00:00 (Inaudible)
00:05 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has told the UN Security Council
00:09 that a Russian veto has rendered the world body ineffective.
00:13 A day after addressing the General Assembly in person for the first time since the war,
00:19 the Ukrainian leader proposed specific actions should be implemented by the Security Council.
00:25 He says the only way to lasting peace is the full withdrawal of Russian troops
00:30 and restoring Kiev's control over its territory within the 1991 borders
00:35 after the fall of the Soviet Union.
00:37 The UN General Assembly should be given a real opportunity to pass the veto.
00:42 This is the first necessary step.
00:44 If the war cannot be stopped because all efforts are blocked by the veto of the aggressor
00:50 and the one who is the aggressor's puppet, this issue should be brought to the General Assembly.
00:57 Although the world had been waiting for a standoff in the chamber
01:03 between Russia's foreign minister and Zelensky, the two did not meet.
01:08 One left before the other arrived.
01:10 But Sergei Lavrov has addressed the issue of Russia's veto directly.
01:14 The approaches of Russia to all issues of the agenda are open.
01:20 We have nothing to hide and it is not difficult to express this position again.
01:24 In addition, the application of the veto is an absolutely legitimate tool provided in the Charter
01:29 in order not to allow the decision to be made, which would be a breach of the organization.
01:34 Although the UN Secretary General has briefed the Council reiterating that Russia's invasion of Ukraine
01:42 is a clear violation of the UN's Charter,
01:45 Zelensky has come under pressure from some Council members, including China,
01:49 to engage in talks to end the war.
01:52 [WHOOSH]
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