More than a hundred speakers signed up to speak at this General Assembly meeting, the first of its kind to take place for 40 years and that in principle it should extend until Tuesday, or even Wednesday. Before there is a vote on a resolution proposed by the Europeans calling for the cessation of hostilities in the former Soviet republic.
The initial text, obtained by the AFP agency, “condemns in the strongest terms Russia’s aggression against Ukraine”.
Europe, which authorized the supply of weapons to Ukraine the day before, including “Bulgarian MIG fighter planes”, should vote unanimously along with North America to denounce Russia in the Assembly session, according to a diplomatic source.
In addition, a large number of African and South American countries are expected to speak out against the Russian invasionaccording to diplomatic sources, who hope to exceed the hundred votes in favor that a similar resolution obtained in 2014 after the Russian annexation of Crimea.
Negotiations are ongoing between two currentsA diplomatic source who requested anonymity told AFP. Some stressed that the text cannot be vetoed because in the General Assembly there is no right to veto as in the Security Council. They also want it to be very overwhelming.
In contrast, others consider that the important thing is to obtain a maximum votes to show the isolation of Russia and would be willing to make concessions on tone, the source said.
The General Assembly was decided this Sunday by the UN Security Council from one US-Albanian proposalwho received the favorable vote of 11 of the 15 members of the Council and against by Russia, while China, India and the United Arab Emirates abstained..
The UN regulation does not contemplate for this instance the right of veto that the five permanent members of the Security Council – China, the United States, France, the United Kingdom and Russia – have for another class of resolutions.
Therefore, the Council decided to appeal to the General Assembly before “the absence of unanimity of its permanent members”that on Friday “It prevented the exercise of its primary responsibility, which is the maintenance of international peace and security”says the resolution approved the day before.
Russia vetoed on Friday a resolution promoted by the United States and Albania to condemn the invasion of Ukraine and demand the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from this country.
To date, only ten sessions of this type in the UN General Assembly, the last one in 1982after a meeting of this type was convened due to the crisis in the Golan Heights, militarily occupied by Israel, a movement not recognized by the international community that continues today.
These types of meetings are convened as a result of the resolution 377A(V)approved in 1950 and known as “United for Peace”which gives the UN General Assembly the authority to take on matters of international peace and security when the Security Council is unable to act due to lack of unanimity among the five veto countries.
Source: Ambito
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