UNHRC diplomats walk out during Lavrov speech

During an address by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to the United Nations Human Rights Council, diplomats in attendance staged a walkout in protest of Russian attacks on Ukraine. Yevheniia Filipenko, Ukraine's ambassador to the U.N., commented, "What Russia did to Ukraine is an attack on the U.N., the U.N. foundations, on the foundations of our corporation."

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UN has to take a very strong stance in defense of its own principles of the UN charter. Because it-- what Russia did to Ukraine is an attack on the UN foundations-- on the foundations of our cooperation. It's an attack on all 192, except Russia, member states.