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UN condemn invasion
UN suspend from Human Rights Council
UN condemn annexation of Ukrainian regions
For
141
93
143
Against
5
24
5
Abstain
35
58
35
The resolution "condemns the organisation by the Russian Federation of so-called referendums within the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine" and "the attempted illegal annexation" of four regions by President Vladimir Putin. The motion also demanded that Moscow "immediately and unconditionally reverse" its annexation decisions.
The US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, had urged all nations to send a message that the world "will not tolerate seizing a neighbour’s land by force." "Today it is Russia invading Ukraine. But tomorrow it could be another nation whose territory is violated. It could be you. You could be next. What would you expect from this chamber?" she said the Moscow Times reports.
The US vigorously lobbied amongst Russia’s supporters to win their support in the latest vote, expending a lot of energy on India in particular. Diplomatic activity is particularly intense at the moment as the West revs up to impose an oil price cap scheme in December that is designed to cut the Kremlin off from its oil export revenues, but will very likely fail if big customers like India refuse to participate. The US has also been actively lobbying against Russia in Africa where the Kremlin has many friends and will hold a large Africa summit in Washington in December.
The US campaign to isolate Russia and undermine its hydrocarbon business took a big blow last week when the OPEC+ oil cartel agreed to cut oil production by 2mn barrels a day despite intense US pressure to increase production and lower oil prices just as the US goes into its mid-term elections. On the day of the UN vote US President Joe Biden repeated earlier remarks that the White House may see the decision as a “hostile act” by Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) against the US and in support of Russia.
Bangladesh, Iraq and Senegal -- which abstained in March – also changed their vote to condemn Russia.
Eritrea, one of the world's most closed states, moved from a 'no' to an abstention while Nicaragua, under growing international pressure over human rights, switched from abstaining to voting 'no', the Moscow Times reports.
"South Africa considers the territorial integrity of states and that of Ukraine to be sacrosanct, and we reject all actions that undermine the purposes and
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