That doesn’t mean the exact same countries voted: While the West voted massively in favor as before, there have been some (minor) changes in the Global South, for example, Iraq moved from abstention a year ago to voting in support of the resolution. ![]() A slight shift at UNGA but overall, no real change in favor of RussiaĬomparing the two UNGA Resolution votes, it is clear that the majority of UN member states supporting Russian withdrawal from Ukraine remains largely unchanged since the start of the war. This leaves the UN standing as still the best indicator of where world politics is going.Ĭonsidering the two UNGA resolutions and how they were voted on, it is clear that the positions in the international community on how to address the ongoing conflict in Ukraine have remained largely the same, with only some minor changes among countries in the Global South. As Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki told reporters, “It’s becoming difficult for the G20 to engage in constructive discussion because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which is an act that shakes the foundations of the global order”. This is confirmed by the latest G20 meeting of Finance Ministers that concluded yesterday in Bengaluru, India, with no final consensus statement to condemn the war in Ukraine as Russia and China refused to sign onto such a statement. In the last decade, the G20 had increasingly become a major political tool in the international community, even displacing the importance of the UN, as it was thought by many observers as a better way to take the pulse of the global political situation since the G20 includes all the world’s political heavyweights.īut the G20 is now seeing its usefulness voided by the Russian invasion of Ukraine as it is increasingly threatened by paralysis. Moreover, it is worth noting the changed status of the G20 as a similar indicator that up to the war in Ukraine had been viewed as more telling. However, it is still an important indicator of where the international community stands on the conflict. The naysayers were Belarus, North Korea, Eritrea, Syria and as always, Russia.īefore reading too much in the UNGA numbers, it is worth recalling that the vote at the UN General Assembly is not binding and does not have the force of law. ![]() The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution that demands #Russia leave #Ukraine.Ībstentions: 32 /WnEoRp94kxĬompare this result with the UNGA vote last year: On March 2, 2022, there was a similar UNGA resolution calling for Russia to withdraw its military forces from Ukraine: The number of countries that voted in favor of the resolution was the same, 141, while 35 abstained and 5 countries voted against it. Remarkably only 32 abstained and the seven naysayers were the usual ones: Belarus, North Korea, Eritrea, Mali, Nicaragua, Syria and of course, Russia. The results confirmed expectations: Out of the total 193 member states, fully 141 voted for the resolution, that’s more than the two-thirds majority needed to pass.
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