| UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262 | |||||||||||
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| Date | 27 March 2014 | ||||||||||
| Meeting no. | 80th Plenary | ||||||||||
| Code | A/RES/68/262 (Document) | ||||||||||
| Subject | Territorial Integrity of Ukraine | ||||||||||
Voting summary |
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| Result | Resolution adopted | ||||||||||
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262 was adopted on 27 March 2014 by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly in response to the Russian annexation of Crimea and entitled "territorial integrity of Ukraine". The nonbinding resolution, which was supported by 100 United Nations member states, affirmed the General Assembly's commitment to the territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders and underscored the invalidity of the 2014 Crimean referendum. Eleven nations voted against the resolution, while 58 abstained, and a further 24 states were absent when the vote took place.[1][2][3][4]
The resolution was introduced by Canada, Costa Rica, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine.[5] The adoption of the resolution was preceded by the unsuccessful attempts of the United Nations Security Council, which convened seven sessions to address the Crimean crisis, only to face a Russian veto[6] of draft resolution S/2014/189,[7] sponsored by 42 countries.[3][4][8]
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- ^ "Backing Ukraine's territorial integrity, UN Assembly declares Crimea referendum invalid". UN. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ S/2014/189 Retrieved 5 September 2017. (https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S/2014/189)
- ^ "Russia Vetoes U.N. Resolution on Crimea," 15 March 2014, New York Times retrieved 31 January 2022