We urge UN member states to condemn the largest forcible annexation attempt since the Second World War: UK at UN General Assembly
Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN General Assembly Emergency Special Session on Ukraine
Mr President, Excellencies,
In February, the General Assembly met in an Emergency Special Session to condemn Russia바카라 사이트檚 illegal invasion of Ukraine.
And today, we meet again to condemn Russia바카라 사이트檚 sham referenda and attempted illegal annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Kherson, Zaporizhyzhya, Luhansk and Donetsk: the largest forcible annexation attempt since the Second World War.
Putin is trying to take Ukraine바카라 사이트檚 land, its resources, its identity. In so doing, he is overturning the most sacred principle in the international system: that borders cannot be redrawn by force.
Over seven months into the war, the whole world understands the terrible cost of Russia바카라 사이트檚 invasion.
In Ukraine, families count that cost in the bodies exhumed from mass graves, in the rubble of flattened towns and the lost education for millions of innocent children, and in the growing list of friends and relatives detained or forcibly deported through Russia바카라 사이트檚 filtration process.聽 Even this morning, millions across Ukraine awoke to the sound of air raid sirens as Russia carried out one of the largest bombardments of civilian areas and infrastructure of the war.
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Here in New York, we also see the cost in terms of damage to the UN Charter. The UN Charter enshrines the principle that no threat or use of force shall be made against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.
We have no way to resolve disputes or achieve the fundamental goals of the UN if we concede this principle 바카라 사이트� if any rogue head of state can by force or fiat change the borders of another UN member.
This Assembly바카라 사이트檚 call on Russia since the start of its illegal invasion has been simple: end this war and withdraw from Ukraine.
For the sake of Ukraine, Russia and the entire UN membership, we reiterate this call today. We call on Russia to end the war and honour the UN Charter.
Colleagues, at the end of this debate, we will have an opportunity to vote on a resolution to condemn Russia바카라 사이트檚 so-called referenda and illegal annexation. We urge everyone here to vote in support of international law, the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states and the UN Charter.
We urge all members to vote 바카라 사이트測es바카라 사이트� on the resolution.
I thank you.