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   Randahl Fink (randahl@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 15:34:48 JST Randahl Fink

   After bombing several museums in the historic city of Odessa on Friday, Russia has now moved on to bombing The Transfiguration Orthodox Cathedral built in Odessa in 1794.

   The cathedral was a protected UNESCO World Heritage site.

   Why does Russia still have a seat in the United Nations, when ISIS and Al-Qaeda does not?

   #ukraine

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 23:26:44 JST feld

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     > Why does Russia still have a seat in the United Nations, when ISIS and Al-Qaeda does not?
     
     Because ISIS and Al-Qaeda aren't even nation states?
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     Randahl Fink (randahl@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 14:34:09 JST Randahl Fink

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     Today's Sunday service was held outside the bombed cathedral.
     I truly admire the defiance of the Ukrainian people.
     🇺🇦♥️🇺🇦
     #Odessa #Ukraine

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     lorddimwit: not a typewriter (lorddimwit@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 15:16:55 JST lorddimwit: not a typewriter

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     @randahl

     The Charter of the United Nations specifically names the Republic of China (which now only controls Taiwan) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (which no longer exists) as permanent members of the Security Council.

     There’s no mechanism to replace the permanent members, but for the sake of expediency everyone just kinda agreed that the PRC and the Russian Federation are successor states.

     Whether successor states can sit on the Council is a moot point, because they do.

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     Ann1944 (ann1944@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 06:47:10 JST Ann1944

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     @randahl

     Russia should be thrown out of the United Nations! They are a terrorist state!!