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| The United Nations Security Council adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine that takes a neutral position on the conflict. | ||
| The U.S. opposed an earlier General Assembly resolution demanding Russian withdrawal from Ukraine, but won approval of the Security Council measure calling for peace without assigning blame to the conflict. | ||
| The 9,866 meeting of the Security Council is called to audio. | ||
| The provisional agenda for this meeting is maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine. | ||
| The agenda is adopted. | ||
| And I'll give the floor to the Representative of France. | ||
| Monsieur President. | ||
| President. | ||
| The file before us today, three years day to day after the large-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, calls on the Security Council to be united. | ||
| It would call, at the very least, for this Council to take the time to undertake true negotiations in a spirit of confidence and with the necessary serenity to discuss such a situation that is essential to European security and to collective security, as well as to international peace and security. | ||
| We wish to express our concern with regard to the fact that the draft text submitted to us was introduced without real negotiations among the members of this council. | ||
| That is why I am honored to present on behalf of France, the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Greece a motion to postpone this session with regard to Article 33 of the provisional rules of this council until the 25th of February at 3 p.m. so that we can take the necessary time to examine this matter. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
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I've thanked the Representative France for the statement and I'll give the floor to the Representative of the UK. | |
| Thank you, President. | ||
| I wanted to say that we strongly support the request made by France to adjourn this meeting until tomorrow at three o'clock. | ||
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We note that the draft resolution authored by the United States was circulated late on Friday evening without consultations, depriving Council members of the opportunity to fully consider and negotiate the text. | |
| We would urge colleagues to vote in favour of the request to adjourn the meeting under Rule 33 of the Provisional Rules of Procedure, noting that there has been a precedent for such a request. | ||
| I thank you, President. | ||
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I thank the Representative of the UK for the statement, and I'll give the floor to the representative of the US. | |
| Thank you, Mr. President. | ||
| The United States strongly opposes the proposal to delay voting on our resolution. | ||
| I would note that the United States already acceded to the request of some members of the Council to delay this meeting because we had originally requested to have the meeting convened this morning. | ||
| And as we just discussed in consultations, numerous consultations did take place between the United States and every single mission represented in this Council. | ||
| The United States drafted this text to mark the commitment of the United Nations and the Security Council in particular to bringing a durable end to the war in Ukraine. | ||
| Our resolution is simple, straightforward, and focused on the future, not the past. | ||
| The United States calls on Member States to vote on the resolution today, the third anniversary of the conflict's escalation, when we have momentum behind us. | ||
| And because we do not have another day to spare, every day that goes by without peace means more people dead, more destruction, more misery. | ||
| The United States has consulted with Council members throughout the weekend and all morning and into the afternoon. | ||
| We believe this Council has had sufficient time to consider this simple text. | ||
| The draft implores a swift end to the conflict and further urges a lasting peace. | ||
| We can and should and must agree on that. | ||
| Mr. President, it's time to vote. | ||
| I thank you. | ||
| Just now, the representative of France put forward the proposal to adjourn the meeting until 3 p.m. on the 25th of February. | ||
| The US Representative expressed her opposition to it. | ||
| Pursuing to Rule 33.3 of the Provisional Rules of Procedure of the Security Council, I shall put the proposal of France to a vote. | ||
| Those in favor of the proposal, please raise their hand Those against | ||
| The President | ||
| The proposal fronts received six votes in favour, three votes against, six abstentions. | ||
| The proposal is rejected, having failed to obtain nine affirmative votes. | ||
| The Security Council will begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. | ||
| Members of the Council have before them document S Stroke 2025, Stroke 119, namely the text of a draft resolution submitted by the United States of America. | ||
| The Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. | ||
| I now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make a statement before the vote. | ||
| I now give the floor to the Representative of the U.S. Thank you, Mr. President. | ||
| And I would like to thank the Presidency for scheduling this meeting today. | ||
