"The results of the vote are as follows: 62 in favour, 22 against, 55 abstentions. Draft resolution A / 76 / L.22 is adopted", - was informed by Abdullah Shahid, head of the UN General Assembly.

It is noted that the resolution "The problem of the militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, Ukraine, as well as parts of the Black and Azov Seas" was presented today at the General Assembly by the Ambassador of Ukraine Serhiy Kyslytsia.

After his speech, the representatives of Syria and Russia took the floor, urging them not to vote for the resolution or to vote against it.

The resolution said that the UN General Assembly "expresses serious concern over the progressive militarization of Crimea by the Russian Federation as an occupying power and expresses concern at the ongoing destabilization of the situation in Crimea due to Russia's supply of modern weapons and weapons systems", "nuclear weapons, weapons and ammunition, and the deployment of troops to Ukraine, and urges the Russian Federation to cease such activities immediately".

Also this year, the key innovations of the resolution were reflected in the title of the resolution:

• the status of Crimea as a temporarily occupied peninsula;
• support for cooperation in the Crimean platform;
• emphasis on Russia's responsibility to respect the rights of Crimean Tatars as the indigenous people of Crimea;
• the demand to overturn the sentences handed down in absentia against the leaders of the Crimean Tatar people and the Crimean Tatars.

In addition, the document, which is adopted annually since 2018, is supplemented, in particular, by a reference to the international Crimean platform and its declaration.

What is known

• On December 18, 2018, the UN General Assembly for the first time supported the draft resolution "The problem of the militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine), as well as parts of the Black and Azov Seas." At that time, 66 UN member states voted in favour of the resolution, 19 against and 72 abstained.
• On December 7, 2020, the UN General Assembly supported for the third time an updated version of this resolution. 63 UN member states voted in favour of the updated text of the resolution, 17 against and 62 abstained.
• In addition, on December 16, 2020, the UN General Assembly supported an updated resolution on the human rights situation in Crimea. A key element is a call on the international community to step up cooperation to put pressure on Russia to enforce its international obligations as an occupying power. 64 countries voted in favour, 86 abstained, and 23 abstained. The UN General Assembly first considered a resolution on the human rights situation in occupied Crimea in December 2016.

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