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The UN Security Council late on Monday adopted a resolution proposed by the United States of America regarding Ukraine, in its original form without anti-Russian rhetoric.
According to Sputnik Agency: "10 countries voted in favor of the resolution, including Russia, China and the United States of America, while 5 other countries abstained from voting, while no one voted against it." The resolution was adopted "in its original form," and the UN Security Council rejected the Western amendments that contained anti-Russian rhetoric.
The text of the resolution stated that "the primary purpose of the United Nations is to maintain international peace and security and the peaceful settlement of disputes," strongly demanding "an immediate end to the conflict and the necessity of establishing lasting peace between Ukraine and the Russian Federation."
Sputnik Agency quoted its correspondent there as saying that "the UN Security Council unanimously rejected the proposal of France, Greece and the United Kingdom to postpone the vote on the draft resolution proposed by the United States of America regarding the conflict in Ukraine."
US Deputy Ambassador Dorothy Camille Shea later recalled that "this text should not be postponed because it was presented at the right time and is brief," noting that this resolution is not "a peace agreement but a path to peace."
Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzia said during the Security Council session: "We appreciate the position expressed by President (Donald) Trump, on several occasions, that the Ukrainian crisis has deep-rooted causes."
Yesterday, Monday, the UN General Assembly adopted a second resolution on Ukraine proposed by the United States, which included a number of anti-Russian amendments by Western countries, after adopting an anti-Russian resolution proposed by Ukraine.
"Unfortunately, in the absence of the amendment we proposed on the need to eliminate the root causes of the conflict, and after the adoption of the European amendments, its essence was completely distorted. As a result, instead of the call for peace, which our American colleagues originally conceived, we found ourselves in front of another anti-Russian card, distorting the truth and creating unrealistic expectations and ideas to oppose the international community on ways to resolve the Ukrainian crisis," Nebenzia said in his speech to the UN General Assembly.
Before the submission of the American draft, the UN General Assembly had adopted a draft resolution drafted by Ukraine on the Ukrainian crisis, which included anti-Russian clauses, yesterday, Monday.
It is worth noting that for the first time since the beginning of the Russian special military operation, the United States did not participate in writing an anti-Russian draft resolution, as it had consistently supported anti-Russian resolutions in the General Assembly before President Donald Trump came to power.
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