“It is a decisive moment to show support, unity and solidarity”, said the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, on the platform, on the first day of the debate on the Russian intervention that began in February 24rd, 2022.
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“Never in recent history has the line between good and evil been so clear. A country simply wants to survive. The other wants to kill and destroy,” she emphasized.
Kiev and its allies hope that the text, which will be put to a vote at the end of the second day of debates, will receive at least as many votes as an October resolution, in which 143 countries condemned the annexation of several Ukrainian territories by Russia.
The non-binding draft resolution “highlights the need to achieve as quickly as possible a global, just and lasting peace in Ucrania in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations”.
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It also reaffirms the “attachment” to the “territorial integrity of Ukraine”, “demands” the immediate withdrawal of Russian forces and calls for an “end of hostilities”.
The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, joined the call for peace by criticizing on Wednesday an invasion that he called an “affront to our collective conscience.”
“The possible consequences of the escalation of the conflict are a clear danger and are already there,” he highlighted.
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(With AFP)
