2014 Ukraine crisis: UN General Assembly rejected Russian annexation of Crimea

March 31, 2014

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly refused to recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine and passed a non-binding Resolution 68/262 that declared invalid Crimea’s referendum. In the 193-nation assembly, the resolution

Supported by 100 United Nations member states that declared invalid Crimea’s Moscow-backed referendum.
Eleven nations voted against the resolution viz. Armenia, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, North Korea, Russia,Nicaragua, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
NATO and Western powers voted overwhelmingly in favor.
58 Abstention countries: Afghanistan, China, India and Pakistan, many South American nations, etc.
More than 20 nations didn’t vote viz. Israel, Iran, etc.

The UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262 is a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in response to the 2014 Crimean crisis and entitled “Territorial integrity of Ukraine”.
Note: The resolution was introduced by Canada, Costa Rica, Germany, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine.

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