The Kremlin has almost the entire UN against it.
The message is even "loud and clear", according to the secretary general of the organization, Antonio Guterres.
The General Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution that “demands that Russia immediately cease the use of force against Ukraine,” in a vote overwhelmingly endorsed by 141 countries, with 5 opposing and 35 abstaining. including China, out of the Organization's 193 members.
The result was greeted with a round of applause.
The five countries that voted against are Russia, Belarus, North Korea, Eritrea and Syria.
The resolution calls on Moscow to “immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all its military forces” from Ukraine and “condemns Russia's decision to step up the alerting of its nuclear forces”.
A “historic” vote for Josep Borrell
Steered by the European Union in coordination with Ukraine, the text, which benefited from a hundred sponsorships, also "deplores" "in the strongest terms Russia's aggression against Ukraine" and affirms " its attachment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity" of that country, including "its territorial waters".
For the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell, the result of the vote is "historic", a point of view shared by the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, for whom "rarely has the contrast between good and evil been so striking" .
Titled "Aggression against Ukraine", the resolution also calls for unhindered access to humanitarian aid and "deplores the involvement of Belarus" in the attack on Ukraine.
The ambassador of Ukraine to the UN, Sergiy Kyslytsya, had denounced just before the tribune a "genocide" in progress in his country.
His Russian counterpart, Vassily Nebenzia, assured that Russia was not targeting civilian targets and was limiting itself to defending the populations living in the Donbass.
In addition to North America and Europe, the resolution benefited from a favorable vote of many African States, but not that of South Africa which abstained, like Algeria, the Central African Republic and Mali , two countries currently developing their ties with Russia.
Burkina Faso, where there was a recent coup, did not vote, with Senegal choosing a surprising abstention.
A non-binding resolution
China's abstention is also faithful to its position adopted a week ago in the Security Council.
India, a non-permanent member of this Council and with close military relations with Russia, also abstained, despite strong pressure from the United States.
The resolution in the Assembly was inspired by a text rejected last week in the Security Council because of a veto posed by Russia.
Within the General Assembly, the right of veto does not exist.
Its resolutions are not legally binding like those of the Council, but they have a strong political value depending on the number of countries that approve them.
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