| Today we stand on the precipice of history with a solemn task, creating conditions to end the bloodiest war on the European continent since the successive cataclysms that spurred the creation of this Council. | ||
| In June of 1945, the nations of the world stood together, bloodied from two brutal wars, and made a decision. | ||
| On the day we signed the UN Charter, we cast aside despair and chose hope. | ||
| We set aside hatred and chose reason. | ||
| And most importantly, we turned away from the death march of war and charted a path to peace. | ||
| It is time for us to bring the UN and specifically the Security Council back to its original purpose, the maintenance of international peace and security, including the peaceful settlement of disputes. | ||
| Let us now step up as Council members to chart a path forward so that the Security Council can do its job and end the horror. | ||
| Generations of Ukrainians and Russians have died. | ||
| Husbands who will never return home to their wives. | ||
| Children will never find the arms of their mothers. | ||
| Parents who will never again see their sons and daughters. | ||
| The scale of the suffering is staggering. | ||
| The war has also brought the world closer to a nuclear confrontation, once again raising the specter of fire, ash, and total destruction. | ||
| Thus, it is our responsibility as UN Security Council members to help end the agony and pull ourselves back from the brink. | ||
| Continuing to engage in rhetorical rivalries in New York may make diplomats feel vindicated, but it will not save souls on the battlefield. | ||
| Let us prove to ourselves and to our citizens that we can come together and agree on the most basic principles. | ||
| Let us show one another that the bold vision of peace that once pulled us out of hell can prevail. | ||
| Our draft resolution is elegant in its simplicity, a symbolic, simple first step toward peace. | ||
| The three brief paragraphs echo the spirit of the UN Charter and must, as in 1945, affirm that this war is awful, that the UN can help end it, and that peace is possible. | ||
| We hear our European colleagues when they say they want a durable peace, but not at any cost. | ||
| Mr. President, to them I would say, rest assured that we too seek this durable peace. | ||
| And we would remind these colleagues that this resolution is not a peace deal and it imposes no costs. | ||
| Rather, this resolution represents the path to peace. | ||
| We urge all Security Council members to join the United States under the bold leadership of President Trump in this effort to vanquish the scourge of this war. | ||
| We urge all Council members to join us on this path to peace. | ||
| As a final note, the United States has called this meeting, which has already, with US assent, been rescheduled once. | ||
| I thank you, Mr. President. | ||
| I thank the Representative US for the statement. | ||
| Now I'll give the floor to the UK. | ||
| Thank you, President. | ||
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We are introducing amendments on behalf of Denmark, Greece, France, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom. | |
| There can be no equivalence between Russia and Ukraine in how this Council refers to this war. | ||
| Russia chose to launch a war of aggression against a sovereign state costing hundreds of thousands of lives. | ||
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The Council must be clear on this to find a path to a sustainable peace. | |
| We must also be clear that peace must respect the UN Charter and Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders. | ||
| These are core principles. | ||
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Upholding the Charter is the responsibility of every member of the UN, especially this Council. | |
| Earlier today, in the UN General Assembly, there was widespread support for these amendments among the wider UN membership. | ||
| We would hope that all in this Council would be able to support similar language. | ||
| As such, Mr. President, we request, first, to replace, I quote, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, unquote, in paragraph one with, quote, the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, end quote. | ||
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Second, to insert a new preambular paragraph three to read as follows, quote, reaffirming its commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity, and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders extending to its territorial waters. | |
| Third, And to amend the operational paragraph so it would read implores a swift end to the conflict and further urges a just, | ||
| lasting and comprehensive peace between Ukraine and Russia in line with the UN Charter and the principles of sovereign equality and territorial integrity of states. | ||
| End quote. | ||
| I thank you, President. | ||
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I thank the UK for the statement and I give the floor to France. | |
| Mr. President, the amendments that we are proposing and that the representative of the United Kingdom has just presented aim to show our resolute commitment after three years of war to a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine, which must be based on the United Nations Charter and international law. | ||
| Peace which must respect the sovereignty, the territorial integrity and the independence of Ukraine. | ||
| A peace which can in no case be a synonym for capitulation of the aggressed state. | ||
