United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-11/4

UN General Assembly Resolution ES-11/4
In favour    Against    Abstained    Absent    Non-UN member
Date	12 October 2022
Meeting no.	11th Emergency Special Session (continued)
Code	A/RES/ES-11/4 (Document)
Subject	Territorial integrity of Ukraine: defending the principles of the Charter of the United Nations
Voting summary	143 voted for 5 voted against 35 abstained 10 absent
Result	Resolution adopted

United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES‑11/4 is the fourth resolution of the eleventh emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly, adopted on 12 October 2022, following Resolution ES-11/3 which was adopted on 7 April 2022.

In resolution ES‑11/4, the General Assembly declares that the sham referendums held in the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, which were conducted under disputed circumstances and unrecognised by the international community, as well as their subsequent annexation by Russia, are invalid and illegal under international law. It calls upon all states to not recognise these territories as part of Russia. Furthermore, it demands that Russia "immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw" from Ukraine as it is violating its territorial integrity and sovereignty.^[1]

The resolution was passed with an overwhelming vote of 143 in favour, 5 against and 35 abstaining.^[2]

This resolution achieved more votes in favour of condemning Russia's actions than Resolution ES-11/1, the initial resolution on the Russian invasion of Ukraine which demanded that Russia withdraw its forces from Ukraine.^[3]