Title: A 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.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This concurrent resolution condemns Russia's invasion of Ukraine and its ongoing support of proxy militias in the region. The concurrent resolution also states that these actions pose a direct threat to international peace and security and run contrary to Russia's responsibilities and obligations as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council.
The concurrent resolution urges the President to direct the U.S. representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to take all necessary steps to remove Russia as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council.
Finally, the concurrent resolution urges other member states to support such efforts to hold Russia accountable at the United Nations.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 30 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 1, 2022

Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Grassley, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, 
   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

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                         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;
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, 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
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) condemns the Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine's 
        sovereign territory and its ongoing support of proxy militias 
        in the region, which together pose a direct threat to 
        international peace and security and run contrary to its 
        responsibilities and obligations as a permanent member of the 
        United Nations Security Council;
            (2) urges the President to direct the United States 
        representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, 
        and influence of the United States to take all necessary steps 
        to remove the Russian Federation as a Permanent Member of the 
        United Nations Security Council; and
            (3) urges other member states to support such efforts to 
        hold the Russian Federation accountable at the United Nations 
        by supporting such efforts.
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