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Russia assumes UN Security Council presidency despite Ukrainian anger

BBC News

By George Wright

April 1, 2023

Russia has taken the presidency of the UN Security Council despite Ukraine urging members to block the move.

Each of the council’s 15 members takes up the presidency for a month, on a rotating pattern.

The last time Russia had the presidency, February 2022, it launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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