U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution telling Russia to pay reparations for invading Ukraine
AGN.News Team
November 14, 2022
UNITED NATIONS (AGN.News) – Today, the U.N. General Assembly in New York approved a resolution calling for Russia to be held accountable for violating international law by invading Ukraine including by paying reparations.
The resolution was passed in the General Assembly of 193 countries by a vote of 94-14 with 73 abstentions. The resolution calls for reparations to be paid to Ukraine by Russia for widespread damage to the country and for Ukrainians killed and injured during the war.
What is the next step?
Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of its smaller neighbor, Ukraine, has resulted in the death of thousands and the injury of tens of thousands of men, women, and children. To accomplish reparations requires a legal framework approved by the General Assembly.
The resolution recognizes the need to establish “an international mechanism for reparation for damage, loss or injury” arising from Russia’s “wrongful acts” against Ukraine.
The document recommends that UN members, in cooperation with Ukraine, create an “international register” to document claims and information about the damage done to Ukrainians by Russia’s actions.
This resolution comes on the heel of the G-20 summit in Bali, Indonesia. World leaders meeting in Bali have already spoken out against the unjustified war in Ukraine and the need for reparations.
This resolution sends a clear message to other nations who may be thinking about invading another sovereign nation. The message, you will face the same consequences.
What was invading Ukraine about?
Ukraine’s U.N. Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya told the General Assembly that “Russia has tried its best to destroy Ukraine — in a very literal sense.” In effect, a land grab!
Kyslytsya cited Russia’s bombing and shelling of cities and villages since day one. Russia was “targeting everything from plants and factories to residential buildings, schools, hospitals and kindergartens” …plus shopping centers and grocery stores.
What else did Ukraine say?
Russia has destroyed roads, bridges, railways and almost half of Ukraine’s power grid and utilities in the last month alone. He also cited accounts of atrocities committed by Russians in territory it occupied including murder, rape, torture, forced deportations and looting.
Ambassador Kyslytsya said, “Ukraine will have the daunting task of rebuilding the country and recovering from this war,” Kyslytsya said. “But that recovery will never be complete without a sense of justice for the victims of the Russian war.”
Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya added, “It is time to hold Russia accountable”.
How did Russia respond?
Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia urged assembly members to vote against the resolution, calling it “an attempt to legalize something that from the view of existing international law cannot be legalized.” It is “legally null and void,” he said.
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