| These amendments also aim to recall that there is an aggressor and an aggressed state. | ||
| I would recall that after three years day-to-day, Russia attacked a sovereign state which posed no threat to it, where it already illegally occupied a part of the territory since 2014. | ||
| France this morning already, with 23 EU member states and the United Kingdom, three amendments to the resolution of the US in the General Assembly, we will remain fully committed to supporting the UN Charter and its principles and guaranteeing that the peace that we are all calling for in Ukraine is solid, lasting and just. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
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I thank France for the statement and I give the floor to the Russian Federation. | |
| Mr. President, the American draft resolution on the Ukrainian crisis we consider overall as a common sense initiative as a step in the right direction, which reflects the will of the new administration of the White House to really contribute to the peaceful settlement of the conflict. | ||
| We appreciate what was already said several times by President Trump, namely the understanding that the crisis in Ukraine has its own deeply rooted reasons. | ||
| So to make sure that this initiative is to a greater extent in line with the understandings arrived at during the Russian-American contacts at their highest level, propose an amendment to it on the need to eradicate the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis. | ||
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After swift end of the conflict, insert including addressing its root causes. | |
| Bizetov. | ||
| Without this, it will be impossible to attain a lasting and sustainable settlement. | ||
| It will not be possible to arrive there. | ||
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So, the settlement that's talked about in the only operative paragraph of the document. | |
| We also have a second amendment, which is a more accurate reflection of the agenda item and the nature of the crisis. | ||
| We propose that in the first preambular paragraph, we talk about the conflict around Ukraine and in the only operative paragraph, we talk about the lasting peace in Ukraine. | ||
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This Russian Federation-Ukraine conflict with conflict around Ukraine. | |
| And in the operative paragraph, replaced between Ukraine and the Russian Federation within Ukraine. | ||
| We cannot agree with the interpretation of the conflict as an exclusively two-way confrontation, whereas it has become clear a long time ago that its Western and First European sponsors are working through the Kiev regime. | ||
| For them, presenting this as a Russia-Ukrainian conflict is a very convenient view of the world. | ||
| It's very comfortable to hide behind that. | ||
| Otherwise, they would have to acknowledge the unseemly role they've played in the genesis of the Ukrainian conflict. | ||
| And we call on the members of the Council to support these amendments. | ||
| As regards the amendments submitted by the European countries, well, they quite clearly replace the essence of the American text. | ||
| They make it into yet another anti-Russia ultimatum in the spirit of the Bergenstock process. | ||
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We are going to vote against them and call upon others to follow suit. | |
| I thank you. | ||
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submitted by the United States of America. | |
| Three of these amendments were submitted jointly by Denmark, France, Greece, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom. | ||
| The President | ||
| If two or more amendments to a motion or draft resolution are proposed, the President shall rule on the order in which they are to be voted upon. | ||
| Ordinarily, the Security Council shall first vote on the amendment furthest removed in substance from the original proposal and then on the amendment next furthest removed until all amendments have been put to the vote. | ||
| But when an amendment adds to or deletes from the text of a motion or draft resolution, that amendment shall be voted on first. | ||
| Accordingly, I intend to put the proposed amendments to the vote first. | ||
| I shall now put to the vote the proposed amendment to preambular paragraph 1 and OP 1 submitted by the Russian Federation and contained in document S-2025-118. | ||
| Will those in favor of the proposed amendment contained in document S Stroke 2025 Stroke 118 please raise their hand against abstentions | ||
| The President The proposed amendment has not been adopted, having failed to obtain the required number of votes | ||
| The President | ||
| The result of the voting is as follows. | ||
| The proposed amendment has not been adopted, having failed to obtain the required number of votes. | ||
| I shall now put to the vote the proposed amendment to insert an additional and third preambular paragraph submitted by Denmark, France, Greece, Slovenia, The President | ||
| Those against, abstentions. | ||
| The result of the voting is as follows. | ||
| Nine votes in favour, one vote against, five abstentions. | ||
| The proposed amendment has not been adopted owing to the negative vote of a permanent member of the council | ||
| I shall now put to the vote the proposed amendment to operational paragraph 1 submitted by Denmark, France, Greece, Slovenia and the UK and contained in document 8 stroke 2025 stroke 116 | ||
