United Nations Security Council draft resolution S/2022/720
Date: 2022-09-30 (meeting 9143)
Agenda: Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine
Vetoed by: RUSSIA/USSR

United Nations
Security Council
Distr.: General
30 September 2022
Original: English
S/2022/720
Albania and United States of America: draft resolution
The Security Council,
Recalling the obligation of all States under Article 2 of the 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 in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice,
are not endangered,
Recalling its primary responsibility under the United Nations Charter for the
maintenance of international peace and security,
Reaffirming that no territorial acquisition resulting from the threat or use of
force shall be recognized as legal,
Noting that Ukraine's regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhya
are areas that, in part, are under the control of the Russian Federation as a result of
Russia's full-scale invasion, in violation of the sovereignty, political independence
and territorial integrity of Ukraine,
Noting that the 21 February 2022 decision by the Russian Federation related to
the status of certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine is a
violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and inconsistent with
the principles of the Charter,
Further noting that Ukraine has not authorized the so-called referenda held in
Ukraine's regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhya on 23 to
27 September 2022 and that they are illegal under international law,
Deploring the Russian Federation's unlawful actions with regards to the illegal
so-called referenda taken on 23 to 27 September 2022 as attempts to modify Ukraine's
internationally recognized borders,
Determining that the Russian Federation's attempts to annex the territory of
Ukraine constitute a threat to international peace and security,
1. Reaffirms its commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and
territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders,
extending to its territorial waters;
2. Condemns the Russian Federation's organization of illegal so-called
referenda in regions within Ukraine's internationally recognized borders;
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3. Declares that the Russian Federation's unlawful actions with regards to
the illegal so-called referenda taken on 23 to 27 September 2022 in parts of Ukraine's
regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhya that are under the Russian
Federation's temporary control can have no validity and cannot form the basis for any
alteration of the status of these regions of Ukraine, including any purported
annexation of any of these regions by the Russian Federation;
4. Calls upon all States, international organizations and specialized agencies
not to recognize any alteration of the status of Ukraine's regions of Luhansk, Donetsk,
Kherson or Zaporizhzhya on the basis of the Russian Federation's unlawful actions
with regards to the illegal so-called referenda taken on 23 to 27 September 2022, and
to refrain from any action or dealing that might be interpreted as recognizing any such
altered status;
5. Further calls upon all States, international organizations and specialized
agencies not to recognize any purported acquisition by the Russian Federation of any
or all of Ukraine's regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson or Zaporizhzhya, and to
refrain from any action or dealing that might be interpreted as recognizing any such
purported acquisition;
6. Also declares that the 21 February 2022 decision by the Russian
Federation related to the status of certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions
of Ukraine is a violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and
inconsistent with the principles of the Charter;
7. Decides that the Russian Federation shall immediately and
unconditionally reverse its decision on 21 February 2022 related to the purported
status of certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, and refrain
from future decisions related to the purported status of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya
regions of Ukraine;
8. Decides that the Russian Federation shall desist and refrain from actions
aimed at the partial or total disruption of the national unity and territory integrity of
Ukraine in all areas within Ukraine's internationally recognized borders, including
the regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhya;
9. Decides that the Russian Federation shall immediately cease its full-scale
unlawful invasion of Ukraine and refrain from any further unlawful threat or use of
force against any Member State;
10. 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, which includes those regions addressed by the
illegal so-called referenda, to enable a peaceful resolution of the conflict between the
Russian Federation and Ukraine through political dialogue, negotiation, mediation or
other peaceful means;
11. Welcomes the efforts of the United Nations, including of the United
Nations Crisis Coordinator for Ukraine, Member States, and humanitarian
organizations to respond to the humanitarian and refugee crisis;
12. Welcomes and expresses its strong support for the continued efforts by the
Secretary-General, and calls on Member States and international organizations,
including the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and other
international and regional organizations to support the de-escalation of the current
situation;
13. Decides to remain actively seized of this matter.
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Voting result: 10 yes, 1 no, 4 abstentions
Votes by member:
country: Albania
vote: Y
country: France
vote: Y
country: Ghana
vote: Y
country: Ireland
vote: Y
country: Kenya
vote: Y
country: Mexico
vote: Y
country: Norway
vote: Y
country: United Arab Emirates
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: Brazil
vote: A
country: China
vote: A
country: Gabon
vote: A
country: India
vote: A