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Russia and 12 other authoritarian countries voted against further consideration at the 75th United Nations General Assembly of the “duty to protect” clause, which would limit the UN’s ability to discuss crimes against humanity and rights violations. humans.
As the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, Serhiy Kislitsa, said on Facebook, in addition to Russia, Belarus, China, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Congo, Cuba, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Egypt, Eritrea, South Sudan and Syria opposed, which was the initiator of the withdrawal of this article.
“Thirteen – as many countries opposed the inclusion of an item on the” responsibility to protect “on the agenda of the 75th UNGA. An item that has already been voted on and recommended by the 74th session for consideration at the 75th. Recommended item this week and by the UN General Committee for the introduction of Ukraine among the co-sponsors to keep this issue on the GA agenda, “he said.
Kislitsa clarified that Russia, Belarus, Syria, Iran, Congo, Cuba, Myanmar and Nicaragua also voted in the 74th session against including an item on the 75th session agenda. “The situation in the occupied territories of Ukraine”… On September 18 they did not dare to put this point to a vote after the “total defeat” of September 4.
The “responsibility to protect” or the “responsibility to protect” (R2P) is a concept of international law, endorsed by the UN in 2005. It consists of several principles that are based on the idea of sovereignty not as a privilege of the state, but as, in particular, the responsibilities of the state in relation to its population.
According to the concept, the state has primary duty to protect the population in the territory of the state… If a state cannot protect people, either due to a lack of opportunities or a lack or lack of political will, the responsibility to protect passes to the international community.
The responsibility to protect is a rethinking of the concept of humanitarian intervention. But unlike this, the use of military actions is conceived as an obligation of the international community and not as a right of a state or a group of states.
The concept of “responsibility to protect” aims to prevent international crimes: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing.
However, there are opinions that R2P can be applied in other situations. The use of force by one state against another may take place, incl. and for purposes that were not foreseen by the developers of the concept and the countries that adopted the pertinent resolution of the UNGA.
As OBOZREVATEL reported, in April Kislitsa also spoke about Russia’s pettiness at the UN.
Before that, Russia was put in its place at the UN due to the MH17 disaster.
