General Assembly votes also serve as a key barometer for the success of each side of the war to sway international opinion.
The resolution is purely symbolic, but it allows Ukraine and its allies to build a consensus against Russia.
Thirty-two countries also abstained from the vote, including China, South Africa and India.
The countries opposing the resolution included Belarus, Mali, Nicaragua, Russia, Syria, North Korea and Eritrea.
Russia picked up two additional votes from a previous UN vote on the war in October.
US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the vote will go down in history.
“On the one-year anniversary of this conflict, we will see where the nations of the world stand on the matter of peace in Ukraine," Thomas-Greenfield said in remarks the day before the vote.
Indian Ambassador to the U.N. Ruchira Kamboj said the resolution had inherent limitations and questions that needed to be answered.
South Africa, China and Russia are holding joint drills in the Indian Ocean this weekend.
The United States also accused China of supplying nonlethal aid to Russia, and several officials warned Beijing is considering sending lethal aid.
Pakistan’s largest English newspaper, Dawn published the news that ahead of a UN General Assembly vote on Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky called President Arif Alvi and sought Pakistan’s support for a draft resolution that called for ending the war in his country. However, the news about presentation of the resolution has no mentioned of the Pakistan’s stance.
ReplyDeleteThe news says, Thirty-two countries abstained from the vote that included China, South Africa and India and the countries opposing the resolution included Belarus, Mali, Nicaragua, Russia, Syria, North Korea and Eritrea. It went to the extent of quoting Indian Ambassador saying the resolution had inherent limitations and questions that needed to be answered.