United Nations Security Council votes on US-sponsored resolution that condemned Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and demands immediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal of Russian forces from the neighbouring country. The draft resolution was sponsored by the United States and Albania and supported by several other nations including Poland, Italy, Germany, Estonia, Luxembourg, and New Zealand.
11 countries voted in favour of the resolution while three countries, including India, abstained. India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti said New Delhi is deeply disturbed by the recent turn of developments in Ukraine. India urged that all efforts be made for the immediate cessation of violence and hostilities. He said, no solution can ever be arrived at the cost of human lives.
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Mr Tirumurti said, for all these reasons, India has chosen to abstain from this resolution. A permanent member of the Security Council, Russia used its veto power blocking the resolution, as expected, but western nations said, the resolution sought to show Moscow’s isolation on the global stage for its actions against Ukraine.
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