Helsinki Leaders Wilson and Cohen Reintroduce Resolution Calling for Removal of Russia from the United Nations Security Council

Mar 31, 2023

Press Release

Washington, DC - Congressmen Joe Wilson (R-SC), Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, and Steve Cohen (D-TN), a senior member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, reintroduced a resolution calling for the removal of Russia from the UN Security Council. The leaders of what is also known as the Helsinki Commission referred to Russia's ongoing and unjustified aggression in Ukraine as their rationale.

The resolution reads in part:

"Whereas the Russian Federation in its war against Ukraine has perpetrated heinous atrocities against unarmed civilians, including pillage, torture, rape, summary executions, the destruction of entire cities, and other crimes, including crimes targeting women and children…, the House of Representatives finds that the Russian Federation has repeatedly, deliberately, and flagrantly violated the purposes and principles of the United Nations…"

See the entire resolution here.