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The United Nations General Assembly convenes today in an extraordinary session after the Russian aggression in Ukraine.
The United Nations Security Council decided to convene this session by a majority vote. 11 out of 15 members voted in favor, Russia voted against. China, India and the United Arab Emirates abstained.
Western nations hope that as many as 193 UN member states will condemn Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and make Russia’s international isolation visible. Special UN hearings are very rare. Since 1950 10 such hearings have been called. Russia blocked two days ago a draft resolution proposed by the United States and Albania which strongly condemned Russian aggression against Ukraine and also demanded the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine.
But after that, with procedural voting, without being threatened by another veto, the resolution was adopted. The previous debate had offered member states an opportunity to condemn President Vladimir Putin’s decision to launch a large-scale offensive against Russia’s neighbor. “Russia can not veto our voices, it can not veto the truth, it can not veto our principles, it can not veto the Ukrainian people.“, Said the US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield after the vote.
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