep beating. And it will keep beating, so that life triumphs.”
He said the rocket attack that devastated central Kharkiv was “terror against the city, this is terror against Kharkiv, terror against Ukraine.”
“There was no military target on the square. The rocket to the central square is outright, undisguised terror. No one will forgive. Nobody will forget. This strike on Kharkiv is a war crime.”
“We call on all countries of the world to respond immediately and effectively to this criminal tactic of the aggressor and to declare that Russia is committing state terrorism. We demand full responsibility for terrorists in international courts,” Zelenskyy said.
Lithuania President Gitanas Nausėda said all of Europe has a stake in the war.
“No country in the European Union, in Europe can feel safe right now. Yes, Ukraine is target number one, but if we cannot support Ukraine, if Ukraine will fall — be sure that we’ll be next, that Russia will stay at our doors,” Nausėda said, according to CNN.
https://www.westernjournal.com/dozens-un-delegates-take-action-russian-foreign-minister-begins-speaking/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=WJBreaking&utm_campaign=breaking&utm_content=western-journal&ats_es=489ee1ba734a5f1f055e6be09233f635
In a display to show the extent to which Russia has become a pariah in the world community, diplomats at the Human Rights Council of the United Nations walked out as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov addressed the body.
About 100 people representing 40 nations left the hall in Geneva, Switzerland, where they were gathered, according to Reuters.
Lavrov appeared by video, saying that he could not attend in person because of a ban against Russian-owned planes flying through European Union member countries’ airspace.
“HRC members walk out once Lavrov’s video began to play in the session of the Council. Enough of exposure to the deranged lunacy of war criminals. We will listen to you at International Tribunal for War Crimes of Putin’s Regime,” Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine’s representative to the U.N. tweeted.
Lavrov accused the EU of taking part in a “Russophobic frenzy” by giving military aid to Ukraine while Russia was seeking to overthrow its government.
Yevheniia Filipenko, Ukraine’s representative on the Human Rights Council, called the walkout “a remarkable show of support for Ukrainians who are fighting for their independence.”
Should other nations intervene in this conflict?
Yes: 87% (145 Votes)
No: 13% (21 Votes)
Filipenko said Russia had conducted “massive destruction to civilian infrastructure” in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.
“The maternity wards are being attacked, civilian residential buildings are being bombed,” she said.
In a video address to the Conference on Disarmament, also meeting in Geneva, Lavrov claimed the world needs to be protected from the dangers posed by Ukraine, according to Reuters.
“Today the dangers that (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelenskyy’s regime pose for neighboring countries and international security in general have increased substantially after the authorities set up in Kyiv have embarked upon dangerous games related to plans to acquire their own nuclear weapons,” he said as diplomats walked out on that address as well.
“Ukraine still has Soviet nuclear technologies and the means of delivery of such weapons. We cannot fail to respond to this real danger,” he said.
On the ground, the battle for Ukraine’s survival grew desperate as a massive convoy converged on Kyiv. Russia’s Defense Ministry warned that it was targeting sites in Kyiv and urged civilians to flee, according to The New York Times.
Ukraine Accuses Russia of Using Fearsome 'Vacuum Bomb,' Which Would 'Potentially Be a War Crime'
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/what-is-a-vacuum-bomb/ar-AAUtb1O
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the time has come to dig in.
“Kharkiv and Kyiv are currently the most important targets for Russia. Terror is meant to break us. To break our resistance. They are heading to our capital, as well as to Kharkiv,” he said in a Facebook message, according to CNN.
“Therefore, the defense of the capital today is the key priority for the state,” Zelenskyy said. “Kyiv is special. If we protect Kyiv, we will protect the state. This is the heart of our country. And it must keep beating. And it will keep beating, so that life triumphs.”
He said the rocket attack that devastated central Kharkiv was “terror against the city, this is terror against Kharkiv, terror against Ukraine.”
“There was no military target on the square. The rocket to the central square is outright, undisguised terror. No one will forgive. Nobody will forget. This strike on Kharkiv is a war crime.”
“We call on all countries of the world to respond immediately and effectively to this criminal tactic of the aggressor and to declare that Russia is committing state terrorism. We demand full responsibility for terrorists in international courts,” Zelenskyy said.
Lithuania President Gitanas Nausėda said all of Europe has a stake in the war.
“No country in the European Union, in Europe can feel safe right now. Yes, Ukraine is target number one, but if we cannot support Ukraine, if Ukraine will fall — be sure that we’ll be next, that Russia will stay at our doors,” Nausėda said, according to CNN.
https://www.westernjournal.com/dozens-un-delegates-take-action-russian-foreign-minister-begins-speaking/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=WJBreaking&utm_campaign=breaking&utm_content=western-journal&ats_es=489ee1ba734a5f1f055e6be09233f635
Mar 1, 2022 14:44:21 #
LogicallyRight
Loc: Chicago
Those delegates are wrong. They might feel that they have a right to protest and walk out, but the UN in not grade school. Their job is to be there and prepared to debate and directly confront the Russian delegate with reasoned opinion.
They exhibited disgusting behavior.
Logically Right
They exhibited disgusting behavior.
Logically Right
Mar 1, 2022 14:52:37 #
LogicallyRight wrote:
Those delegates are wrong. They might feel that they have a right to protest and walk out, but the UN in not grade school. Their job is to be there and prepared to debate and directly confront the Russian delegate with reasoned opinion.
They exhibited disgusting behavior.
Logically Right
They exhibited disgusting behavior.
Logically Right
Get out of the UN, it has become just another Communist controlled organization basically financed by the "USA". Take over the UN Bldg and rent out office space to make some money from it.
Mar 1, 2022 15:01:03 #
LogicallyRight wrote:
Those delegates are wrong. They might feel that they have a right to protest and walk out, but the UN in not grade school. Their job is to be there and prepared to debate and directly confront the Russian delegate with reasoned opinion.
They exhibited disgusting behavior.
Logically Right
They exhibited disgusting behavior.
Logically Right
You flat cannot reason with people that are so far beyond reason that their positions make no sense.
You can't debate with stupidity on the scale Russia is maintaining, which is why it's impossible to debate with the right in this country. There has to be a basis of facts to work from, and stupidity like we are saving surrounding countries from the danger the Ukraine was posing is moron class stupidity that doesn't need to be responded to. By even responding to such stupidity you give it some form of credence it does not deserve.
If you believe they exhibited disgusting behavior you would be in sympathy with the ones that are dead wrong and dangerously retarded.
Mar 1, 2022 15:07:12 #
Oldsailor65 wrote:
Get out of the UN, it has become just another Communist controlled organization basically financed by the "USA". Take over the UN Bldg and rent out office space to make some money from it.
Spoken in the true fashion of someone that is 100% clueless about the UN being literally for and about keeping the strongest autocratic dictator nations such as Russia from attacking and taking over smaller democracies that cannot defend themselves against more powerful neighbors.
And of course the word communist means absolutely nothing to you, defense against communist dictatorships being what the UN is about.
Mar 1, 2022 18:26:04 #
woodguru wrote:
Spoken in the true fashion of someone that is 100% clueless about the UN being literally for and about keeping the strongest autocratic dictator nations such as Russia from attacking and taking over smaller democracies that cannot defend themselves against more powerful neighbors.
And of course the word communist means absolutely nothing to you, defense against communist dictatorships being what the UN is about.
And of course the word communist means absolutely nothing to you, defense against communist dictatorships being what the UN is about.
If the UN is literally for and about keeping Russia from attacking and taking over Ukraine, then the UN is a FAILURE!
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