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security council measure calling for peace without assigning blame to the conflict . >> 9866 meeting of the security council is called order . a provisional agenda is matters of peace and security of ukraine. the agenda is adopted. i'll give the floor to the

representative from france. >> mr. pres. >> before us today three years day today after the large-scale invasion of ukraine by russia. on the security council to be united to recall at least for this council to take their time to undertake true negotiations. in a spirit of confidence and with serenity to discuss such a situation that is essential to european security and selective security as well as national peace and security . we wish to express our concern with regard to the fact that the draft text submitted to us was introduced without real negotiations among the members of this council.

that is why i am honored to present from the house of france the united kingdom denmark and greece a motion to postpone this session with regards to article 33 of the provisional rules of this council until 21 february at 3 pm so we can take the necessary time to examine this matter, thank you. >> i think therepresentative for the statement i now give the floor to the representative from the uk . >> i wanted to say we strongly support the request by friends to adjourn this meeting till tomorrow at 3 o'clock. we note the draft resolution offered by the united states was circulated late friday evening without consultation. surprising councilmembers the opportunity to fully consider and negotiate the text. we would urge colleagues to vote

in favor of the request to adjourn the meeting. under rule 33 of the provisional rules of procedure during her has been a precedent for such a request. >> i think the representative and give the floor to the representative for the us. >> united states strongly opposes a proposal to delay voting on our resolution. i would note the united states already acceded to the request of some members of the council to delay this meeting because we had originally requested to have the meeting convened this morning. and as we just discussed in consultations numerous consultations did take place between the united states and every single mission represented in this council. the united states drafted this text to mark the commitment of the united nation and the security council to bringing durable

and to the war in ukraine. our resolution is simple straightforward and focused on the future not the past. the united states calls on member states to vote on the resolution today, the third anniversary of the conflict escalation when we have momentum behind us and because we do not have another day to spare. every day that goes by withoutpeace means more people dead , more destruction, more misery. the united states has consulted with councilmembers throughout the weekend and all morning and into the afternoon. we believe this council has had sufficient time to consider this simple text, the draft implores a swift end to the conflict and further urges a lasting peace . we can and should and must agree on that. mr. pres. , it's time to vote. i thank you.

>> the representative of the us first put forward a proposal to adjourn the meeting till 3 pm 25 february. the representative expressed opposition to it. pursuant to rule 33 pursuant to rule 33.3 of the provisional rules of procedure the security council i sell put the proposal first to a vote. those in favor of the proposal please raise their hand. those against.

abstentions. the result of the vote is as follows. the proposal stands. it received six votes in favor, three votes against . six abstentions, the proposal is

rejected. having failed to attain 909 of 17 votes. the security council will begin its consideration of item 2 of the agenda. members of the council have documented s stroke 2025 s stroke 2020 5119. namely the text of a resolution submitted by the united states of america . the council is ready to proceed to the vote on a counter resolution before it. i now give the floor to those members of the council who wish to make a statement

before the vote. i now give the floor to the representative of the us. >> thank you mr. pres. and i would like to thank the presidency for scheduling this meeting today. today we stand on the precipice of history with a solemn task, creating conditions to end the bloodiest war on the european continent hence the success of capitalism that spurred the creation of this council. in june 1945 the nations of the world stood together bloodied from two rental wars and made a decision. on the day we signed the un charter we cast aside despair and joe's hope . we set aside hatred and joe's reason and most importantly we turned away from the death march of war and charted a path to peace. it is time for us to bring the un and specifically the

security council back to its original purpose . the maintenance of international peace and security including the peaceful settlement of disputes. let us now step up as councilmembers to chart a path forward so that the security council can do its job and end the horror. generations of ukrainians and russians have died, husbands who will never return home to their wives. children will never find arms of their mothers. parents who will never again see their sons and daughters. the scale of the suffering is staggering. the war has also brought the world closer to a nuclear confrontation . once again raising the specter of fire ash and total destruction. thus it is our responsibility as un security council members to help end the agony and pull ourselves back from the brink . continuing to engage in

rhetorical rivalries on new york may make diplomats feel vindicated but it will not save souls on the battlefield . we must prove to ourselves that we can come together and agree on the most basic principles. let us show one another the brave vision of peace that once told us out of hell can prevail. our draft resolution is elegant in its simplicity. a symbolic simple first step towards peace. the three brief paragraphs echo the spirit of the un charter and must as the night in 1945 a for this war is awful, that the un can help end it and peace is possible . we hear our european colleagues when they say they want a durable peace but not at any cost. mr. president to them i would say

