12/27/2023 0 Comments Un special meetingRecalling divergent views shared in the Council over the past year, he called for unity “to silence the guns in Ukraine”. In fulfilling its duty, the international community must now uphold the UN Charter’s provisions on collective security, he added.Īmbassador Michel Xavier Biang of Gabon, which had also abstained on the new resolution, said the UN Charter forms the foundation for all nations’ existence. The war has caused a grave global crisis, including among developing countries, cancelling out gains made in the COVID-19 pandemic recovery, said Domingos Estêvão Fernandes of Mozambique, which had cast an abstention on the new General Assembly resolution.įrom an African perspective, he said, wars only result in people’s suffering. One man started this war – Vladimir Putin one man can end it.” Global impact Behind every atrocity in this wretched war and in conflicts around the world is a human being. “If we abandon Ukraine, we abandon the UN Charter itself and invite a world where might makes right and the strong dominate the weak,” said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin “has failed to break the spirit” of Ukrainians.Įmphasizing that Council members must now push for a just peace and ensure accountability, he said “we can never let the crimes Russia committed become ‘normal’. Russia stands ready to negotiate for peace.” Echoing calls for peaceĮchoing calls for peace, many Council members pointed to such reflections of strong international support as the 141 countries who voted for the General Assembly’s new resolution. “If Ukraine stops hostilities, it will save many lives. “If Russia stops hostilities, Ukraine will continue discriminating against Russian-speaking people and glorifying Nazism,” he warned. If Kyiv did not wage war on the people of Donetsk and Luhansk, there would have been no need for Russia’s special military operation, he added. Recalling that the conflict had started with a coup in 2014, he said Ukraine is “not a victim” and is “up to its elbows in blood and Nazi tattoos”. Vassily Nebenzia, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, addresses the UN Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security. But, there had been a missed opportunity to forge peace. Russian ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said the “goal of our military operation is not to destroy Ukraine”. “Peace means justice, and all the peace-loving nations will win peace on the battlefield and at the diplomatic table,” he said, requesting a minute of silence in memory of victims of aggression. In this vein, he called for creating a special tribunal with jurisdiction over the crime of aggression against Ukraine and the ability to deal with the personal immunities of principal perpetrators. Ukraine’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba pointed to clear violations of Charter provisions related to acts of aggression, saying “ Russia is the problem of the world.” Dmytro Kuleba (at table), Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, addresses the UN Security Council meeting on maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |