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The United States submitted a new 65-word resolution to the United Nations on Friday on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. It did not mention the territory of Ukraine occupied by Russia. It did not condemn the Russian attack. On the same day, Ukraine and its European allies also submitted a separate resolution to the United Nations.
The UN General Assembly will vote on the two resolutions next Monday (February 24). This day marks the third anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called his proposal “plain and historic” and urged UN members to support it.
Top US and Russian officials recently met in Riyadh to end the war in Ukraine. Ukraine was not invited to the meeting. US President Donald Trump said that the presence of a Ukrainian representative in the peace talks was “not important.” The conflict between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reached an extreme level.
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Washington’s 65-word statement “expressed its condolences over the tragic loss of life in the Russia-Ukraine war” and called for a “swift end to the conflict.”
Russia’s UN ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, called the US proposal a “good step.” However, he said it did not address the “root causes” of the conflict.
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The proposal by Ukraine and its European allies calls for redoubled diplomatic efforts to end the war by the end of this year. It outlines some of the steps that could be taken to end it. The proposal condemns Russia and calls for the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
The proposal also references an older resolution on the war in Ukraine, passed by the UN General Assembly in October 2022 with 143 votes. The resolution called for the immediate withdrawal of all Russian troops from occupied Ukrainian territory.
