U.N. slams Ukraine war and illegal nuclear weapons in North Korea

The United Nations Security Council is called to find ways to promote and strengthen the rule of law as lawlessness has proliferated, from the illegal Russia’s war in Ukraine nearing one year old, the military takeover in Myanmar to the Taliban’s attacks on women’s and girls’ rights to education and North Korea’s nuclear tests.

Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, whose country holds the presidency of the 15-nation Security Council in January, called for a resolution on “Uniting for the Rule of Law,” with the council as the principal body responsible for it.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened the debate with a statement that the rule of law is “foundational to the United Nations, and to our mission of peace. The Security Council has a vital role in upholding it.”

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U.N. slams lawlessness, from Russia’s war in Ukraine to illegal development of nuclear weapons by North Korea