The resolution, supported by 141 of the assembly’s 193 members, passed in a rare emergency session called by the UN Security Council while Ukrainian forces battled to defend the port of Kherson in the face of air strikes and a devastating bombardment that forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee.The last time the Security Council convened an emergency session of the General Assembly was in 1982, according to the UN website.
She cited videos of Russian troops moving heavy weapons into Ukraine, including cluster munitions and vacuum bombs, banned under international law. Russia’s UN envoy, Vassily Nebenzia, denied Moscow was targeting civilians and accused Western governments of pressuring assembly members to pass the resolution, whose adoption he said could fuel further violence.
Elaborating on China’s abstention, Beijing’s envoy, Zhang Jun, said the resolution did not undergo full consultations with the whole membership of the assembly.
So how about that Palestine situation then 👀