Ukraine has urged CARICOM to support the resolution to be presented to the UN condemning the Russian invasion

ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenskyon Friday urged the leaders of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) to support a resolution that will be tabled at the HIM next week for condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

“Thank you for being on the side of the law. Thank you for your efforts to bring stability to your region and to the world, but true stability is only possible when we all together protect the world from state violence,” Zelensky said.

In an address by videoconference on the last day of the forty-fourth summit of the Caricomthe Ukrainian president encouraged those present to “a further cooperation”.

In this regard, he recalled that next week he will be presented to the United Nations General Assembly a resolution on “a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine and, therefore, restoration of the full validity of the international order”.

“Your votes count“, he added.

Ukraine and its allies presented a draft resolution two days ago to members of the United Nations General Assembly to mark the First anniversary of the Russian invasion, in which a “just peaceand which respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country.

The document, seen by the press agency ECEprimarily includes language that has already appeared in previous resolutions approved by this body since the beginning of the war and does not refer to the formula of peace raised by the Ukrainian President, contrary to the initial intentions of Kyiv.

This proposal by Zelensky, which demands, among other things, the withdrawal of Russian troops from all Ukrainian territory and that Moscow be punished for the invasion, was categorically rejected by the Kremlin.

According to diplomatic sources, its inclusion in the resolution could reduce favorable votes in the General Assembly and, therefore, it was decided to omit it.

There European Union, which has backed Ukraine in consulting on the text with the rest of the countries, hopes the proposal that has been put on the table will gain “very broad support” among the 193 UN member states.

Regarding accountability, the text indicates that it is necessary to require responsibility for crimes more serious through fair and independent investigations and prosecutions at the national and international levels.

There General assembly plans to start next February 22 a special session to commemorate the first anniversary of the war and vote on this resolution, probably on the 23rd.

In addition, a ministerial meeting of the UN Security Council for the 24th, in which no text will be presented, since Russia has the right of veto there.

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Caricom issued a statement of condemnation and He called for the “immediate and complete withdrawal of the military presence” of Russia.

Caricom members are Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint -Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.

(With information from EFE)

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