A resolution negotiated in the General Assembly seeks to bring together as many states as possible “deploring” the Russian invasion of Ukraine, while another draft presented to the Security Council aimed to facilitate the delivery of the humanitarian aid to the 7 million internally displaced persons, despite the probable Russian veto.
By Maurin Picard
Marginalized in the Ukrainian crisis, the UN hosted on Monday two extraordinary sessions theoretically incompatible, although both equally urgent: at the general assembly, its 193 member states of the organization met urgently to put Russia on the auction; in the Security Council, France submitted a draft resolution aimed at facilitating emergency humanitarian action, supported by Norway, Albania, the United States, Ireland, Mexico and the United Kingdom.
In the first session, a cornered Moscow defended itself from its actions, desperately seeking a handful of supporters among the other authoritarian regimes on the planet: Syria, China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Myanmar, Sudan, Venezuela, Nicaragua.
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