Ukraine questions Russia’s participation in the next session of the Human Rights Council: “It does not deserve”

Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Eugenia Filipenko, said on Friday that Russia “does not deserve” to participate in the next session of the Human Rights Council, which will begin next week at the Swiss headquarters of the UN, and will last more than five weeks, until April 4.

Filipenko warned that the Ukrainian delegation that will participate in the high-level segment of the meeting, “will act accordingly” in the presence of Russia at the Council session, where the Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs will speak next Thursday Sergei Riabkov.

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During this meeting, Ukraine will call on the international community to ensure accountability by Russia’s political and military leadership.

Some leaders who, according to Filipenko, should answer for their “war crimes and crimes against humanity” before international courts.

In addition, the Ukrainian diplomatic mission will also propose debates on the role of disinformation in the course of the war and on the rights of children, especially those forcibly deported in Russia, whose situation constitutes proof of genocide, according to the ambassador.

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On the first anniversary of the start of the war in Ukraine, Filipenko regretted that the UN “has failed” in its purpose of preventing wars in the world, although she was very satisfied with the resolution approved this Thursday by the General Assembly of the organization. , with which 141 countries were in favor of calling for Russia’s withdrawal from Ukraine.

However, for the Ukrainian diplomat, the fact that Russia maintains its seat on the UN Security Council poses a problem for the principles of multilateralism and peaceful coexistence between countries, which the organization promotes.

Regarding the ceasefire plan that the Chinese government has proposed today, Filipenko welcomed Beijing’s initiative, but insisted that the ideal framework for the conflict to end are, in his opinion, the ten points proposed in november by ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.

Source: Elcomercio

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