| will those in favor of the proposed amendment contained in document 8 stroke 2025 stroke 116 please raise their hand those against abstentions | ||
| The result of the voting is as follows. 11 votes in favour, 1 vote against, 3 abstentions. | ||
| The proposed amendment has not been adopted, owing to the negative vote of a permanent member of the Council | ||
| Will those in favor of the proposed amendment contained in document S-Stroke 2025 stroke 117 please raise their hand those against abstentions | ||
| The result of the voting is as follows. | ||
| The proposed amendment has not been adopted, having failed to obtain the required number of votes It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution contained in document S-2025-112, | ||
| submitted by the United States of America I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. | ||
| Those in favor of the draft resolution contained in document S-2025-112, please raise their hand. | ||
| The result of the voting is as follows 10 votes in favor 0 against 5 abstentions The draft resolution has been adopted as resolution 2774 of 2025 | ||
| The President I give the floor to the United States. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. President. | ||
| Mr. President and colleagues, the United States sincerely appreciates Council members' support for this resolution and applauds the action, the first this Council has taken in three years on Ukraine to firmly call for an end to the conflict. | ||
| This resolution puts us on the path to peace. | ||
| It is a first step, but a crucial one, one of which we should all be proud. | ||
| Now we must use it to build a peaceful future for Ukraine, Russia, and the international community. | ||
| I thank you. | ||
| I thank the Representative of the United States. | ||
| I give the floor to the representative of France. | ||
| President, France did not vote in favour of the draft resolution presented by the United States. | ||
| Indeed, while we are fully committed to peace in Ukraine, we call for comprehensive, just and lasting peace, and certainly not for capitulation of the victim. | ||
| We call for a peace which should be founded on the Charter of the United Nations and on international law, which should mark a clear distinction between the aggressor, Russia, and the aggressed state, the victim, Ukraine. | ||
| There will be no peace and security anywhere if aggressions are rewarded and if the law of the jungle wins. | ||
| The peace that we want must respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the independence of Ukraine. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
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I thank Representative France. | |
| I give the floor to the Representative of the United Kingdom. | ||
| Today marks three years since Russia's unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine. | ||
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Today, we remember the millions of Ukrainians displaced, the tens of thousands of civilians killed, the lives destroyed by President Putin's imperial ambition. | |
| As the Secretary General said again yesterday, this war is illegal, a clear violation of the UN Charter, and a threat to the core principles of the UN. | ||
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No one wants peace more than Ukraine. | |
| But the terms of that peace matter. | ||
| Only a just peace, one that honours the terms of our Charter, will endure. | ||
| And the terms of the peace must send a message that aggression does not pay. | ||
| This is why there can be no equivalence between Russia and Ukraine in how this Council refers to this war. | ||
| If we are to find a path to sustainable peace, the Council must be clear on the war's origins. | ||
| We also owe it to the people of Ukraine who have suffered so much. | ||
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Russia chose to launch a war of aggression against a sovereign state, but again today is seeking to obfuscate that fact. | |
| We must also insist on respect for the UN Charter and Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders. | ||
| Upholding the Charter is the responsibility of every member of the UN and especially every member of this Council. | ||
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Every member. | |
| What, how, and on what terms this war ends can only be decided by negotiations with Ukraine. | ||
| No peace will be sustainable without Ukraine's consent. | ||
| We regret that our proposals making these points clear were not taken on board and as such we could not support this resolution. | ||
| But we share the ambition to find a lasting end to this war, supported by robust security arrangements that ensure Ukraine never again has to face Russia's attack. | ||
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As my Prime Minister has made clear, the UK remains ready to play its part. | |
| We will continue to provide Ukraine with the support it needs to protect and defend itself and its people. | ||
| We remind the Council that Russia could achieve this tomorrow by ceasing its aggression and withdrawing its forces from all of Ukraine. | ||
| I thank you. | ||
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I thank the Representative of the United Kingdom. | |
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