The discussion was devoted to the initiative to expel russia from the UN #UnrussiaUN. Its aim is to challenge the legitimacy of the Russian Federation’s presence in the United Nations and its status as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, which Russia acquired after the collapse of the Soviet Union without the procedure provided for by the UN Charter.
During the meeting, Ihor Kharchenko and Volodymyr Yelchenko presented political and legal arguments in support of the initiative, outlined possible mechanisms for advancing it and the prospects for further diplomatic steps. The participants also discussed the need to protect international law and to prevent international institutions from being used to legitimize aggression and abuse of the veto power.
The event was attended by the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the International Organizations in Vienna Yurii Vitrenko.
As part of their visit to the Austrian capital, representatives of the Pylyp Orlyk Foundation also held working meetings at the Parliament and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Austria, as well as at the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the International Organizations in Vienna.
The meetings in Vienna were preceded by the public forum “Ukraine at the Forefront of European Security: The Path to a Just Peace, Accountability and Human Dignity”.