rest assured we need to seek this piece and would remind these colleagues this resolution is not a peace deal and it imposes no cost . rather this resolution represents the path to peace. we urge all security council members to join the united states under the bold leadership of pres. trump in this effort to vanquish the scourge of this war. we urge all councilmembers to join us in this path to peace . as a final note the united states has called this meeting which has already with you as ascent been rescheduled once. i thank you mr. pres. >> i think the representative for the statement, now give the floor to the uk. >> we are introducing amendments on the denmark greece france slovenia and the united kingdom. there can be no equivalence between russia and ukraine

and how this council refers to this war. russia chose to launch a war of aggression against a sovereign state costing hundreds of thousands of lives. the council must be clear on this . to find a path to a sustainable peace. we must also be clear that piece must respect the un charter. and ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders . these are core principles of holding the charter is the responsibility of every member of the un. especially this council. earlier today in the un gen. assembly was widespread support for these amendments

among the wider un membership. we would hope that all this council would be able to support similar language. as such mr. pres. we request first to replace i quote the russia ukraine conflict in paragraph one with the full-scale invasion of ukraine by the russian federation. second to insert a new preamble or paragraph three to read as follows quote, reaffirming its commitment to be its sovereignty independence unity and territorial integrity of ukraine within its internationally recognized borders extending to its

territorial waters. third to amend the operational paragraph so it would read him for a swift end to the conflict and further urges a just lasting and comprehensive peace between ukraine and russia in line with the un charter and to the principles of sovereign equality and territorial integrity of states.". i thank you president. >> i think the uk for the statement and i give the floor to france. >>. >> the amendments we are proposing at the representative of the united

kingdom has just presented . seem to show our resolute commitment after three years of war to a comprehensive lasting peace in ukraine which must be based on the united nations charter and international law . peace which will respect the sovereignty territorial integrity and independence of ukraine. a piece which will in no case be a synonym for capitulation of the breast state. these amendments aim to recall there is an aggressor and an aggressive state, i would recall after three years russia attacks a sovereign state which posed no threat to it or had already illegally occupied part of the territory since 2014 since this morning already with 23 eu member states and united kingdom,

three amendments to the resolution of the us and gen. assembly we will remain fully committed to supporting the un charter and guaranteeing the peace we are all calling for in ukraine is solid lasting and just, thank you. >> i give up or to the russian federation. >> we consider overall as a common sense initiative is a step in the right direction which reflects the will of the new administration of the white house to really contribute to the peaceful settlement of the conflict. we appreciate what was already said several times by pres. trump namely the understanding crisis has its own deeply rooted reasons. this initiative is to a greater extent in line with

the understandings wiped out during the russian american conflict at the highest level. we are proposing an amendment to it to eradicate the corners of the ukrainian crisis. >> after swift end of the conflict including addressing . [inaudible] >> it will be impossible to obtain a lasting and sustainable settlement. it is a settlement that stopped about in the operative second amendment. which is a more accurate reflection of the agenda item and nature of the crisis. we propose in the first preamble paragraph we talk about a conflict around ukraine and in theoperative paragraph we talk about the lasting peace in ukraine .

>> the russian federation you pray ukraine conflict replaces between ukraine and the russian federation. >>. [inaudible] and exclusively to weigh confrontation where it has become clear a long time ago that european sponsors are working to serve the regime. or simply presenting this as a russian ukrainian conflict is a convenient view of the world and it is comfortable to hide behind that. we will have to acknowledge the unseemly role they played in the genesis of the ukrainian conflict and we call on members of the council to support these amendments. as regards the amendments submitted by european countries they clearly replace the ethicists of the

american text and make it into anotheranti-russia ultimatum . we are going to vote against it and call on others to follow suit. >> councilmembers have before them five proposed amendments to the text of the draft resolution contained in document s 40 submitted by the united states of america . three of these amendments are submitted jointly by the greece, slovenia and the united kingdom. and 2 were submitted by the russian federation. rule 36 of the council's provisional rules of procedure states the

following. if two or more amendments to a motion or draft resolution are proposed the president shall rule on the order in which they are to be voted upon. ordinarily the security council shall first vote on the amendment to remove a substance from the original proposal. and then on the amendment next to this removed until all amendments have been put to the vote. but when an amendment adds to or deletes from the text of a motion or draft resolution that amendment shall be voted on first. accordingly i intend to put the proposed amendments to the vote first.i shall now

put to the vote the proposed amendment to preamble or paragraph one and it will be one submitted by the russian federation and contained in document s stroke 2020 5118. will those in favor of the proposed amendment contained in document s 2025 will those in favor of the proposed amendment contained in document s 2020 5118 please raise their hand. against.

abstentions.

