On February 24, at a meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York, a resolution calling for peace in Ukraine was adopted. Details were published on the organization's official website, reports the source.
The resolution, titled "Support for a Lasting Peace in Ukraine," received the support of 107 countries. Twelve states voted against it, while 51 countries chose to abstain.
Among those voting against were Russia, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cuba, North Korea, Eritrea, Iran, Mali, Niger, Nicaragua, and Sudan. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan were among those who abstained. Turkmenistan did not participate in the vote, and among the abstainers were also the USA, China, India, South Africa, Armenia, Brazil, Qatar, Mongolia, and the UAE.
The adopted resolution affirms support for the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Ukraine. The United States proposed to exclude two paragraphs concerning sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as the UN Charter, from the text of the resolution. However, other countries did not agree to vote on this proposal, and the resolution was approved in its original form.
