Zelenskyy challenges UN to punish Russia or 'simply close' its doors: ANALYSIS
ABC News
His passionate speech was an indictment of the U.N. system itself.
In an impassioned address to the United Nations Security Council Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy laid down the gauntlet -- urging the U.N.'s most powerful body to either act or "dissolve yourself altogether."
It was a challenge to the world's diplomats sitting in the historic chamber in New York, where any action to even condemn Russia's invasion has been blocked by Russia's veto power as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council.
But it was also a searing indictment of the U.N. system itself, created in the ashes of World War II to ensure international peace and security.
U.N. aid agencies are on the ground providing assistance, its human rights chief is monitoring reported war crimes, including new, shocking images of murdered civilians in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, and nearly three-fourths of its members have joined to condemn Russia's invasion.
