The UN Security Council late yesterday, Friday, unanimously adopted a statement on Ukraine, the first since Russia invaded the country on February 24, expressing «his strong support“In the efforts of the Secretary-General of the Organization and expresses”his deep concern for the maintenance of peace and security “in the country.
The communication, drafted by Norway and Mexico, does not go so far as to clearly support a mediation effort by the Antonio Guterresas provided for in a first version of the text, which has been under negotiation since Thursday.
However, this announcement is the first expression of Security Council unity since the beginning of the war. At the end of February the Moscow had vetoed another statement calling on Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine.
«“The Security Council expresses its deep concern over the maintenance of peace and security in Ukraine,” the statement said. “The Security Council recalls that all member countries have the obligation, based on the UN Charter, to settle their international disputes peacefullyHe adds.
«“The Security Council expresses its strong support for the Secretary-General’s efforts to find a peaceful solution,” the statement said. Guterres to update it again “in due course».
The UN Secretary-General welcomed the support, noting that “I will make every effort to save lives, reduce suffering and find the way to peace. “.
«Today for the first time the The Security Council voted in favor of peace in Ukraine“, Guterres expressed his satisfaction in his announcement. «The people must unite to put down their weapons and to uphold the values of the UN Charter. “he underlined.
The UN secretary-general met last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.
These meetings paved the way for joint operations by the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross, removing some 500 civilians from Mariupol and the Azovstal steel plant in recent days..
The United Nations announced yesterday that Guterres would return to the region on Monday and Tuesday, visiting Moldova, a country that has welcomed half a million people. Ukrainian refugees.
Since mid-April, the UN has been trying to form a “humanitarian contact group”, which will meet at the same table in Ukraine, Russia and the UN, in vain so far.
«We are still looking for ways to bring the warring parties together in a viable and structured way “to” discuss humanitarian issues“, Said yesterday the UN representative Stefan Dizaric.
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