A Dutch diplomat, who took to Twitter to advise India on how it should vote in the General Assembly on the Ukraine conflict, has taken down his tweet after pushback from India's Permanent Representative T S Tirumurti in a new trend of assertiveness set by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.
Assembly spokeswoman Paulina Kubiak said on Thursday that Czech Republic was the only candidate for the seat on the 47-member Human Rights Council.
Putin has been planning Russia's annual Victory Day on May 9. It seems that the date is his deadline for the war, exactly 75 days later.
Guterres has urged Russia to stop its attack since it began two months ago, in what he called “the saddest moment” in his five years in the UN’s top job.
Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022 - The Lower House passed the bill by a voice vote with members expressing unanimity that such a measure was the need of the hour.
While the Human Rights Council is based in Geneva, its members are elected by the 193-nation General Assembly for three-year terms.
India has brought back over 17,100 of its nationals from Ukraine so far while around 700 Indian students remained stuck in the northeastern city of Sumy with their evacuation dependent on the facilitation of a safe passage by Russian and Ukrainian authorities.
Johnson’s office said he and Zelensky agree Russia must immediately cease attacking and allow emergency services unfettered access to the plant. The two agree a ceasefire is essential.
The Biden administration’s action came on the fifth day of Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine, which has sparked condemnation from the United States and dozens of other countries.
Both meetings follow Russia's veto on Friday of a Security Council resolution demanding that Moscow immediately stop its attack on Ukraine and withdraw all troops. The vote was 11-1, with China, India and the United Arab Emirates abstaining.
Russia has launched a barrage of air and missile strikes on Ukraine. According to Ukrainian officials, Russian troops have rolled into the country from the north, east and south.
Secy-General Antonio Guterres made the announcement saying the UN and its humanitarian partners “are committed to staying and delivering, to support people in Ukraine in their time of need ... regardless of who or where they are.”
In a televised address, Putin said Russia's move to launch a special military operation in Ukraine came in response to threats emanating from that country. He also warned other countries that if they attempted to interfere with the Russian military operation they would see “consequences they have never seen”.
However, it is not clear whether Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to UN, made the statement after Russian Prez Vladimir Putin on Feb 24 announced a military operation in Ukraine, claiming it's intended to protect civilians.
Guterres addressed an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine late Wednesday night, the second meeting this week and the fourth since January 31 as tensions escalated between Russia and Ukraine. Earlier in the day, the UN chief had addressed the UN General Assembly meeting on Ukraine.
Antonio Guterres said Russia’s unilateral actions also “conflict” with the UN Charter and are “a death blow to the Minsk Agreements” aimed at restoring peace to eastern Ukraine.
Tom Andrews, a special rapporteur working with the UN human rights office, called on the UN Security Council, where China and Russia are permanent members, to hold an emergency meeting to discuss a possible ban on sales of arms used by Myanmar's military against civilians.
The U.S. called Putin's moves a pretext for a further invasion, many members condemned his violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity, and even close ally China urged diplomacy and a peaceful solution.
World leaders are making another diplomatic push in hopes of preventing a Russian invasion of Ukraine, even as heavy shelling continues in Ukraines east.
India said that the immediate priority is de-escalation of tensions taking into account the legitimate security interests of all countries and aimed towards securing long term peace and stability in the region and beyond.
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