; (2) good faith in the fulfilment of all obligations under the Charter of the United Nations ( UN Charter ); (3) peaceful settlement of international disputes; and (4) refraining from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State; Whereas Article 4 of the UN Charter opens the UN only to countries that are peace-loving; Whereas Article 6 of the UN Charter allows the UN upon two-thirds vote of the UN General Assembly and recommendation of the UN Security Council to expel a member that has persistently violated the principles of the UN Charter; Whereas international aggression is a fundamental violation of the purposes and principles of the UN Charter; Whereas the United Nations General Assembly ( UN General Assembly ) meeting in Emergency Special Session has acknowledged by overwhelming majorities that— (1) the Russian Federation’s conduct constitutes aggression against Ukraine; (2) the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine is the cause of a dire humanitarian crisis on a scale not seen in Europe in decades; and (3) the illegal so-called referendums organized by the Russian Federation in regions of Ukraine have no validity under international law and form no basis for any alteration of the status of any region of Ukraine; Whereas the Russian Federation has ignored its responsibility to observe and implement determinations by UN organs and officials, including determinations by— (1) the UN General Assembly, which has demanded repeatedly that the Russian Federation immediately, completely, and unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces from the territory of Ukraine within Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders; (2) the UN Human Rights Council, which has called upon the Russian Federation to immediately end its human rights violations and abuses and violations of international humanitarian law committed in the course of its aggression against Ukraine