The 15-nation UN Safety Council voted on the decision tabled by the US and Albania that condemned Russia’s unlawful “referenda” and annexations of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
The decision didn’t get adopted as Russia vetoed it. Of the 15-nation Council, 10 nations voted for the decision and 4 nations abstained.
Russia introduced that annexation of the Ukrainian areas of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
UN Secretary-Common Antonio Guterres mentioned on Thursday that “any annexation of a State’s territory by one other State ensuing from the risk or use of drive is a violation of the Rules of the UN Constitution and worldwide regulation.”
“Any resolution to proceed with the annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia areas of Ukraine would haven’t any authorized worth and deserves to be condemned,” Guterres has mentioned.
“It can’t be reconciled with the worldwide authorized framework. It stands in opposition to all the pieces the worldwide neighborhood is supposed to face for. It flouts the Functions and Rules of the United Nations. It’s a harmful escalation. It has no place within the fashionable world. It should not be accepted,” the UN chief mentioned.