new Delhi: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday voted against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and passed a resolution calling on Moscow to withdraw its military forces and end fighting.
The action taken in a rare emergency session called by the UN Security Council is aimed at diplomatically isolating Russia at the UN as the resolution text condemns Russia’s “aggression against Ukraine”.
According to the United Nations website, in 1982 the UNSC called an emergency session of the General Assembly.
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Of the 193 UNGA members, 141 supported the resolution, while 35 countries, including India and China, abstained from voting and four supported Russian action.
These four countries are Belarus, Eritrea, North Korea and Syria.
Belarus has served as a launchpad for Russian forces since the invasion of Ukraine began. On February 27, the country, shedding its non-nuclear status, passed a referendum that would allow Russia to keep its nuclear weapons in the country.
North Korea on Monday blamed the “hegemony policy” and “high-fidelity” of the United States and the West for the situation in Ukraine.
The country’s foreign ministry said the West was guilty of “abuse of power”. North Korea’s official KCNA news agency quoted an unnamed ministry spokesman as saying, “The root cause of the Ukraine crisis lies entirely in the hegemony policy of the US and the West, which itself has been accused of abuse of power and power against other countries.” applies in abuse.” Reported by Reuters.
While Eritrea has remained largely calm on the matter, like it has been on most international matters, Syria has reportedly blamed the conflict on the eastward expansion of the US-led NATO military alliance. Russia was resisting and resisting Ukraine’s efforts to join NATO and eventually invaded the neighboring country.