Zelensky blasts UN for refusing to remove Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed the effectiveness of the UN Security Council in a speech he gave on Tuesday.

“The UN Security Council exists and yet there is no security in the world for anyone,” Zelensky said in part in the speech as he laid out Russian aggression..

“The only guilty party is one country, Russia, which discredits all of the institutions and blocks the global architecture for the sake of spreading lies and justifying the evil it commits.”

“I’m sure the world will see this and make conclusions,” he said.

Zelensky also repeated his call for Russia to be removed from the UN Security Council.

“I suggest to the UN Security Council, and all other countries who honor international law, some specific actions that can change the situation. In particular, we are talking about a general conference in Kyiv to see how we can reform the global architecture in light of the Russian Federation still holding permanent seat in the United Nations,” he said.

“It is obvious that the key institution of the world designed to combat aggression and ensure peace cannot work effectively,” Zelensky said.

The Ukrainian leader also hit the world body for its inability to guarantee peace.

“Where is the security that the Security Council needs to guarantee? It is not there, though there is a Security Council.”