The foreign minister has used her address to the UN General Assembly to call for Russia’s veto powers to be constrained as a consequence of the invasion of Ukraine.
Australia will ramp up its push for a seat on the UN Security Council while calling for Russia’s veto powers on the global body to be constrained as a consequence of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
“Military power is expanding, but measures to constrain military conflict are not – and there are few concrete mechanisms for averting it,” she was due to tell global leaders on Friday evening , according to an early copy of her speech. Russian President Vladimir Putin – who has a warrant out for his arrest by the International Criminal Court – and Chinese President Xi Jinping both declined to attend for the second year in a row.
“The rest of the permanent members and all member states must be unyielding in our response to Russia’s grave violation of Article II of our shared UN Charter. If we waver in our response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we would be validating the most fundamental of breaches of international law.Wong’s address to the UN General Assembly takes place a month before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese heads to Washington for a highly anticipated state visit with Biden.
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