
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has backed the updated draft resolution titled: "Problem of the militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, as well as parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov."
The corresponding decision was announced by the chairperson of the UNGA meeting in New York City, which was broadcast on the organization's website.
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Sixty-three UN member states voted for the updated wording of the resolution, 17 were against, and 62 abstained.
The 17 UN member states that voted against the adoption of this resolution are Armenia, Belarus, Cambodia, China, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Russia, Serbia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe.
Among the countries that backed the document are France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, Sweden, Norway, and Switzerland.
Militarization of Crimea โ YES:
โ Sergiy Kyslytsya (@SergiyKyslytsya) December 7, 2020
๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฆ๐น ๐ง๐ธ ๐ง๐ง ๐ง๐ช ๐ง๐ฟ ๐ง๐ผ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ท ๐ญ๐ท ๐จ๐พ ๐จ๐ฟ ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ช ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ท ๐ฌ๐ช ๐ฉ๐ช ๐ฌ๐ท ๐ฌ๐น ๐ญ๐ณ ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ท ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐น ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฒ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐ช ๐ณ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฑ ๐ต๐น ๐ฒ๐ฉ ๐ท๐ด ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ธ ๐ธ๐ช ๐จ๐ญ ๐น๐ท ๐น๐ป ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐บ๐ธ
โ NO:
๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ง๐พ ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐จ๐ณ ๐จ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ท๐บ ๐ท๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ ๐ธ๐พ ๐ป๐ช ๐ฟ๐ผ pic.twitter.com/DRFzSE57uw
UN resolution on militarization of Crimea: Milestones
- As UNIAN reported earlier, the UNGA for the first time supported the draft resolution "Problem of the militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, as well as parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov" on December 18, 2018. The document was supported by 66 countries, 19 voted against, and 72 abstained.
- In December 2019, the UNGA supported an updated resolution against Russia's militarization of occupied Crimea, the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. Then 63 UN member states voted for the document, 16 were against and 66 abstained.
- On December 3, 2020, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba noted that the recently updated resolution is aimed at restoring security and stability in the region.