On April 26, Uzbekistan abstained the UN General Assembly resolution which recognized Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and called for cooperation between the Council of Europe.
Along with other 17, Uzbekistan was in the list of countries that did not vote for the adoption of the United Nations General Assembly resolution A/77/L.65.
The document, calling for cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe, recognized “the unprecedented challenges facing Europe following the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, and against Georgia prior to that, and the cessation of the membership of the Russian Federation in the Council of Europe.”
As the clause reads, it aims to “promptly restore and maintain peace and security based on respect of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of any State…”
Neighbouring Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan also abstained. Russia, Belarus, Nicaragua, Syria and the DPRK opposed the resolution.
The resolution mentioned Russia’s aggression in the following paragraph:
“Recognizing also that the unprecedented challenges now facing Europe following the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, and against Georgia prior to that, and the cessation of the membership of the Russian Federation in the Council of Europe, call for strengthened cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe, notably in order to promptly restore and maintain peace and security based on respect of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of any State, ensure the observance of human rights and international humanitarian law during the hostilities, provide redress to victims and bring to justice all those responsible for the violations of international law…”
