{"id":22943,"date":"2022-10-14T16:17:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T16:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/gambia-backs-un-resolution-against-russias-annexation-of-ukraine-regions"},"modified":"2022-10-14T16:49:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T16:49:32","slug":"gambia-backs-un-resolution-against-russias-annexation-of-ukraine-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-backs-un-resolution-against-russias-annexation-of-ukraine-regions","title":{"rendered":"Gambia backs UN resolution against Russia\u2019s \u2018annexation\u2019 of Ukraine regions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Lamin Cham<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>The Gambia is among 143 countries that voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution passed by a large majority on Wednesday, calling on countries not to recognise the four regions of Ukraine which Russia has claimed, following so-called referendums held late last month, and demanding that Moscow reverse course on its \u201cattempted illegal annexation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The results were 143 Member States in favour, with five voting against, and 35 abstentions. The only countries who voted against were Belarus, the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea, Nicaragua, Russia and Syria. However, a majority of those countries abstaining were African nations, alongside China and India.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution \u201cdefending the principles\u201d of the UN Charter, notes that the regions of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia are temporarily occupied by Russia as a result of aggression, violating Ukraine\u2019s territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence.<\/p>\n<p>The General Assembly automatically took up the resolution for debate, triggered by Russia\u2019s use of the veto in the Security Council over its attempted annexation.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution now passed in the Assembly, calls on all States, the UN and international organisations not to recognize any of Russia\u2019s annexation claim and demands the immediate reversal of its annexation declaration.<\/p>\n<p><b>Source: The Gambia | Standard News From The Gambia<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lamin Cham Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The Gambia is among 143 countries that voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution passed by a large majority on Wednesday, calling on countries not to recognise the four regions of Ukraine which Russia has claimed, following so-called referendums held late last month, and demanding that Moscow reverse [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":22942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[2355,2361,260,4376,3675],"class_list":["post-22943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia","tag-ukraine","tag-un"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gambia backs UN resolution against Russia\u2019s \u2018annexation\u2019 of Ukraine regions - 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