Reckoning with recent reports of the deployment of foreign troops and the authorization to use long-range weapons to strike across borders, speakers in the Security Council today discussed how best to achieve peace in Ukraine as civilians there ready themselves to face a third winter under increasingly harsh conditions.
“One thousand days have passed since the Russian Federation launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in brazen violation of the UN Charter and international law,” observed Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, as she spoke for UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Today, the war rages on — “undiminished” — as the Russian Federation recently launched one of its largest combined strikes targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, alongside recent reports that Ukrainian forces would be authorized to use long-range weapons supplied by partners for strikes within the Russian Federation. […]
“Ukraine today may be East Asia tomorrow,” said Fujii Hisayuki, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, pointing out that Pyongyang’s direct support to Moscow has serious potential consequences for both European and Indo-Pacific peace and security. What is needed now, he stressed, “is not a call for ‘peace’ that ignores Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, nor a demand for both sides to deescalate in an equal manner”. Rather, the question is whether to uphold or disregard the principles of the UN’s founding document. “It cannot be clearer who violates the Charter,” he noted. Läs pressmeddelande