Ukraine: UN-Vollversammlung fordert Abzug Russlands | BR24

a year of war in the Ukraine, a year full of suffering, death and destruction, but also a year in which the shock of the first days has subsided, in which for many the war is just a kind of background noise and then it is also against the world, Europe is not only mentally far away, the war is just another war in this context, the general assembly has just voted a resolution 50 states, including Germany, are asking to end this war in Ukraine, but what will the others do? states do that makes China great For example, she abstained from a similar vote last time This resolution is different because for the first time it focuses on the issue of peace and not on the issue of blame Knowing the integrity of the president it is the crucial moment to show support, unity and solidarity now you can show that you keep your hangover with words and deeds Federal Foreign Minister Bergburg is the last regular speaker before the ongoing vote on the request for Ukraine and its position is crystal clear, we want this war to end, we want peace this plan for the super mountain of peace will be presented in the hangover of the un each and every one of us here today has the opportunity to contribute to this peace plan telling the margressor to stop must be made clear that it is not peace when an egressor tells his victim to just give up it is not peace when a gresse is rewarded for its ruthless violence criticism of german and western arms deliveries to

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stops fighting it will be the end of ukraine the vote in the accident assembly is now going on and just finished 141 out of 193 states have adopted this resolution so that is a very clear majority let's talk about it with Holger Niemann of the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University from Hamburg, good evening and how important is this resolution if you judge it now 141 votes yes, this resolution is definitely an important symbolic step, it is symbolic in the sense that resolutions of accidental assemblies can only have a limited effect, but it is a more important signal because the number of supporters has remained the same and, above all, the number of the countries that have abstained remained approximately the same remained the same is correct compared to a similar resolution about a year ago there were two resolutions last year in both the voting proportions were approximately the same as now, but it must also be said that in this case it was like last year with Russia with India and China, two very important players in the United Nations, have just abstained again , that was to be expected, but nevertheless it is a sign that the fronts in the United Nations have hardened a bit too, that is what we have last time they also said that although there were many states, not so much of the world population was represented by these votes, what practical effects does such a resolution have, because Russia is asked to make peace, is it will not implement it just now because the UN General Assembly demands it, yes, but that is exactly the reason why the resolution is still important, it is a symbolic act, but it clearly shows that at least a large number of the majority of UN member states are still unequivocal in However, in their assessment of the situation and also in their assessment of the role of Russia in this war, it must be stated that again a large number of countries, especially from the global south, from Asia, from Africa, have abstained from voting and therefore make it clear that they are quite skeptical about the whole thing, now they are not only on point in the General Assembly there is also the UN Security Council tomorrow there are the veto powers of China and Russia what can we expect then yes Russia and China too but above all Russia of course prevented decisions last year at the moment the Security Council with a veto it is to be hoped that this will happen again in the future, but that is precisely why it is so right that the non-plenary assembly is sending a strong signal and in fact could have sent an even stronger signal, because the Security Council is the responsible institution in this situation because it is blocked for the UN at the moment, the only way is through the general assembly and that is why this resolution is important, it is a signal and it is a call to all member states supporting this resolution to coordinate their actions accordingly in order to have a common active policy towards the non-plenary assembly Russia has just adopted a resolution for peace in Ukraine with a clear majority