Resolution condemning Russian annexation
October 19 , 2022
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- The 193-member UN General Assembly on voted on a motion by Albania that action on the draft resolution that would condemn Russia’s illegal annexation.
- Russia had demanded that the resolution be voted upon by secret ballot.
- Moscow’s demand for a secret ballot was rejected after 107 UN member states, including India.
- Only 13 nations voted in favour of Russia’s call for a secret ballot while 39 abstained.
- Russia and China were among the countries that did not vote.
- Meanwhile, India has not yet condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and maintained that the crisis must be resolved through diplomacy and dialogue.
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