UN Transfer To Condemn ‘Aggression’ In Ukraine Blocked By Russia, India Abstains

Russia vetoed the decision that “deplores” the nation’s “aggression” in opposition to Ukraine.

United Nations:

Russia, as anticipated, vetoed a UN Safety Council decision on Friday that “deplores within the strongest phrases” the nation’s “aggression” in opposition to Ukraine and demanded the instant withdrawal of its troops.

Eleven of the council’s 15 members voted for the movement, which was co-written by america and Albania. China, India and the UAE abstained.

The decision was all the time doomed to fail due to Moscow’s veto energy as a everlasting member of the council.

Nonetheless, the controversy supplied the chamber an necessary alternative to voice its condemnation of President Vladimir Putin’s determination to launch a full-scale offensive in opposition to Russia’s neighbor.

“Let me make one factor clear,” US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield mentioned after the vote. “Russia, you possibly can veto this decision, however you can’t veto our voices, you can’t veto the reality, you can’t veto our rules, you can’t veto the Ukrainian folks.”

Russia, which at the moment holds the rotating Safety Council presidency, will probably face one other vote on an identical decision earlier than the broader UN Normal Meeting which might be handed by a considerable margin, though it could be non-binding.

“Make no mistake, Russia is remoted. It has no help for the invasion of Ukraine,” mentioned Britain’s ambassador to the UN, Barbara Woodward.

Earlier than the vote, Thomas-Greenfield described the assault as “so daring, so brazen, that it threatens our worldwide system as we all know it.

“We now have a solemn obligation to not look away… On the very minimal, we now have an obligation to object,” she mentioned.

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