The UN General Assembly has approved an enhanced resolution on human rights violations in the occupied Crimea
On the night of December 17, the UN General Assembly approved an updated and strengthened sixth resolution "The situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine." 25 countries voted against and another 85 abstained.
According to the representative of Ukraine to the UN Serhiy Kyslytsia, the document was adopted by 65 votes in favor. Among the 25 countries that voted against are Russia, Belarus, China, Armenia, Serbia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, India, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and a number of countries in Africa and Latin America.
According to the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba, this resolution is the 11th in the context of the international response to the illegal occupation of Crimea.
"This year we managed to include in the text Russia's responsibility for respecting the rights of the Crimean Tatars as the indigenous people of Crimea, as well as the demand to cancel the sentences handed down in absentia against the leaders of the Crimean Tatar people and Crimean Tatars", - Kuleba said.
The resolution calls on Russia to stop unjustified detentions and arrests of Crimean residents, and to release Ukrainian citizens illegally detained, including Emir-Usein Kuku, Galina Dovgopol, Server Mustafayev, Vladislav Yesipenko, Nariman Dzhelyalov and others.
The resolution calls on Russia to end the policy of forcible change in Crimea's demographic composition, condemns Russia's All-Russian census, and emphasizes the negative consequences of Russia's increase in its military forces on the occupied peninsula and numerous military exercises.
In addition, the document refers to the exclusive responsibility of Russia as an occupying power in providing the people of Crimea with drinking and fresh water.
The resolution also calls on UN member states to step up cooperation within the Crimean Platform to improve the human rights situation in the occupied Crimea.
Source: facebook.com/Sergíy Kyslytsya
What is known
- Democrats welcomed the adoption of the "Crimean Resolution" at the UN on December 9. By adopting a UN GA resolution on the militarization of Crimea, the world community has once again expressed its commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity within internationally recognized borders.
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