In his first address to the UN Security Council since the Russian invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this week called on the 15-member body to reform itself or face dissolution. That may be easier said than done.

On one hand, Zelensky and Ukraine are pushing the United Nations to insert themselves into the Russian conflict, and on the other hand you have Putin and Russia trying to pull in NATO and the United States. Both sides, it would seem, are advocating for WWIII to begin as soon as possible. On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke via live-stream to the United Nations Security Council, and demanded that they step up and stop Russia or “dissolve immediately”.

“Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.” Zephaniah 3:8 (KJB)

The prophet Zephaniah wrote about the United Nations General Assembly over 2,500 years ago, and tells you why God has gathered the nations of the world together. On October 24, 1945, the UN was officially founded in the first-ever gathering of all the nations of the world. In the 77 years since then, they have presided over a breathtaking number of wars and rumours of wars, up to an including the current one between Russia and Ukraine. WWIII is absolutely coming, it’s only a question of how soon.

Act or dissolve, Zelensky challenges UN, but Ukraine atrocities already pile pressure on Russia

FROM FRANCE 24: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was not mincing his words when he addressed the UN Security Council via video link on Tuesday, April 5.  But the response to reports of Russian atrocities in Bucha, near Kyiv, highlights how the broader UN system, if not the Security Council, is doing its job in responding to Moscow’s actions.

Scowling into the camera, in his now trademark military green gear, Zelensky focused on the failure of the premier global body to fulfill its mission to maintain international peace and security.

“You could do two things: Either remove Russia as an aggressor and a source of war so it cannot block decisions about its own aggression,” said the TV actor-turned wartime president. “Or, if there’s no alternative, then the other option is for the Security Council to dissolve itself altogether.”

Zelensky’s address came a day after his much-publicised visit to Bucha, where he once again accused Russian troops of committing war crimes and genocide while they occupied the Kyiv satellite city.

In his first address to the UN Security Council since his country was invaded, Zelensky informed the 15-member body that, “We are dealing with a state that is turning the veto of the United Nations Security Council into the right to die,” before warning: “If it continues, countries will rely not on international law or global institutions to ensure security, but rather, on the power of their own arms.”

The war in Ukraine has once again highlighted the imperfections and imbalances of the world’s pre-eminent security forum, where five permanent members – the US, UK, France, Russia and China – have the power to veto resolutions in the 15-member body that also includes 10 non-permanent members are elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly.

Proposals to reform what is sometimes called “the broken” UN system – from ditching the veto power to enlarging the elite club of permanent members – clog academic libraries across the world.

But by calling for reform of the existing UN system, Zelensky may be asking for more than he bargained for. The international response to the war in Ukraine may have sparked unity among Western powers and their allies. But it has also highlighted the failure of major emerging powers to jettison economic interests and patronage links that may not align with what Zelensky called Ukraine’s “moral right to propose a reform of the world security system”. The veto power, which is the source of much of the UN Security Council’s difficulties, dates back to the 1945 San Francisco conference that laid the basis for the formation of the successor to the League of Nations, which had failed to prevent World War II. READ MORE

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy addresses U.N. Security Council

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