Check against delivery Madame President, We are here because in 2014, the Russian Federation began its aggression against Ukraine. Four years ago, it launched a full-scale invasion. Ukraine has tabled a resolution today. To show our support to the peace efforts. This is the chance for the UN membership to prove – we all want this war to stop. We want a just and lasting peace. UN reports confirm that Russia has committed war crimes and atrocities in Ukraine at mass scale. And we must call…
Check against delivery Madame President, We are here because in 2014, the Russian Federation began its aggression against Ukraine. Four years ago, it launched a full-scale invasion. Ukraine has tabled a resolution today. To show our support to the peace efforts. This is the chance for the UN membership to prove – we all want this war to stop. We want a just and lasting peace. UN reports confirm that Russia has committed war crimes and atrocities in Ukraine at mass scale. And we must call Russia’s crimes for what they are. As defined by Article II of the Genocide Convention, genocide is: “The intent “to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group.” Russia has repeatedly denied Ukraine’s right to exist. To…
