In UN votes to commemorate the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United States has voted twice in favour of Russia, highlighting the Trump administration’s shift in position regarding the war.
First, the two nations opposed a resolution that the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York passed, which supported Ukraine’s territorial integrity while condemning Moscow’s actions. Then they backed a US-draughted resolution at the UN Security Council calling for an end to the conflict but containing no criticism of Russia.
The Security Council resolution passed, but the UK and France, two important allies of the United States, didn’t vote because their attempts to change the wording were blocked.Competitive resolutions were introduced as French President Emmanuel Macron, who visited President Donald Trump at the White House in an attempt to address his sharp differences in the war.
Additionally, the British Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, will pay the visit to the new American leader on Thursday. Trump’s White House has enhanced the transatlantic alliance, doubting Moscow and doubting the US’s long -term commitment to European security.
This divide was made clear on Monday when US diplomats presented a limited resolution to the 193-member UNGA, pleading for an immediate end to the “Russia-Ukraine conflict” and remembering the lives lost there.
A more in-depth document was presented by diplomats from Europe, praising Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and pointing the finger at Russia for the massive invasion. Mariana Betsa, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine, stated, “We need to reconfirm that the aggression should be condemned and discredited, not rewarded.”
The European resolution was supported by UNGA members by 93 votes, but the United States, along with Russia, Israel, North Korea, Sudan, Belarus, Hungary, and 11 other states, with 65 abstentions, did not abstain but actually voted against it.UNGA also passed the American resolution, but only after an amendment was made to include Ukraine-supporting language, which stopped the US.
The UN, France, Denmark, Greece, and Slovenia, with 10 votes, with a more powerful United Nations Security Council with about 15 members, which has 15 members, passed an unpublished American resolution.
Acting US Ambassador to the United Nations, Dorothy Camily Sheya, “Sankalp”, “simple historical statement … which looks forward, not backwards.” It was a resolution focused on a single, straight idea: ending the war. Rarely has America been in obstacles with its European colleagues.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine three years ago, the Security Council has been stunned by the power of Russia, one of its five permanent members, to veto any resolution there.
For this reason the UNGA has been the main forum for debating the war, but its resolutions are not legally binding for member states, unlike those of the Security Council.
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