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The resolution on the militarization of the Crimean peninsula, the port of Sevastopol, part of the Black and Azov seas was supported by 63 countries, 17 voted against and 62 abstained.
This Resolution is not legally binding, but it has a political meaning. It was submitted by 40 countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the Baltic States, as well as the United States, Australia, Canada, and Turkey.
The document “calls on the Russian Federation, as the occupying power, to withdraw its military forces from Crimea immediately, completely and unconditionally, and to immediately end the temporary occupation of Ukrainian territory.”
Faced with the “continuing destabilization of Crimea by the Russian Federation’s transfer of advanced weapons systems to Ukrainian territory, including nuclear-capable aircraft and missiles, weapons, ammunition and military personnel,” the resolution urged Russia to put an end ” immediately “to all those practices.
Russia officially annexed Crimea in March 2014 following a controversial referendum, deploying its special forces to the peninsula to take over key institutions and military bases.
The move came in Kiev after the pro-Western Maidan revolution, when then-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was overthrown during street protests and fled the country.
Ukraine considers Crimea to be its occupied territory, and the states of the European Union and the United States have imposed sanctions on Russia for its annexation.
In eastern Ukraine, the conflict between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists has continued since spring 2014. It has already demanded about 13,000. human lives.
Tensions between Russia and the West over the conflict remain very high in the UN Security Council, as demonstrated by last week’s informal meeting in Moscow on the 2015 Minsk agreements between Ukraine and Russia, backed by France and Germany.
Berlin and Paris enraged Russia by boycotting a meeting that European countries called an international platform offered to Donbass separatists, several of whom invited Moscow to speak.
Estonian public broadcaster ERR reported last week that after the meeting, Estonia, the UK and the US issued a statement condemning Russia’s attempts to mediate the Ukraine conflict.
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