The UN General Assembly has adopted a draft resolution seeking the protection of human rights in Russia-occupied Crimea, Ukraine’s Embassy in the UN reported on Dec. 18.
As reported Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the UN on its Twitter account, 65 countries voted affirmatively, 23 states voted against the document.
In particular, EU, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Japan, Israel, Moldova, Georgia, Montenegro, Albania, Northern Macedonia backed the resolution.
The votes of Russia, China, India, Belarus, Serbia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, North Korea, Venezuela, Syria were negative.
A number of 83 countries refrained from voting. Among them are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Brazil, Mexico, Mongolia, Pakistan, South Korea, South Africa, Thailand, Indonesia.
The main provisions of the resolution supported by the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly are:
– Condemnation of mass detentions of activists and human rights defenders on the basis of charges of supporting terrorism;
– A call to end the persecution and release those detained for expressing their own thoughts, including before the occupation;
– Condemnation of the practice of conscription of men in the Russian Armed Forces and the criminal prosecution of those who evade military service in the army of the occupying country.
– The requirement to immediately release all illegally detained citizens of Ukraine and ensure their unhindered return to their homeland;
– A call to the international community to continue, within the framework of international advocacy, the condemnation of violations of the Russian Federation of human rights in Crimea, both at the bilateral and multilateral levels.
On Nov. 14, the third committee of the UN General Assembly at a meeting supported a draft resolution on the situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
