I think the isolation of Russia is happening. We'll see in the next two days votes in the General Assembly, in which Russia does not have a veto. We'll see discussions taking place at the Human Rights Council, where Minister Joly is today in Geneva, which I think will similarly reflect a very substantial isolation. In our view, a full human rights inquiry should be carried out on what has happened.
The notion of expelling Russia from the Security Council, from the UN is.... I think the word is “challenging”, simply because of the charter. Russia has a veto in the normal course of events, and expulsion of a member requires the support of the Security Council, which means that Russia could again veto it. The views of the General Assembly would have to be expressed by two-thirds of the members. Again, we'll see as we start to lobby and discuss with the 193 members of the UN how they're feeling about these issues. That itself may be difficult.
Let me be very clear: Canada's position is that we're not in favour of the veto at all as an instrument, and we have been working hard in expressing that view, together with a number of other like-minded countries.
The UN is a very imperfect instrument at the best of times, partly because of the structures that were created in 1945. Because of the way in which the Security Council's efforts have been so systematically stymied by the abuse of the veto, that is obviously something we have to work at all the time. Given the five countries that allegedly were responsible for victory in 1945.... I say “allegedly”, because a number of us were involved in that, which is why Canada was not supportive of the veto at that time and is not supportive of it now. It was essentially imposed on us by the big five, and we're still living with that structure.