UN passes resolution condemning Russia's attack on Ukraine

The United Nations passed a resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine and demanding it to remove its military from the country.

The emergency vote was overwhelmingly passed by the General Assembly, with 141 out of 193 member nations in support. Russia and four others, including Belarus, North Korea, Eritrea, and Syria, dissented while 35 nations, including China, abstained from the vote.

The resolution “deplores in the strongest terms the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine” and demands that Russia cease its use of force against Ukraine while immediately and unconditionally withdrawing all of its military forces.

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The vote was the result of a rare General Assembly emergency session, the first the U.N. has called since 1982. While the resolution does not provide help to the Ukrainians, it exposes Russia's diplomatic isolation on the world stage. Even countries such as Cuba, China, and Venezuela abstained instead of giving outright support to President Vladimir Putin's so-called "special operation" in Ukraine.

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The General Assembly's emergency convention gives the body power to "take up matters of international peace and security when the Security Council is unable to act due to unanimity among its five permanent members — China, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Russia — who have the power of veto," according to the U.N.'s website. Russia vetoed a Security Council condemnation of its attack on Ukraine on Friday.