The International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors passed a resolution Thursday calling on Russia to "end its occupation of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in Ukraine," according to diplomats who attended a closed-door meeting of the board.
This is the second resolution issued by the 35-nation council regarding a Russian war on Ukraine, and is similar in content to the previous resolution issued last March.
Canada and Poland proposed the two resolutions on behalf of Ukraine (not a member of the Council), and the Council is the highest policy-making body in the International Atomic Energy Agency, and it meets more than once a year.
The resolution, which states that the council calls on Russia to "immediately cease all actions targeting the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and any other nuclear facility in Ukraine," was approved by 26 votes in favour, Russia and China opposed, with 7 abstentions, the diplomats said.
Egypt, South Africa, Senegal, Burundi, Vietnam, India and Pakistan abstained from voting.
The text of the resolution also stated that the Council "deeply regrets the continuing acts of violence perpetrated by the Russian Federation against nuclear facilities in Ukraine, including the continued presence of Russian forces and personnel of Rosatom (the Russian state nuclear energy company) at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant."
Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of bombing Europe's largest nuclear power plant.