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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. CON. RES. 30 

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United Nations should take immediate procedural actions necessary to amend Article 23 of the Charter 

of the United Nations to remove the Russian Federation as a permanent 

member of the United Nations Security Council. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 1, 2022 

Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mrs. HYDESMITH, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Ms. ERNST, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. DAINES, and 

Mr. WICKER) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United Nations 

should take immediate procedural actions necessary to 

amend Article 23 of the Charter of the United Nations 

to remove the Russian Federation as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. 

Whereas the United Nations Security Council is tasked with 

upholding international peace and security among the 

countries of the world; 

Whereas the primary responsibility of the United Nations Security Council is to determine the existence of a threat 

to international peace or act of aggression and to recommend what necessary action should be taken; 


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Whereas Article 39 of the Charter of the United Nations 

states that ‘‘The Security Council shall determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, 

or act of aggression and shall make recommendations, or 

decide what measures shall be taken in accordance with 

Articles 41 and 42, to maintain or restore international 

peace and security’’; 

Whereas the United Nations Security Council currently has 

five permanent members: the United States of America, 

the United Kingdom, France, the People’s Republic of 

China, and the Russian Federation; 

Whereas the acts of aggression and malign influence by the 

Russian Federation and its proxies in Ukraine are a 

threat to the territorial integrity and democratic sovereignty of Ukraine and run counter to both the letter 

and spirit of the Security Council’s responsibility to 

maintain peace and security; 

Whereas the build-up of nearly 200,000 Russian Federation 

military troops, artillery, tanks, armor, and other military 

equipment on Ukraine’s border since March 2021 has 

significantly threatened the safety, security, stability, and 

sovereignty of Ukraine and has destabilized the security 

of the continent of Europe; 

Whereas, on February 21, 2022, the Russian Federation deployed additional military forces into two Russian-declared separatist regions of eastern Ukraine, which are 

under Ukrainian government control; 

Whereas, on February 22, 2022, Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of the 

two Russian-backed separatist republics in eastern 

Ukraine, the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, 


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and secured parliamentary authorization to deploy additional Russian forces abroad, setting conditions for a further offensive against Ukraine; 

Whereas, on February 24, 2022, Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin launched a well-coordinated 

disinformation campaign, announcing the start of a ‘‘special military operation’’ aimed at the ‘‘demilitarization 

and denazification of Ukraine’’ in order ‘‘to protect the 

people who have been abused by ‘the genocide’ of the 

Kyiv regime for 8 years’’; 

Whereas, on February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation 

launched multiple unprovoked missile strikes in Kyiv, 

Ukraine, as well as in numerous key eastern Ukrainian 

cities, including Kharkiv, Odessa, Mariupol, Dnipro, and 

Kramatorsk, jeopardizing the safety of civilians and with 

the intent to strike Ukrainian military infrastructure, including airfields, military depots, air defenses, and command and control sites; and 

Whereas the increased aggression of the Russian Federation 

against the sovereignty of Ukraine has destabilized the 

security of the continent of Europe and could cause massive casualties, energy shortages, and financial instability 

across the globe: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), That Congress— 

3 (1) condemns the Russian Federation’s invasion 

4 of Ukraine’s sovereign territory and its ongoing sup5 port of proxy militias in the region, which together 

6 pose a direct threat to international peace and secu7 rity and run contrary to its responsibilities and obliVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:02 Mar 02, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SC30.IS SC30

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1 gations as a permanent member of the United Na2 tions Security Council; 

3 (2) urges the President to direct the United 

4 States representative to the United Nations to use 

5 the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to 

6 take all necessary steps to remove the Russian Fed7 eration as a Permanent Member of the United Na8 tions Security Council; and 

9 (3) urges other member states to support such 

10 efforts to hold the Russian Federation accountable 

11 at the United Nations by supporting such efforts. 

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