[Salon] UN Security Council votes to send Ukraine issue to General Assembly

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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 23:02:22 -0500

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UN Security Council votes to send Ukraine issue to General Assembly

From CNN’s Senior UN Correspondent Richard Roth

Ambassadors speak during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Sunday, February 27. (Seth Wenig/AP)

The UN Security Council just voted to send the Ukraine issue to the UN General Assembly for a Special Emergency Session due to a permanent member deadlock in the council.

Russia vetoed a US resolution to condemn Moscow for the invasion of Ukraine.

“We ask Russia to tone down its rhetoric,” US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said, regarding an announcement of forces being put on nuclear alert.

The vote was procedural, thus not being threatened by another veto.

The results were similar to last week’s vote which blocked approval of a resolution because of the Russia veto.

France has also submitted a resolution regarding humanitarian issues for the council's consideration.

This is the first UN Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly since 1982 when an UN Emergency Special Session was convened to address the situation in the occupied Arab territories area of Golan Heights.

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