AlHijjah 30, 1436, October 14, 2015, SPA -- Ukraine is running apparently unopposed for a seat on the UN Security Council, vowing to stand up to veto power Russia, which Ukraine says is waging a war against it, dpa reported. Ukraine, which has no opposition so far for the Eastern European seat on the council in voting Thursday, said it is committed to maintaining global peace and security - in this case by fighting its powerful neighbour, Russia, which is a permanent member of the 15-country decision-making body. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, who traveled to New York to campaign for his country's election, said Tuesday that Ukraine had a global agenda for the council, but its tone with Russia would "definitely not [be] conciliatory." "For the first time, we have an absolutely unique, unimaginable situation ... that a permanent member of the UN Security Council is an aggressor in Ukraine, waging a hybrid war against Ukraine," Klimkin said. "But of course, we will concentrate on our commitment to UN purposes." He said Ukraine has a comprehensive agenda focused on strengthening peace-building and reaffirming the basic principles of the UN Charter. In the long run, Ukraine foresees strengthening the United Nations by gradually limiting and eventually abolishing the right to veto on the council, which is currently held by Britain, China, France, the United States and Russia. "Abuse of the veto right - its usage as a 'license to kill' - is unacceptable," Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told the UN in September.
