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highplainsdem

(51,960 posts) Thu Mar 17, 2022, 04:28 PM Mar 2022

Ukraine Foreign Ministry: Russia ignoring UN's ICJ means they should lose UN rights including veto

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Ukraine Foreign Ministry: Russia ignoring UN's ICJ means they should lose UN rights including veto (Original Post) highplainsdem Mar 2022 OP

A few weeks overdue... 2naSalit Mar 2022 #1

Makes sense to me. If they don't Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #2

Absolutely!!! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #3

Well.. Hell YES! Rt💕🐱‍🏍TY, hpd Cha Mar 2022 #4

UN is like a toothless tiger. ananda Mar 2022 #5

ICJ is not the UN and America doesn't recognize it cause America doesn't want to be bitten Alexander Of Assyria Mar 2022 #7

very true ! monkeyman1 Mar 2022 #12

Too bad USA has never recognized the ICJ. Not much a super power can do on the legal front Alexander Of Assyria Mar 2022 #6

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Russia was never, ever voted into the UN obamanut2012 Mar 2022 #9

The USSR and the US for that matter were not voted in. former9thward Mar 2022 #10

There is nothing in the UN Charter which allows this. former9thward Mar 2022 #11

K&R UTUSN Mar 2022 #13

2naSalit

(91,935 posts)

1. A few weeks overdue...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 04:32 PM

Mar 2022

At the very least.

Phoenix61

(17,498 posts)

2. Makes sense to me. If they don't

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 04:32 PM

Mar 2022

follow the rules they have ceded their membership. IMHO, they should have been kicked out a while back.

SheltieLover

(59,234 posts)

3. Absolutely!!!

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 04:35 PM

Mar 2022

Cha

(304,419 posts)

4. Well.. Hell YES! Rt💕🐱‍🏍TY, hpd

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 04:50 PM

Mar 2022

💙💛

ananda

(30,403 posts)

5. UN is like a toothless tiger.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 04:52 PM

Mar 2022

They should have already done this.

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)

7. ICJ is not the UN and America doesn't recognize it cause America doesn't want to be bitten

Reply to ananda (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 04:54 PM

Mar 2022

by justice when it is warring.

monkeyman1

(5,109 posts)

12. very true !

Reply to Alexander Of Assyria (Reply #7)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 07:31 PM

Mar 2022

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)

6. Too bad USA has never recognized the ICJ. Not much a super power can do on the legal front

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 04:53 PM

Mar 2022

if don’t recognize the Court.

The Pentagon will not permit any but it’s own investigations and outcomes of its many war crimes.

Response to Alexander Of Assyria (Reply #6)

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obamanut2012

(27,716 posts)

9. Russia was never, ever voted into the UN

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 05:27 PM

Mar 2022

Only the USSR was.

former9thward

(33,392 posts)

10. The USSR and the US for that matter were not voted in.

Reply to obamanut2012 (Reply #9)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 05:39 PM

Mar 2022

The winning powers at the end of WW II assigned themselves to the Security Council when they created the UN.

former9thward

(33,392 posts)

11. There is nothing in the UN Charter which allows this.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 05:44 PM

Mar 2022

I assume that is the reason the tweet did not mention any specific reference.

UTUSN

(72,214 posts)

13. K&R

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 08:27 PM

Mar 2022

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