the results of the voting is as follows. one vote in favor, seven votes against. seven abstentions. the proposed amendment has not been adopted, having failed to obtain the required number of votes. i will now put to the vote the proposed amendments to preamble or paragraph one

submitted by denmark slovenia and the uk and contained in document s stroke 2020 5114. we will those in favor of the proposed amendment contained in document s ã2025 stroke 114 please raise their hand. those against. abstentions.

the results of the voting is as follows. six votes in favor, one vote against. eight abstentions. the proposed amendment has not been adopted . having failed to obtain the required number of votes.

i shall now put to the vote the proposed amendment to insert an additional and third preamble or paragraph submitted bydenmark france greece slovenia and the uk and contained in document s ã 2025 ã115 . will those in favor of the proposed amendment contained in document s 2020 5115 please raise their hand. those against. abstentions.

the results of the voting is as follows. nine votes in favor, one vote against. five abstentions. the proposed amendment has not been adopted owing to the negative vote ofa permanent member of the council . item i will now put to the vote the proposed amendment to operational paragraph one submitted by denmark france greece slovenia and the uk

and contained in documents s ã2025 116. will those in favor of the proposed amendment contained in document s 2025 116 please raise their hand. those against. abstentions. the result of the voting is as follows. 11 votes in favor . one vote against. three abstentions.

the proposed amendment hasnot been adopted owing to the negative vote of a permanent member of the council . i shall now put to the vote the proposed amendment to op 1 submitted by the russian federation and contained in document s 2025 and contained in document s 2020 5117. will those in favor of the proposed amendment contained in document s 2025 contained in document s 2020 5117 please raise their hand. those against.

abstentions. the result of the voting is as follows. 4 votes in favor, six votes against . five abstentions. the proposed amendment has not been about having failed to obtain the required number of votes. it is my understanding the council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft

resolution contained in document s ã2025 ã112 submitted by the united states of america. i shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. will those in favor of the draft resolution contained in document s-2025-112 please raise their hand? those against. abstentions.

the result of the voting is as follows. 10 votes in favor. zero against. five abstentions. the draft resolution has been adopted as resolution 2774 of 2025. i shall now give the floor to those members of the council who wish to make statements after the vote. i give the floor to the united states. >> thank you mr. pres. mr.

pres. and colleagues the united states sincerely appreciates councilmembers support for this resolution and applauds the action . the first since this council has taken in three years under ukraine to formally call for an end to the conflict. this resolution puts us on the path to peace. it is a false but a crucial one. one of which we should all be proud. now we must use it to build a peaceful future . for ukraine russia and the international community. i thank you. >> i think the representative of the united states. we now welcome the representative from france. >> france did not vote in favor of the draft resolution presented by the united states . indeed while we are fully committed to peace in ukraine

we call for comprehensive just and lasting peace and certainly not for capitulation of the victim. we call for a piece which should be founded on the charter of the united nations and on international law which should mark a clear distinction between the aggressor russia and the aggressive state the victim ukraine. there will be no peace and security anywhere if aggression is rewarded and if the law of the jungle wins. the piece that we want must respect the sovereignty territorial integrity and independence of ukraine, thank you. >> i found a representative from france. >> today marks three years since russia's unprovoked full-scale invasion of ukraine.

today we remember the millions of ukrainians displaced . the tens of thousands civilians killed. the lives destroyed by pres. putin's imperial ambition. as the secretary-general said again yesterday, this war is illegal, a clear violation of the un charter and a threat to the core principles of the un. no one wants peace more than ukraine. but the terms of that piece matter. only a just peace, one that honors the terms of our charter will endure. and of the terms of the peace must send a message that aggression does not pay. this is why there can be no

equivalence between russia and ukraine and how this council refers to this war. if we are to find a half to sustainable peace the council must be clear on the war's origins. we also owe it to the people of ukraine who have suffered so much. russia chose to launch a war of aggression against a sovereign state. but again today it is seeking to obfuscate that fact. we must also insist on respect for the un charter . and ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders. upon the charter is the

responsibility of every member of the un . and especially every member of this council.every member. what how and in what terms this war ends can only be decided by negotiations with ukraine. no peace will be sustainable without ukraine's consent. we regret that our proposals making these points clear were not taken on board and as such we could not support this resolution. but we share the ambition to find a lasting end to this war supported by robust security arrangements that ensure ukraine never gain has

to face russia's attack. as my prime minister has made clear the uk remains ready to play its part . we will continue to provide ukraine with the support it needs to protect and defend itself and its people. we remind the council that russia could achieve this tomorrow by seizing aggression and withdrawing its forces from all of ukraine . i thank you.