Condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – VG

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The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution condemning and calling for a halt to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

141 countries voted in favor of the resolution. 5 countries voted against. 35 abstained.

Over the past week, several UN bodies have worked intensively to agree on a resolution condemning what several member states have described, among other things, as a cruel attack on Ukraine.

On Monday, the 11th Extraordinary General Assembly of the United Nations began since 1950. The background for the meeting is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

At 10:00 local time on Wednesday, the various representatives rushed into the General Assembly after two long days of speeches.

The General Assembly consists of all UN member states.

Norway is among the countries that have put forward the proposal. The resolution contains, among other things, a condemnation of the invasion that began on Thursday 24 February.

A similar proposal was put forward in the UN Security Council last week. but Russia used its veto power to thwart the proposal.

– A genocide

“It is clear that Russia’s goal is not an occupation, but a genocide,” Ukraine’s ambassador to the UN, Serhi Kyslytsia, told the UN General Assembly.

– We live in a generation-defined moment. Our generation is the generation that should be saved from the atrocities of the war, said the UN ambassador.

– That is why our predecessors created the UN. But today it is we who must save future generations.

Kyslytsia drew parallels to World War II.

They (the Russians journ.anm.) Have come to deprive Ukraine of the very right to exist. They have come up with a solution to the Ukrainian question, as their propagandists write. Just think if this reminds you of something, he said, adding:

– Only 80 years ago, a man tried to do the same to another person. He failed. It cost millions of lives. Are we willing to pay that price now?

Towards the end of the speech, Kyslytsia held up a note with a clear call to UN member states to be on the right side of history.

After he finished his speech, the audience burst into applause

– Cynical threats

Russia’s UN ambassador, Vasily Nebenzya, responded after Ukraine’s speech. Nebenzya did not go up to the podium.

– Russia requests that this resolution be voted on. We ask countries to not vote for this, but we are aware of the pressure that Western countries are exerting on many countries, Nebenzya said of the vote.

– We can not even call this pressure, there are open and cynical threats, he added.

The UN ambassador believes that the resolution will not end the war.

– This document will not stop the war activity. However, it could strengthen the nationalists in Kyiv to fight and keep civilians captive, Nebenzya said of the Ukrainian resistance.

– People are used as human shields.

Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations has repeatedly stated that nationalist and Nazi forces have a foothold in the Ukrainian state apparatus.

Already on Monday it was exchanged harsh words between the envoys from Russia and Ukraine.

“Everyone knows that Russia, and Russia alone, started this invasion, now with the help of Belarus,” said Ukraine’s ambassador to the UN, Sergij Kyslytsya, from the rostrum.

– The root of the current crisis lies in Ukraine’s actions over many years. They have neglected their obligations in the Minsk agreement, Russia’s ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, acknowledged.

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