United Nations Security Council draft resolution S/2022/155
Date: 2022-02-25 (meeting 8979)
Agenda: Letter dated 28 February 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2014/136)
Vetoed by: RUSSIA/USSR

United Nations
Security Council
Distr.: General
25 February 2022
Original: English
S/2022/155

Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria,
Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Botswana, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia,
Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Latvia, Lesotho,
Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Marshall
Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Monaco, Montenegro,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, North Macedonia, Norway,
Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland,
Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania,
Samoa, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and
Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland and United States of America: draft resolution

The Security Council,

Recalling the obligation of all States under Article 2 of the United Nations
Charter to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against
the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner
inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations, and to settle their international
disputes by peaceful means,

Recalling its primary responsibility under the United Nations Charter for the
maintenance of international peace and security,

Recalling the 1975 Helsinki Final Act of the Conference on Security and
Co-operation in Europe and the 1994 Budapest Memorandum,

Recalling its Resolution 2202 (2015) that calls on parties to fully implement the
"Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements", including a
comprehensive ceasefire as provided for therein, as well as stressing the importance
of the full implementation of the Minsk Protocol of 5 September 2014 and the Minsk
Memorandum of 19 September 2014,

Endorsing the Secretary-General's call for the Russian Federation to stop its
offensive against Ukraine,

Condemning the 23 February 2022 declaration by the Russian Federation of a
"special military operation" in Ukraine,
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S/2022/155
Expressing grave concern at reports of civilian casualties,
1. Reaffirms its commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity, and
territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders;
2.
Deplores in the strongest terms the Russian Federation's aggression
against Ukraine in violation of Article 2, paragraph 4 of the United Nations Charter;
3. Decides that the Russian Federation shall immediately cease its use of
force against Ukraine and shall refrain from any further unlawful threat or use of force
against any UN member state;
4.
Decides that the Russian Federation shall immediately, completely, and
unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces from the territory of Ukraine within
its internationally recognized borders;
5.
Deplores the Russian Federation's 21 February 2022 decision related to
the status of certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine as a violation
of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and inconsistent with the
principles of the Charter of the United Nations;
6. Decides the Russian Federation shall immediately and unconditionally
reverse the decision related to the status of certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk
regions of Ukraine;
7.
Calls on the parties to abide by the Minsk agreements and to work
constructively in relevant international frameworks, including in the Normandy
Format and Trilateral Contact Group, towards their full implementation;
8.
Calls upon all parties to allow and facilitate the rapid, safe, and unhindered
access of humanitarian assistance to those in need in Ukraine, to protect civilians,
including humanitarian personnel and persons in vulnerable situations, including
children;
9.
Condemns all violations of international humanitarian law and violations
and abuses of human rights, and calls upon all parties to strictly respect the relevant
provisions of international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions of
1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977, as applicable, and to respect human
rights;
10. Welcomes and urges the continued efforts by the Secretary-General, UN
Member States, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and other
international and regional organizations, to support de-escalation of the current
situation, and also the efforts of the United Nations to respond to the humanitarian
and refugee crisis that the Russian Federation's aggression has created;
11. Decides to remain actively seized of this matter.
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Voting result: 11 yes, 1 no, 3 abstentions
Votes by member:
country: Albania
vote: Y
country: Brazil
vote: Y
country: France
vote: Y
country: Gabon
vote: Y
country: Ghana
vote: Y
country: Ireland
vote: Y
country: Kenya
vote: Y
country: Mexico
vote: Y
country: Norway
vote: Y
country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
vote: Y
country: United States of America
vote: Y
country: Russian Federation
vote: N
country: China
vote: A
country: India
vote: A
country: United Arab Emirates
vote: A