The UN reacted to the words of the Permanent Representative of Ukraine about Russia's membership in the Security Council of the organization

Dujarric said this during a briefing.

“Everyone can clearly see who sits on the Security Council.

This is a fact, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

He clarified that these issues are within the jurisdiction of the UN member states. 

“But we are not going to interfere in them,” said the representative of the UN Secretary General.

Earlier, the permanent representative of Ukraine to the UN said that after the liquidation of the USSR in 1991, Russia did not go through the procedure for joining the UN, provided for by its charter, and declared itself a member of the UN and the Security Council.

The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, recalled that Russia is the successor to the Soviet Union. 

Zakharova also cited three documents at the briefing, including reading out the decision of the CIS Council of Heads of State dated December 21, 1991, which states that “the countries of the commonwealth support Russia in continuing the USSR’s membership in the UN, including permanent membership in the Security Council and other international organizations."