United Nations General Assembly Resolution 73/194
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| UN General Assembly Resolution 73/194 | |||||||||||
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| Date | 17 December 2018 | ||||||||||
| Meeting no. | 56th Plenary | ||||||||||
| Code | A/RES/73/194 (Document) | ||||||||||
| Subject | Problem of the militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, as well as parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov | ||||||||||
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| Result | Resolution adopted | ||||||||||
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 73/194 was adopted on December 17, 2018 by the Seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly in response to the Russian activities in Crimea as well as the Kerch Strait incident. The non-binding resolution, which was supported by 66 United Nations member states, affirmed the General Assembly's commitment to the territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders and condemns the Kerch Strait incident. Nineteen nations voted against the resolution, while 72 abstained, and a further 36 states were absent when the vote took place.[1]
Voting
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Draft Amendment
[edit]Before action on the initial draft, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Syrian Arab Republic proposed an amendment calling upon both parties to cooperate on resolving the crisis.[2] The Amendment failed with only 25 votes in favor.[3]
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 Algeria Angola Argentina Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Benin Bhutan Brazil Brunei Burkina Faso Cameroon Chile Colombia Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Guinea India Ivory Coast Jamaica Jordan Kenya Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Liberia Malawi Malaysia Mali Mexico Mongolia Mozambique Namibia Nepal Oman Pakistan Paraguay Palau Peru Philippines Qatar Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Senegal Seychelles South Africa Sri Lanka Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago United Arab Emirates Uruguay Yemen
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 Albania Andorra Australia Austria Belgium Belize Botswana Bulgaria Canada Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Guatemala Greece Guyana Honduras Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kiribati Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Maldives Malta Marshall Islands Micronesia Monaco Moldova Montenegro Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Romania Samoa San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Tuvalu Ukraine United Kingdom United States Vanuatu |
 Afghanistan Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Azerbaijan Bahamas Bosnia and Herzegovina Burkina Faso Cabo Verde Comoros Central African Republic Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Fiji Gabon Gambia Ghana Grenada Guinea-Bissau Haiti Iraq Lebanon Lesotho Libya Madagascar Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Niger Republic of the Congo Saint Kitts and Nevis Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Somalia Tajikistan Timor-Leste Tonga Tunisia Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Vietnam Zambia
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Observer States:  Holy See and  State of Palestine
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References
[edit]- ^ "Draft resolution" (PDF). papersmart.unmeetings.org.
- ^ "A/73/L.68 - E - A/73/L.68". undocs.org.
- ^ "Draft amendment" (PDF). papersmart.unmeetings.org.