Russian ambassador to the United Nations held on Monday (April 3) his first news briefing as president of the Security Council, amid international criticism against Russias Putin, accused of war crimes.
Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia, who assumed the charge on Saturday (April 1), told reporters that as long as the current world order in the U.N. stands, “there will be no change in the rules of procedure.”
He also rebutted accusations that Russia is “threatening nuclear war,” called the claims “propaganda” and denied the use of nuclear weapons as part of the Russian military doctrine.
The last time Russia held the rotating presidency of the Security Council, the body responsible for maintaining peace and combating acts of international aggression, was in February 2022 when Moscow troops launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The presidency rotates alphabetically each month among the 15 members. Although it is largely procedural, the Kremlin and other Russian officials vowed to “exercise all its rights” in the role.
In March, the International Criminal Court (ICC) – an international justice body not associated with the UN – issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin and his commissioner for childrens rights Maria Lvova-Belova, accusing them of the war crime of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine.
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