After the resolution was adopted by 141 votes to 7, applause broke out in the room. 32 countries abstained from voting. The resolution is non-binding, but the vote shows how much support Ukraine enjoys around the world.

– On the eve of what marks one year since Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, the world is once again united to end the war. The fact that an overwhelming majority of countries voted for the resolution at the UN General Assembly shows strong support for Ukraine. Norway continues to support Ukraine politically and economically, Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt (Ap) writes in an email to NTB.

The decision upholds Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, calls for an immediate cessation of fighting and demands that Russia immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw its forces.

Besides Russia, the following countries voted against the proposal: Belarus, Eritrea, Mali, Nicaragua, North Korea and Syria. China and India were among the countries that abstained from voting.

– want to live

Opening the UN meeting on Wednesday, Secretary-General António Guterres condemned Russia’s attack on Ukraine on February 24 last year.

– The invasion violates our common conscience, declared António Guterres. He called the anniversary of the invasion “a painful milestone for the Ukrainian people and for the world community”.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said before the vote that UN delegates had reached a decisive moment.

– Never before has the line between good and evil been so clear. A country just wants to live. The other wants to kill and destroy.

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– Support for lasting peace

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen spoke on behalf of the Nordic countries in the UN Assembly.

– Today, a resolution for peace is presented to us. A resolution asking us to condemn the brutal aggression. This calls on us to support a comprehensive, just and lasting peace based on the principles of the United Nations Charter, said Løkke Rasmussen.

He said the Nordic countries would respect what they committed to in the charter and urged delegates not to miss the opportunity to vote for peace.

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