(Part 2) UNGA Adopts Resolution on Furtherance of Remedy & Reparation for Aggression Against Ukraine

Continuation of the The Eleventh Emergency Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 28 February 2022 at the United Nations headquarters. It addresses the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Eleventh Emergency Special Session https://www.un.org/en/ga/sessions/eme... Letter dated 28 February 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2014/136): draft resolution (A/ES-11/L.6) - Item 5 ------- The United Nations General Assembly approved today (14 Nov) a resolution calling on member states to create “an international register” to document claims of damage, loss, or injury to Ukrainians caused by Russia. The resolution was supported by 94 Member States, opposed by 14 against and 73 countries abstained. The document recognizes that Russia must be held accountable for violations of international law in or against Ukraine and "must bear the legal consequences of all of its internationally wrongful acts, including making reparation for the injury, including any damage, caused by such acts." It also reaffirms Ukraine’s sovereignty and calls again on Russia to “cease its use of force against Ukraine.” Introducing the resolution, the Permanent Representative from Ukraine, Sergiy Kyslytsya, said it was “a proclamation that Russia must be held accountable for his violations of international law in Ukraine.” According to Kyslytsya, “it is reaffirmation of the need of a concrete mechanism for reparations that will breathe life into these proclamations; it is a call for the member states to come together and build legitimate international infrastructure to deal with the consequences of Russian aggression against Ukraine.” The Permanent Representative also said that “a vote against this proposal will be a vote in favor of impunity and lawlessness.” Kyslytsya added, “A yes vote will mean that there is a faith in international law that the global architecture – so painstakingly built after the Second World War – will remain, and the United Nations can stand to watch over international peace and security. It is a signal of hope for justice and an important first step towards accountability.” The ambassador told Member States also that “the preconditions for any negotiations outlined by President Zelenskyy are clear.” According to him, they include “restoration of Ukraine's territorial integrity, compensation for damage caused by the war, prosecution of war criminals.” Vasily Nebenzya, the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, noted that “neither the General Assembly nor any other mechanism can annul sovereign immunity, which state assets have under international law.” Nebenzya said that “the countries which support a general assembly decision on it will become implicated in illegal expropriation of sovereign assets of a third country and implicated in yet another instance where the General Assembly is exceeding its authority in the interest of the West.” The ambassador also asked, “Do the countries of the developing world want to have anything to do with that initiative? We think that most of them think this is ludicrous or even insulting, that the Western countries decided to demand reparations rather than pay them out.” According to Nebenzya, the resolution is “an area where the theft and spending of sovereign assets is being put forward by various states which have a very rich record in looting the rest of the world.” --- شاهد هذا الفيديو باللغة العربية على موقعنا 请在联合国网络电视（UN Web TV）观看中文版视频 Regardez cette vidéo en français sur UN Web TV Vean este video en español en UN Web TV Смотрите это видео на русском на UN Web TV https://media.un.org/en/asset/k16/k16... Screenshot Credit: UN Photo/Loey Felipe