Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a violation of the UN Charter, UN Chief tells Security Council
A photo of the UN Secretary General addressing the Security Council.
Caption: Pictured here is UN Secretary-General António Guterres briefing the UN Security Council on the Ukraine crisis a month earlier, in April 2022.
Photo: © UN Photo/Loey Felipe
The Secretary-General delivered the following remarks in a briefing to the Security Council:
I welcome this opportunity to address the Security Council on my recent visit to the Russian Federation and Ukraine, where I met with President Putin and President Zelenskyy on 26 and 28 April respectively.
As part of my regional visit, I also had discussions with President Erdoğan in Ankara and President Duda in Rzeszów, Poland.
Throughout my travels, I did not mince words.
I said the same thing in Moscow as I did in Kyiv – which is exactly what I have repeatedly expressed in New York.
Namely that:
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a violation of its territorial integrity and of the Charter of the United Nations.
It must end for the sake of the people of Ukraine, Russia, and the entire world.
Madame President, I visited Moscow and Kyiv with a clear understanding of the realities on the ground.
I entered an active war zone in Ukraine with no immediate possibility of a national ceasefire and a full-scale ongoing attack on the east of the country.
Before the visit, the Ukrainian government issued an appeal to the United Nations and to me personally – expressed publicly by the Deputy Prime Minister – regarding the dire plight of civilians in the devastated city of Mariupol and specifically the Azovstal plant.
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A photo of the UN Secretary General addressing the Security Council.
Caption: Pictured here is UN Secretary-General António Guterres briefing the UN Security Council on the Ukraine crisis a month earlier, in April 2022.
Photo: © UN Photo/Loey Felipe
The Secretary-General delivered the following remarks in a briefing to the Security Council:
I welcome this opportunity to address the Security Council on my recent visit to the Russian Federation and Ukraine, where I met with President Putin and President Zelenskyy on 26 and 28 April respectively.
As part of my regional visit, I also had discussions with President Erdoğan in Ankara and President Duda in Rzeszów, Poland.
Throughout my travels, I did not mince words.
I said the same thing in Moscow as I did in Kyiv – which is exactly what I have repeatedly expressed in New York.
Namely that:
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a violation of its territorial integrity and of the Charter of the United Nations.
It must end for the sake of the people of Ukraine, Russia, and the entire world.
Madame President, I visited Moscow and Kyiv with a clear understanding of the realities on the ground.
I entered an active war zone in Ukraine with no immediate possibility of a national ceasefire and a full-scale ongoing attack on the east of the country.
Before the visit, the Ukrainian government issued an appeal to the United Nations and to me personally – expressed publicly by the Deputy Prime Minister – regarding the dire plight of civilians in the devastated city of Mariupol and specifically the Azovstal plant.
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