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AND IN THE VOTES TO CONDEMN RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE IN 2022 AND 2023
VOTES ON SUSPENDING RUSSIA FROM HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
U.N. Votes to Suspend Russia From Human Rights Council (UN News, 4-7-22)
UN suspends Russia from human rights body: How your country voted (Aljazeera, 4-8-22)
THE DEVELOPING WORLD AND UKRAINE
Why non-Western countries tend to see Russia's war very, very differently (MSNBC, 4-11-22)
Anti-Russia Alliance Is Missing a Big Bloc: The Developing World (The Wall Street Journal, 4-14-22)
At an emergency session in New York on March 2nd, 2022, 141 of the 193 member states backed the motion condemning Russia’s decision to go to war with Ukraine. The resolutions do not have force in international law but represent a rebuke of Russia’s invasion. Binding enforcement actions are up to the U.N. Security Council, where Russia has unilateral veto power as a permanent member of the council.
5 Countries voted against.
35 Abstained.
12 Didn't vote.
Which Countries Voted Against?
5 Countries, including Russia, voted against the UN’s motion.
North Korea, Belarus, Eritrea and Syria chose to back Russia in the vote.
Belarus is a closy ally of Russia and has been as a staging ground for the
current invasion of Ukraine.
It’s President, Alexander Lukashenko, has been criticised for helping Vladimir
Putin and his forces are understood to be gearing up for deployment to assist
Russia.
Russia
Belarus
North Korea
Eritrea
Syria
Which Countries Abstained?
35 Abstained.
Just under one fifth of member states chose to abstain from the vote to deplore
Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
Russia’s key ally China was among them, as well as India, Iraq and Iran.
India and China both previously abstained on a separate motion at the UN
Security Council motion, with India reliant on Russia for military equipment,
while China’s Xi Jinping has been reluctant to break off ties to Mr Putin as he
seeks to rival Western influence.
Justifying his abstention, China’s UN ambassador Zhang Jun said of the
resolution “does it take full consideration the history and complexity of the
current crisis?”, while India’s permanent representative T. S. Tirumurti called
for more peace talks and said he was abstaining “keeping in view the totality of
the evolving situation”.
China, which has grown increasingly close to Russia in recent years, says it
will not participate in Western sanctions against Moscow.
Full list of countries that abstained:
Algeria
Angola
Armenia
Bangladesh
Bolivia
Burundi
Central African Republic
China
Congo
Cuba
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
India
Iran
Iraq
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Madagascar
Mali
Mongolia
Mozambique
Namibia
Nicaragua
Pakistan
Senegal
South Africa
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Uganda
Vietnam
Zimbabwe
Which Countries Didn’t Vote At All?
As well as those that voted against or chose to abstain from the vote, 12 chose
not to vote at all.
Venezuela was unable to vote because its voting rights had been suspended as a
result of unpaid UN membership dues.
No vote recorded:
Azerbaijan
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Morocco
Togo
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Which Countries Did Not Support the UN Motion to End the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in 2023?
Many world leaders voted in favour of a United Nations General Assembly motion to demand an immediate end to the invasion of Ukraine in 2023. 141 Member states backed the motion. However not everyone backed the motion.
Which Countries Voted Against?
7 Countries voted against the motion. The number of countries that voted against the motion increased since the vote last year.
Last year, Mali and Eritrea were among the abstainers. That changed this year.
Which Countries Abstained?
32 Countries abstained, including China, India, Pakistan and South Africa.
Algeria
Angola
Armenia
Bangladesh
Bolivia
Burundi
Central African Republic
China
Congo
Cuba
El Salvador
Ethiopia
Gabon
Guinea
India
Iran
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Mongolia
Mozambique
Namibia
Pakistan
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Tajikistan
Togo
Uganda
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Zimbabwe
Which Countries Did Not Vote?
13 Countries did not vote. These countries include.
Azerbaijan
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Dominica
Equatorial Guinea
Eswatini
Grenada
Guinea Bissau
Lebanon
Senegal
Turkmenistan
United Republic of Tanzania
Venezuela
Relevant News Articles
UN approves resolution calling for Russia to leave Ukraine (AP News, 2-23-23)
These countries sided with Russia in UN vote on Ukraine war (The Hill, 2-23-23)
UN Vote: 7 Countries That Didn't Support Russia's Withdrawal (Zero Hedge, 2-24-23)
Image of 2023 UN Vote on Ukraine (UN News on Twitter)