What Happened at the UN General Assembly Session, with Richard Gowan
The Lawfare Podcast
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What Happened to the U.N. Security Council?
Russian president putton's announcement that he was moving forward with referendum in parts of eastern ukraine brought new complications into what was being discussed. There's been a lot of speculation in the u n Community about whether puton timed his declaration to have an impact on the general assembly. My instinct is actually more likely than not, he was largely responding to events on the battlefield. But almost as soon as the leaders left, we havewe have seen the u.N System pivot to thinking about how to respond to the annexation threat.
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