Joint Statement on the Recent Developments in Ukraine

image (not from article) from

United States Mission to the United Nations

Office of Press and Public Diplomacy
For Immediate Release
June 28, 2022

Joint Statement on the Recent Developments in Ukraine 

The following is a joint statement as delivered by the Permanent Representative of Albania on behalf of Albania, France, Ireland, Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Ukraine. 

Today the Security Council convenes under the agenda item Maintenance of Peace and Security of Ukraine an urgent meeting to discuss the latest developments in Ukraine following the most recent strikes on civilians by Russian forces in Kremenchuk.

We, members of the Security Council namely France, Ireland, Norway, United Kingdom, United States, and Albania, joined by Ukraine, reiterate our full support for the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders.

We strongly condemn the intensification of Russian missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine, targeting residential areas and civilian infrastructure, over the period of 25-27 June 2022.

We condemn in the strongest terms the killing of civilians as a result of these missile attacks, in particular the attack that hit a crowded shopping center in Kremenchuk, Poltava region of Ukraine. This strike was a blatant attack on civilian infrastructure and civilian population.

We express our deep sympathy and our condolences to the families of the victims and stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people.

We express our deep concern about the high number of civilian casualties and deteriorating humanitarian situation due to the ongoing military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.

We strongly condemn all violations of international humanitarian law and reiterate our call for parties in armed conflict to strictly abide by the Geneva Convention of 1949 and Additional Protocol I thereto, of 1977, as applicable.

We underline the need to conduct an objective, professional and independent investigation, to hold to account those who violate international humanitarian law and bring the perpetrators of war crimes to justice. In this respect, we fully support the ongoing investigation of the ICC, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine and other international investigations. We call on all states to cooperate fully with efforts to ensure accountability.

We demand an immediate cessation of the hostilities by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, of all attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure, and the full and immediate withdrawal of the Russian forces and military equipment from within Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders and territorial waters.

We recall the obligation of all Member States under the Charter of the United Nations and international law to settle their international disputes by peaceful means.

###

By  | 29 June, 2022 | Topics: News, Press Releases

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Full List of Companies That Have Stayed in Russia – And The Ones That Decided to Leave [Updated Weekly]

Image
  Full List of Companies That Have Stayed in Russia – And The Ones That Decided to Leave [Updated Weekly] from Read, websiteplanet , via ame liabrunolh@gmail.com With this in mind, how are companies responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? We’ve compiled the internet’s most extensive list of multinational companies and their responses to the invasion. While some companies have been praised for their efforts, others have been justifiably accused of not doing enough. This article covers those companies that have left or partially left Russia, and those that have stayed. We’ll provide regular updates to keep the information accurate and relevant, so make sure to check back in! Disclaimer Our report can only reflect companies for which data is available from independent sources, or that have publicly stated their response to the war in Ukraine. A full investigation of all companies operating in Russia, or not, isn’t possible at this time, due to a lack of transparency. Countries with mo
Read more

Social Breakdown Starts With Skipping a Stop Sign

Image
Even with fewer cars on the road in 2020, traffic fatalities were up. Blame receding law enforcement. Image from article: Heavy traffic in New York, June 4   PHOTO:  NIYI FOTE/ZUMA PRESS By Warren Kozak , The Wall Street Journal , July 25, 2021 4:31 pm ET New York You’ve probably never heard of Henry Hale Bliss, but he holds a dubious distinction in American history. On the evening of Sept. 13, 1899, Bliss, a 69-year-old real-estate developer, stepped off the Eighth Avenue trolley at 74th Street and Central Park West in Manhattan. As he reached back to assist a female rider off the trolley, he was hit by an electric taxi driven by Arthur Smith. Bliss was taken to Roosevelt Hospital, where he died the next morning, thus becoming the first recorded automobile fatality in the U.S.   Bliss image from Wikipedia The accident made headlines in New York papers. Today, unless the victim is a celebrity, traffic deaths are rarely considered newsworthy. That might be because there have been rough
Read more

[updated 12/17] Plastic Water Bottles Collection/Eradication in Cleveland Park, Washington DC

Image
For the previous entry to this blog [11/30],  see ; scroll down for 12/17 Due to a number of factors, your scribbler has been unable during the past several weeks to keep up his blog on his minor, personal efforts to pick up (and dispose of, in public waste receptacles) plastic water bottles (PWBs) and other trash, ranging from left-over plastic gloves to used prophylactics, in his Cleveland Park neighborhood in the NW Quadrant of Washington, DC: Today, your blogger, in better shape, " Afoot and light-hearted ," returned to his near-daily account of his neighborhood PWBs/other trash excursion, which covers the following area of Cleveland Park: --Tilden Street, at its intersections with Connecticut Avenue and Spring of Freedom Road; --Spring of Freedom Road with its intersection at Rock Creek Park;  --Porter Street at its intersection with Connecticut Avenue; --Connecticut Avenue at its intersection with the University of the District of Columbia (UDC)
Read more