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Star Member AntiFascist (11,663 posts)https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216401027Is Russia a legitimate permanent member of the UN Security Council?According to this article, the UN Charter names the Soviet Union, not Russia:https://theconversation.com/ukraine-invasion-should-russia-lose-its-seat-on-the-un-security-council-177870But is Russia validly there at all? This is Ukraine’s question. The UN Charter says that the USSR, not Russia, is the permanent member. While no permanent member of the Security Council has ever been removed, two have changed – and it is worth analysing how and why, not just for the current crisis but for the next one surely coming over Taiwan.
Star Member SheltieLover (36,207 posts) 1. Use this to kick them out!
Star Member HUAJIAO (1,721 posts) 4. I read a long article on this very question this afternoon.It included a lot of geographical and political history.The upshot of it was that, although showing arguments for both sides, no conclusion was reached other than-- this is indeed a valid question !
Star Member AntiFascist (11,663 posts) 6. I agree, it should be a valid question...since many of the former Soviet states are now members of NATO.By acknowledging Russia as the successor to the Soviet Union, the UN would seem to be lending legitimacy to Putin's argument that Ukraine should be considered part of the Russian empire (such as it is).
marie999 (2,895 posts) 10. That's right let's kick the country with the second most powerful military out of the UN.Let's stop all diplomatic channels to the Russian Federation.
Star Member AntiFascist (11,663 posts)https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216401027Is Russia a legitimate permanent member of the UN Security Council?According to this article, the UN Charter names the Soviet Union, not Russia:
The Summit of Alma-Ata also issued a statement on 21 December 1991, supporting Russia's claim to be recognized as the successor state of the Soviet Union for the purposes of membership of the United Nations. On 25 December 1991, Russian President Yeltsin informed UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar that the Soviet Union had been dissolved and that Russia would, as its successor state, continue the Soviet Union's membership in the United Nations. The document confirmed the credentials of the representatives of the Soviet Union as representatives of Russia and requested that the name "Soviet Union" be changed to "Russian Federation" in all records and entries. This was a move designed to allow Russia to retain the Soviet Union's permanent Security Council seat, which would not have been possible if the former republics were all reckoned as equal successors of the Soviet Union, or if the Soviet Union was regarded as having no successor state for the purpose of continuing the same UN membership (see Russia and the United Nations). The Secretary-General circulated the request, and there being no objection from any Member State, the Russian Federation took the Soviet Union's UN seat. On January 31, 1992, Russian Federation President Yeltsin personally took part in a Security Council meeting as representative of Russia, the first Security Council meeting in which Russia occupied the permanent Security Council seat originally granted to the Soviet Union by the UN Charter.
Star Member AntiFascist (11,663 posts)https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216401027Is Russia a legitimate permanent member of the UN Security Council?
