UN votes to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and calls for withdrawal

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• resolution deploring Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

• immediate withdrawal of its forces

• global expression of outrage

• emergency session

• 141 of the 193

• 35 abstained

• five

• “deplores in the strongest terms the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine”

• “the Russian Federation immediately cease its use of force against Ukraine”

• “immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces

• not legally binding

• expression of the views of the UN membership

• increasing pressure

• Russia was the sole vote against a similar resolution in the security council

• Russia is one of the five powers with a veto, the resolution was not upheld

• Ukraine’s allies referred the matter to the general assembly

• first time in 40 years the security council has referred a crisis to the assembly

• “uniting for peace” resolution

• “if the security council, because of lack of unanimity of the permanent members, fails to exercise its primary responsibility to act as required to maintain international peace and security”