At the UN Security Council meeting Sept. 27 on Ukraine security, U.S. Ambassador Linda Greenfield-Thomas submitted a resolution ordering Russia to withdraw from Ukraine. She stated that this is about “defending the UN Charter,” and “peace and security for us all.” She said that Russia has run “sham referenda to coerce people to vote at gunpoint.”
She further stated, given that the resolution will not pass the UNSC, under veto from at least Russia, that the U.S. will then take the resolution to the UN General Assembly, and expect the world nations will pass it.
The session was hosted by France, this month’s rotating UNSC chair. The first speaker was scheduled to be Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by live video from Kiev. Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia intervened, asking to speak first, and briefly denounced the procedure, saying it was a “primitive” PR stunt. He said that the UNSC deliberations were being turned into “cinema,” and recounted a previous Zelenskyy address to the UNSC, which was pre-recorded, but which, however, received applause when played, which itself was recorded and sent out over social media.
Three members of the BRICS nations stood out during yesterday’s Ukraine discussion, calling for diplomacy and an end to the strife. India’s Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj
said that “the need of the hour is to return to the negotiating table.” India’s approach to the Ukraine conflict will continue to be human-centric, providing both humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and “economic support to some of our neighbors in the Global South under economic distress, even as they stare at the escalating costs of food, of fuel and of fertilizers—which has been a consequential fall out of the ongoing conflict.” (https://pminewyork.gov.in/IndiaatUNSC?id=NDc2Mw,, )
Brazil’s spokesperson said that “We want diplomacy.” Follow the examples of the July Black Sea Grain Initiative, and the Sept. 22 prisoner exchange.
China’s Ambassador Zhang Jun spoke of support for a peaceful resolution through dialogue, reporting that, at the Sept. 20-26 UNGA General Debate, “many leaders expressed their concerns about the prolongation and expansion of the crisis in Ukraine … and called for dialogue and negotiation to cease hostilities and manage the negative impacts caused by the spillover of the crisis.” “China will work with all peace loving countries to continue to make unremitting efforts to deescalate the situation and resolve the crisis.” (http://un.china-mission.gov.cn/eng/hyyfy/202209/t20220928_10772816.htm )
