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Russia rejects US claims its UN council presidency is a joke

Headline from WTOP Washington DC, on the newest of 2 developments

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s U.N. ambassador on Monday dismissed U.S. and European Union descriptions of its presidency of the Security Council this month as an April Fool’s joke and announced a…

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  1. Russia Set to Take Helm of UN Security Council, to Critics' Dismay

    Headline from Voice of America ·

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    Russia rejects US claims its UN council presidency is a joke

    Headline from WTOP Washington DC ·

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22 articles, oldest first.

  1. KVIA El Paso

    Russia runs the UN Security Council this month. Ukraine says it's the worst April Fools' joke (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    By Richard Roth, CNN A country led by an accused war criminal is now in charge of the United Nations Security Council. Hard as it is to believe, it’s Russia’s turn to assume presidency of the powerful body — which is charged with maintaining global peace and security.

  2. Insider

    Russia is again the president of the UN Security Council. Last time Russia held the position it invaded Ukraine. (opens Insider)

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    Ukraine's presidential adviser, Mykhaylo Podolyak, called Russia's presidency of the Security Council a "rape of international law."

  3. New York Post

    Russia leads UN Security Council in ‘worst April Fool’s joke,’ Ukraine says (opens New York Post)

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    While Moscow’s brutal war in Ukraine rages on, Russia took the helm of the council which has a presidency that rotates among its 15 member countries on Saturday.

  4. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Russia runs the UN Security Council this month. Ukraine says it's the worst April Fools' joke | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    Russia runs the UN Security Council this month. Ukraine says it's the worst April Fools' joke

  5. Voice of America

    Russia Set to Take Helm of UN Security Council, to Critics' Dismay (opens Voice of America)

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    They say it's a bad joke that an aggressor country with an indicted leader is about to chair the UN's most powerful organ

  6. Semafor

    'Worst April Fool's Day joke': Russia is now president of the UN Security Council (opens Semafor)

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    The Russian presidency of the bloc comes weeks after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin.

  7. Hot Air

    So Russia took over the UN Security Council presidency (opens Hot Air)

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    The United Nations Security Council rotates new members in as the president of the council on a monthly basis. This month it was Russia’s turn, making Vladimir Putin the president. While this wa...

  8. NBC Los Angeles

    ‘A Bad Joke': Russia Takes the Reins of the UN Security Council, to Ukrainian Outcry (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    Russia on Saturday assumed the presidency of the United Nations Security Council, even as its own invasion of Ukraine continues to escalate.

  9. WTOP Washington DC

    Russia rejects US claims its UN council presidency is a joke (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s U.N. ambassador on Monday dismissed U.S. and European Union descriptions of its presidency of the Security Council this month as an April Fool’s joke and announced a…

  10. The Garden Island

    Russia rejects U.S. claims its U.N. council presidency is a joke (opens The Garden Island)

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    UNITED NATIONS — Russia’s U.N. ambassador on Monday dismissed U.S. and European Union descriptions of its presidency of the Security Council this month as an April Fool’s joke and announced a meeting to be chaired by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on defending the principles of the U.N.

  11. The Times of Israel

    Russia rejects claims its UN Security Council presidency is an April 1 joke (opens The Times of Israel)

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    Envoy Vassily Nebenzia says Moscow will be 'honest broker,' announces meeting on defending principles of the UN Charter, which Russia is accused of breaking by invading Ukraine

  12. PBS NewsHour

    Russia rejects U.S. claims its UN Security Council presidency is an 'April Fool's joke' (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Russia's U.N. ambassador is dismissing U.S. and European Union descriptions of its presidency of the Security Council this month as an April Fool's joke. Vassily Nebenzia says Russia will be an "honest broker."

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