Attends General Assembly: President Biden Won't Discuss Russia's Status In Security Council, Highlights Violations Of UN Charter

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. (Wikimedia Commons/The White House)

JAKARTA - US President Joe Biden will not mention Russia's status as a permanent member of the Security Council, but will highlight violations of UN Charter principles regarding the invasion of Ukraine, while attending the General Assembly, the White House said.

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said President Biden would not use his speech to suggest Russia should be ousted as a member of the UN Security Council, of which he is one of the five permanent members capable of vetoing any security resolution.

But he said President Biden would urge all countries to see that Russia's war against Ukraine was a violation of the 1945 UN Charter signed by countries that fought the Axis Bloc in World War Two.

Members of the United Nations, aiming to "save future generations from the scourge of war" and setting conditions for states to "live together in peace", pledged to "restrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of states." in any manner, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations," the charter reads.

"This is a message that every country, no matter how they feel about Russia, Ukraine, the United States, everyone should be able to concentrate on this basic proposition: You cannot conquer your neighbor's territory by force, and peace will come the fastest and most decisively if Russia abandoned that effort," Sullivan said.

Sullivan said every country should oppose the Russian war.

"They can do it publicly if they want, they can do it privately if they want. But sending a clear and unmistakable message to Moscow right now is the most important thing we can do collectively to bring about peace in the region,' said Sullivan.

Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the West wanted to destroy Russia, that the economic sanctions imposed on Moscow in response to the conflict were akin to a declaration of economic war and that Russia would build ties with other powers such as China and India. The Ukraine war is necessary because the expansion of the US-led NATO Western military alliance represents an existential threat to Russia, President Putin said.

But Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told President Putin last week now was not the time for war. Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed questions and concerns about the current situation when the two leaders met last week.

President Biden departed Tuesday to join world leaders in New York for the United Nations General Assembly.