Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the UN General Assembly.Picture: Retrieved from the official website of the United Nations
According to reports from the “Russian Satellite News Agency”, “Archyde.com” and other media on the 10th and 11th local time, the United Nations General Assembly will “condemn Donetsk and other four places in Russia for the referendum” proposed by Western countries this Wednesday or Thursday. vote on the draft resolution.
Regarding the voting method, Western countries have called for a public vote; Russia believes that, given the “tremendous pressure” exerted by the United States and its allies on other member states, the vote should be held by secret ballot.
According to the “Russian Satellite News Agency” report, on the 10th local time, the United Nations General Assembly voted to support the request of Western countries. Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenja, told RIA Novosti that the decision made by the UN General Assembly on the voting format of this resolution is a manifestation of double standards.
“Tass” reported that Russia had previously hoped that the United Nations General Assembly would consider a secret vote on the draft resolution launched by the United States against the “referendum on accession to Russia” in four places in Donetsk. Before the debate on the 10th, however, Albania went against procedural norms and proposed a public vote on the resolution, which the UN General Assembly accepted.
According to Archyde.com, of the 193 members of the United Nations, 107 countries favored a public vote on the draft resolution, 13 opposed it, and 39 abstained from voting. The rest did not vote, including Russia and Russia. China.
“Sputnik News Agency” said that Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations Nebenja accused the United Nations General Assembly of “manipulating” behavior.
“It’s outrageous, and I don’t believe you can find anything like today in history,” he said. “It’s a clear double standard and against the rules of the presidency.”
Nebenja accused the president of the UN General Assembly, “Not only the platform for the drafters of the resolution, but also doing everything he could to manipulate the procedures of the UN General Assembly. He made a wrong proposal on Albania, which was not our proposal. After that, he did not press The flow of the meeting lets us speak.”
In response to Russia’s criticism, “AFP” said that UN General Assembly spokeswoman Paulina Kubiak said that such a program first requires member states to vote, not secret ballots. The report said Western powers would use the vote to underscore the international isolation Moscow faces. For a U.S. official who did not want to be named, the top question this week will be “who will vote for Russia”.
On September 30, local time, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty with the leaders of the four regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson in the Kremlin for the accession of these regions to Russia. The United Nations Security Council voted on a draft resolution proposed by the United States and Albania against the “referendum on accession to Russia” in the four regions of Ukraine. Russia, which has the veto power, vetoed the draft.
The TASS report mentioned that according to a UN General Assembly resolution passed by the West in April this year, whenever a permanent member of the Security Council exercises a veto, the UN General Assembly must hold a meeting within 10 days from the date of the exercise of the veto.
The UN General Assembly will vote this Wednesday or Thursday on a draft resolution proposed by Western countries to “condemn the referendum on Donetsk and other four places in Russia”.
Schicklerch “not only platform for the drafters of the resolution, but he did everything he could to manipulate the General Assembly procedures, he made a mistake about the proposal on Albania, which was not our proposal. After that, he did not let us speak according to the process of holding the meeting. .”
The United Nations Security Council held a meeting on Ukrainian security and the Nord Stream pipeline on September 30. Image: Retrieved from UN YouTube