Ukraine and Russia lobby countries ahead of a vote by the 193-member General Assembly. Read more at straitstimes.com.
UNITED NATIONS - Marking one year of war, Ukraine and Russia lobbied countries at the United Nations on Wednesday for backing ahead of a vote by the 193-member General Assembly that the United States declared will “go down in history.”
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres denounced Russia’s invasion and said the Charter was “unambiguous,” citing from it: “All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.” “The West has... brazenly ignored our concerns and continue bringing the military infrastructure of Nato closer and closer to our borders,” Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told the General Assembly.Mr Nebenzia said Moscow “had no other option” but to launch what it has called a “special military operation” on Feb 24 last year to defend Russian speakers in eastern Ukraine and ensure “the safety and security of our country, using military means.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told reporters Ukraine was exercising its right to self-defence as enshrined in the UN Charter and that “when you are sending weapons to Ukraine, you are helping Ukraine to defend UN Charter.”
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