USA Votes Against UN Resolution Condemning Russian Aggression on Ukraine
On 16 April, the United States voted against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning, among other things, Russia's military aggression against Ukraine.
The Gaze reports on this with reference to European Pravda.
The resolution in question is Resolution A/79/L/75 ‘Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe’, which deals, among other things, with the status of Russia - which was expelled from the Council of Europe in March 2022.
The 12-page document, initiated by Luxembourg and Lithuania, mentions Russia's aggression against Ukraine twice - in the preamble and in the main text.
The Foreign Ministry ‘sees no threat’ from the UN Security Council resolution, which does not mention Russia's aggression
At the UN General Assembly meeting on 16 April, 105 countries supported the resolution. The nine countries that voted against it included Russia, Belarus, the DPRK, and the United States.
In his speech during the discussion, US Ambassador to the UN Jonathan Shrier said that the resolution ‘reiterates statements about the Russian-Ukrainian war that the United States believes do not advance the cause of peace.’
‘We hope that the Council of Europe and all UN member states will support and strengthen efforts to achieve a comprehensive and lasting peace between Russia and Ukraine,’ he added.
This is the second time that the United States has voted with Russia against a General Assembly resolution condemning Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
On 24 February, the UN General Assembly approved a Ukrainian resolution condemning Russian aggression, and the United States voted against it - along with Russia and less than two dozen other countries.
As The Gaze reported earlier, the United States has told its Group of Seven (G7) allies that it will not support a statement condemning the April 13 Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy that killed 35 people. Thus, the G7 failed to adopt the statement.