Some 141 members of the UN Normal Meeting again the decision, a 12 months after Russia invaded its neighbor.
The United Nations Normal Meeting (UNGA) has voted overwhelmingly in favor of a decision demanding Moscow withdraw its troops from Ukraine and finish the combating, a 12 months after Russia launched its invasion.
The decision (pdf) reaffirmed Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity, and likewise urged a “complete, simply and lasting peace” that it mentioned “would represent a major contribution to strengthening worldwide peace and safety”.
100 forty-one international locations voted in favor of the decision, with 32 abstaining.
Seven international locations, together with Russia, voted in opposition to it.
Ukraine’s Overseas Minister Dmytro Kuleba welcomed the decision’s adoption.
“The impression could be very clear. It units the notion,” Kuleba instructed reporters on the UN in New York Metropolis after the vote. “It reveals who stands the place. If resolutions had no impression Russia wouldn’t be combating fiercely in opposition to them. That is politics. That is how it’s being made.
The #UNGA eleventh ESS (resumed) simply adopted draft decision A/ES-11/L.7 on Rules of the Constitution of the #UN underlying a complete, simply & lasting peace in #Ukraine (by recorded vote: 141 in favor-7 against-32 abstentions)
FULL TEXT 🔗 https://t.co/cY7MpDcTt5 @UN_PGA pic.twitter.com/wCtq8719t5— UN Media Liaison (@UNMediaLiaison) February 23, 2023
The vote reveals {that a} 12 months after the battle started, most international locations all over the world stay deeply disturbed by Russia’s invasion, which President Vladimir Putin has styled as a “particular army operation”.
On the final UNGA vote in regards to the battle in October final 12 months, 143 international locations backed the decision condemning Russia for annexing 4 areas of Ukraine. On that event, 35 international locations abstained and 5, together with Russia, voted in opposition to it.
