The UN General Assembly adopted an updated resolution on human rights violations in Crimea
The UN General Assembly adopted an updated resolution on the violation of human rights in Crimea, taking into account the conditions that have developed since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion.
82 countries voted “for” the document, “against” – 14, and 80 abstained.
Belarus, China, Cuba, North Korea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mali, Nicaragua, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Zimbabwe voted against.
In addition to the provisions contained in the resolutions of previous years, the current document condemns Russia’s use of Crimea for the purpose of aggression against Ukraine and to support the attempted illegal annexation of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.
The General Assembly condemns “the incitement of hatred against Ukraine and Ukrainians, as well as the spread of disinformation, which justifies the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, in particular through the education system.”
The document states that the temporary occupation of Crimea became the basis for a serious crisis in the field of human rights in other territories of Ukraine under the temporary military control of the Russian Federation.
The resolution “demands that the Russian Federation immediately cease its aggression against Ukraine and unconditionally withdraw all its Armed Forces from the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders.”
It should be noted that the Resolution of the UN General Assembly The situation with human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine is adopted annually, starting in 2016, and each time contains new provisions and wording.
