“Where is the security that the Security Council needs to guarantee? Are you ready to close the U.N.? Do you think that the time of international law is gone? If your answer is no, then you need to act immediately.” — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (NY Post, Apr. 5, 2022)
“What is the use of a United Nations presence if it is in effect an umbrella which is taken away as soon as it begins to rain?” — Israel’s Foreign Minister Abba Eban addressing the Council when the Six-Day War was in its second day. (NY Daily News, June 6, 2017)
‘Terrible Things Have Happened’: Russia Suspended from UN Human Rights Body In Rare Move: Rob Harris, The Sydney Morning Herald, Apr. 8, 2022 — Russia became just the second country to be suspended from the United Nations human rights body when it was rebuked over allegations President Vladimir Putin’s army committed horrific war crimes in Ukraine, including the rape and murder of hundreds of civilians.
Zelensky is Right: The United Nations is Useless: Editorial Board, NY Post, Apr. 5, 2022
Zelensky Accuses Russia of Atrocities and Criticizes U.N.’s Inaction: Richard Pérez-Peña, NY Times, Apr. 5, 2022
The Key Lesson from Ukraine for International Order: Melanie Phillips, JNS, Apr. 7, 2022
Ukraine Learns the Israel Lesson: Lahav Harkov, Common Sense with Bari Weiss, Apr. 7, 2022
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U.N. General Assembly Votes to Suspend Russia from Human Rights Council: Zachary Evans, National Review, Apr. 7, 2022 — The U.N. General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from the organization’s Human Rights Council on Wednesday.
Zelensky: Ukraine Will Be Like Israel, Not Demilitarized Like Switzerland After War: Tovah Lazaroff, Jerusalem Post, Apr. 5, 2022 — Ukraine plans to model itself after Israel and not Switzerland in the aftermath of the Russian invasion when it comes to issues of national security, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday. “I think all our people will be our great army. We cannot talk about ‘Switzerland of the future’ — probably, our state will be able to be like this a long time after,” Zelensky said. “But we will definitely become a ‘big Israel’ with its own face.”
Live Updates: At Least 39 Killed in Strike on Train Station, Ukraine Says, as Thousands Flee from East: NY Times, Apr. 8, 2022 — A Russian strike on a crowded train station in eastern Ukraine on Friday morning left at least 39 people dead and nearly 90 wounded, Ukrainian officials said, in what appeared to be a major attack on a main point of evacuation for thousands trying to flee before an expected stepped-up offensive.
Biden Is Still Right. Putin Has to Go.: Bret Stephens, NY Times, Apr. 5, 2022 — Horrific scenes of mass murder on the outskirts of Kyiv should appall everybody and surprise nobody.
