Could Russia be Suspended from the United Nations?

Russia and China have abused their veto power at the United Nations Security Council shamfuly over the years.

The UN General Assembly decided to automatically meet within 10 days, if the veto is used in the Security Council by one of its five permanent members.

This post considers the possibility of the Assembly going further still, and suspending from the UN even if a permanent member.

The possibility of a member state being suspended from the UN is described by article 5 of the UN Charter. That article states that: ‘a member of the UN against which preventive or enforcement action has been taken by the Security Council may be suspended from the exercise of the rights and privileges of membership by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.’