President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi said on Thursday evening after the election of judges of the International Court of Justice of the United Nations that for the first time in the history of the United Nations “member states denied Russia the right to administer justice on their behalf at the International Court of Justice.” “The world sees who destroys international law instead of protecting it,” Zelenskyy said.
“The UN has begun to cleanse itself of Russia’s malicious influence. For the first time in the history of the UN, its member states have denied Russia the right to administer justice on their behalf in the International Court of Justice,” wrote Volodymyr Zelenskyi on Twitter on Thursday evening, News.ro reports.
The President of Ukraine added: “The world sees who destroys international law instead of protecting it.”
Zelenskyi also sent his congratulations to the elected judges, in particular to the representative of Romania, Bohdan Auresk.
“I congratulate the representatives of Australia, Mexico, Romania, South Africa and the USA on receiving votes for the Security Council both in the Security Council and in the General Assembly,” Zelenskyy also said.
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania Bohdan Aurescu was elected on Thursday as a judge of the International Court of Justice of the United Nationsbeing the first Romanian to perform this function.
Also, for the first time in the history of the ICJ, not a single Russian lawyer was elected.
The UN has begun to purge itself of Russia’s malicious influence.
For the first time in the history of the UN, its member states denied Russia the right to administer justice on their behalf in the UN International Court of Justice. The world sees who destroys international law, not…
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Volodymyr Zelenskyy (@ZelenskyyUa) November 9, 2023
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