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But I think the European resolve is even greater. When there’s someone else not as strong, the others fill in,
she told Reuters after the meeting, co-organised by Ukraine and Liechtenstein on the sidelines of the UN Human Rights Council
You are not alone. Norway and other countries, all the countries who are here, but also other countries, will continue to support you as you fight for your territorial integrity, your sovereignty and your human dignity,
Norway’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik told a packed room of ministers and diplomats.jpg)
Starting today, I can announce this government will begin the biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the end of the Cold War,
Starmer said,The road ahead is very challenging but when we are united we can prevail,
she saidWe must go further still. I have long argued that ... all European allies must step up and do more for our own defence,
he said
Every day, Ukrainian families live in fear of Russian war crimes; to date, troops have committed some 147,000 of them. And every night, Ukrainian families live in fear of Russian aerial strikes, which continue to pound the country,
Thomas-Greenfield said during a UNSC briefing in November 2024.
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We call on all other UN member states to join the United States in pushing for a durable peace that will bring stability to Europe and deter further aggression,
said the US envoy to the United Nations, Dorothy Shea
The General Assembly, expressing its mourning for the tragic loss of life in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and reiterating that the principal purpose of the United Nations, as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, is to maintain international peace and security and peacefully settle disputes, calls for a swift end to the conflict and the further achievement of a lasting peace between Ukraine and Russia."
The text prepared by the US delegation consists of one sentence
I think that today, our American colleagues have seen for themselves that the road to peace in Ukraine will not be an easy one, and there will be many who will try to make sure the peace does not come for as long as possible,
Nebenzia said
Reaffirming its commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders, extending to its territorial waters."
A paragraph was inserted that saidThese amendments pursue a war of words rather than an end to the war,
U.S. envoy Dorothy Shea saidThe essence of it has become completely distorted,
Russian ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said,The Path to Peace,”
Then late Friday afternoon, the United States put forward its own brief text, titled
Russia believed Ukraine would surrender. Russia believed we would fall in three days. Russia believed our government would flee. However, Russia miscalculated gravely,
Mariana Betsa, Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister, told the gathering, saying Ukrainians continueI would rather not explain it now, but it's sort of self evident I think,
Trump told reporters Monday when asked why the U.S. opposed Ukraine's resolution
What we need is a resolution marking the commitment from all U.N. member states to bring a durable end to the war,
Shea said
As we mark three years of this devastation — Russia's full invasion against Ukraine — we call on all nations to stand firm and to take … the side of the Charter, the side of humanity and the side of just and lasting peace, peace through strength,
she saidThe way we answer to Russian atrocities and crimes, the way we answer to aggression as a tool of statecraft will define not only the future of Ukraine, will define not only the future of Europe; it will define our common future, the future of the entire democratic world and the future of the U.N.,
said Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Mariana Betsa in her speech to the General Assembly before the vote
President Trump is committed to ending the Russia-Ukraine war and to a resolution that leads to a lasting peace, not just a temporary pause,
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in statement Friday
This resolution is consistent with President Donald Trump’s view that the U.N. must return to its founding purpose, as enshrined in the U.N. Charter, to maintain international peace and security, including through the peaceful settlement of disputes,
State Department Secretary Marco Rubio said in a statement Friday