Australia wants constraints on Russia’s veto powers on the United Nations Security Council

Australia wants constraints on Russia’s veto powers on the United Nations Security Council, offering support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s demand that Russia lose its power to block measures at the decision-making body.

Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in a speech to the UN’s General Assembly that Russia “mocks the UN every day it continues its illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine.”

The European Union’s chief trade negotiator Valdis Dombrovskis called on Saturday for China to help with other organizations like the UN to safeguard global food supplies, amid a blockage of grain shipments from Ukraine by Russia.