In his latest address to the United Nations Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for the expulsion of Russia from the UN Security Council amidst mounting evidence of war crimes in Bucha and elsewhere in Ukraine.
Veto power
As one of the permanent members of the UN Security Council, Russia, along with China, France and the UK & US, has the power to veto any substantive resolution. Russia (or formerly as the USSR) has done this almost 120 times, most recently in February -- vetoing a resolution that would have demanded Moscow immediately stop its attack on Ukraine.
Reform?
The UN should be the most important organization for fostering international cooperation, and yet it's most important goal, maintaining peace, remains at the whims of a select few major geopolitical powers from, not 2022, but 1946. Zelensky accused the organization of not being fit for purpose, an accusation that's hard to argue with given recent events.
