NEW YORK – The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution on Wednesday demanding that Russia immediately end its military operations in Ukraine.
Known informally as the world’s “town hall”, the Assembly is where all 193 UN Member States have a voice. A total of 141 countries voted in favour of the resolution, which reaffirms Ukrainian sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.
Assembly President Abdulla Shahid struggled to read the results of the vote as ambassadors began applauding, and then standing up, as he started speaking.
‘Unconditionally withdraw’
The resolution demands that Russia “immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces from the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders.”
It was sponsored by more than 90 countries and needed a two-thirds majority in the Assembly to pass.
Five countries – Belarus, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (more commonly known as North Korea) Eritrea, Russia and Syria – voted against it, while 35 abstained.
The voting capped off a rare special emergency session of the General Assembly that began on Monday, during which countries took to the podium to declare their positions on the crisis, now entering a second week.
‘Loud and clear’
Speaking afterwards to reporters, Mr. Shahid said the resolution reflected the international community’s grave concerns about the situation in Ukraine.
“I join Member States in expressing concern about ‘reports of attacks on civilian facilities such as residences, schools and hospitals, and of civilian casualties, including women, older persons, persons with disabilities, and children’,” he said, citing the text.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who also addressed reporters, stated he was duty bound to stand by the resolution and be guided by its call.
“The message of the General Assembly is loud and clear: End hostilities in Ukraine now. Silence the guns now. Open the door to dialogue and diplomacy now.”
Clock is ticking
The UN chief stressed the need to act quickly as the situation in Ukraine threatens to get much worse, adding “the ticking clock is a time bomb.”
A humanitarian appeal launched on Tuesday has been met with “record generosity”, he said, which will allow for a scale-up in the delivery of vital assistance, including medical and health supplies, as well as food, water and protection.
“Looking ahead, I will continue to do everything in my power to contribute to an immediate cessation of hostilities and urgent negotiations for peace,” Mr. Guterres told journalists.
Reason to believe
“People in Ukraine desperately need peace. And people around the world demand it.”
For Ukraine’s Ambassador to the UN, Sergiy Kyslytsya, this was “a defining day,” recalling words from his statement in the Assembly.
“The UN is still alive and going through the process of catharsis,” he said. “I believe in the United Nations; now people in Ukraine have more reasons to believe in the United Nations.”
O you mean those same people wanting federal mask mandates and vaccinations.
As stupid as those Catholics with ash on their head that vote for the extermination of babies.
They have nothing but to check grammar. It stinks of a government worker.
The stench of sucking the tit of the welfare state or possibly a “journalist”.
Why isn’t Hunter trying to solve the Ukraine Russia crisis!!
He was in business with both countries.
He admitted he knows nothing about gas or oil
Well, Putin has fallen below democrats in popularity now.
It was neck n neck until he invaded Ukraine.
It’s still up in the air which one is more harmful to the USA, however.
I don’t believe Biden’s approval is 37%. Who is that stupid 37% !!
I don’t believe it.
It’s ARE because he is not My president
Bad comeback, Mr. Illiterate.
In 2021, the US imported an average of 209,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil and 500,000 bpd of other petroleum products from Russia, according to the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) trade association.
This represented three percent of US crude oil imports and one percent of the total crude oil processed by US refineries. By contrast, the US imported 61 percent of its
61% of imports were from Canada; 10% from Mexico; 6% from Saudi Arabia; and 3% from Russia.
2021 crude imports from Russia averaged 0.2 million barrels per day, the highest level in many years,
but still a small share of total imports and total crude oil processed by U.S. refineries (~1%). U.S.
refineries processed 15.1 million barrels per day of crude oil in 2021.
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Drill, Drill, Drill. How can you move it without a pipeline?
As Europe burns and WWIII around the corner. Your Vice President is at work trying to pass a bill so men can compete against women in sports.
Are president is working on it as you speak ! Working on a new IRAN deal with RUSSIA. We can buy IRAN oil. I have total disdain for ALL DEMOCRATS they all suck and are f@&$ing STUPID
Says the guy who doesn’t know the difference between our and are.
He could be our next president
It’s all about the oil !!! You stupid liberal idiots !!
We need unleash AMERICAS ECONOMY !!
All about propaganda
Nit Putin cnn
If you talkers have 143 countries behind you why are you NOT deploying U N TROOPS in Ukraine to halt the invasion ? ALL POLITICAL BS TALK with no grunt to back it up ? If it were africa you would already be there – go back to sleep like our basement biden.
$10.00 a gallon from Biden by the end of this 2022 year! And… by the end of 2023, Grocery Stores EMPTY! IT’S PLANNED AND ABSOLUTELY HAPPENING!!!
He doesn’t set the price of oil.
Killed it here first day in office
Ukraine NEEDS More than Lip Service & #### People & Govt’s of the WORLD!!!!
Obama SOLD US Out with the 1st Iranian Nuke Deal…With America Needing OIL, How MUCH Will Biden PAY to Sell US OUT This Time? Will Hunter Soon Laundering Iranian Money?
WOULDN’T BE A Ukraine War AT ALL…As there Wouldn’t have been the WEAK ASS Afghanistan Withdrawal..THIS Is ALL Because OF BIDEN!
Nothing like Doing NOTHING in Supporting Ukraine.
Biden is financing the war and it’s asinine to be importing any oil at all when we can produce it ourselves!
why aren’t they producing it? and before you answer do a little research
I’m so sick of the media withholding the truth and distorting lies ..!
Pull the media’s license to broadcast if they are constantly lying..
What’s going on, only 38 million Americans tuned in to hear Biden speak. What were the other 43 million doing.
still crying in there beer
I believe everything the media tells me. I act without question. RREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
They’re shelling a nuclear power plant. Radiation is being detected by the Atomic Commission right now. It sounds like it’s hammer time in Russia. Ruthless and dumb is a bad combination.
Sounds like the wind is carrying it into Russia. Dumb in action.
Hopefully Vlad inhales a lethal lungful of radioactive particles, or, a shotgun slug.
Amen