Russia’s war in Ukraine, in violation of the United Nations Charter, has affected 74 developing countries, affecting 1.2 billion people. said today the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, at the beginning of a meeting of the Security Council.
“Our analysis shows that 74 developing countries, with a total population of 1.2 billion people, are particularly vulnerable to soaring food, energy and fertilizer prices,” he said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to address the meeting later via video link. According to the UN, this is the first time a war-torn head of state has spoken in this way before the Security Council.
“The war in Ukraine must stop – now. We need serious peace talks, based on the principles of the United Nations Charter.”added the UN Secretary General.
As he said, it is “one of the greatest challenges ever faced in the international order and in the architecture of world peace, based on the Charter of the United Nations. Because of its nature, intensity and consequences.”
“We are dealing with a complete invasion, on many fronts, of a member state of the United Nations, Ukraine, by another, the Russian Federation – a permanent member of the Security Council – in violation of the Charter of the United Nations”he said once more.
Which has, for Moscow “many purposes including the redrawing of internationally recognized borders between two countries”he insisted, referring to the Kremlin.
“The Russian invasion also led to the displacement of at least ten million people in just one month – the most rapidly displaced population since World War II.”said Guterres.
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