also reaffirmed the neo imperialist nature of the campaign, claiming that unlike peter, the great he had made the sea of, as of a russian internal c president, in the face of russia's relentless effort to seize ukraine's territory in violation of the un charter. and to d, humanise kill and subjugate its people. ukraine has no choice, but to exercise its right to defend itself. if it did not, it would cease to exist. in a similar situation, all of us would do the same. and due to the deep determination to live ukraine is prevailing

the u. k. is proud of the support it is providing to ukrainian people in the face of this aggression defensive support, humanitarian support, and assistance to rebuild critical infrastructure destroyed by russian attacks. president, russia can end this suffering immediately by ceasing attacks against ukraine, including critical national infrastructure and innocent civilians and withdrawing all of its forces illegally present in ukraine. we welcome and support ukraine's initiative for a just and sustainable peace. we again joined the international community and calling on russia to similarly commit to meaningful dialogue on

negotiations based on upholding ukraine's rights under international law and the un charter. thank you, president. i thanked the representative of the united kingdom for their statement and i now give the floor to the representative of gun i found, madame isamena, come ye too. for her briefing, my delegation has also taking notes of the information provided by the civil society representative. mister daniel, co valley. i begin my statement by we are feminine gunners completed on waiver and commitment to their sovereignty. police grind dependence and territorial integrity of ukraine and our firm, ukraine's inherent to right to self defense and our customary international law. could you fight in chapter 7 or day, nighted leashes. chatter, establish your fine to national system, has been carefully built upon, established norms of interstate relations. one of which is the cod. now prohibition

of the use of force by one state against the other end you contrary actions as we have witnessed of the russian federation are green against ukraine and our mind, their fundamental principles of international law, their values and the purposes of the night, admissions, charter and corn seduce us threats to international peace or security. over the past 9 months, ukraine has deployed its military strategy capabilities in assets in its inherent right to self defense against the armed a talk of the russian federation. and in their career just endeavour to preserve its national interest to such action. there is no prohibition. and neither do the rules of international law or they charge up prohibits the supply of conventional weapons to a state. and that the armed attack of another, regrettably, the war has come at the great cost of destruction, damage and the loss of life. and with each passing day of missile attacks that all

of civilian casualties and damage to ukraine's critical infrastructure continues to compound as they nighted nations registered some of the west human terrorist us statistics. since world war 2, we also remain acutely are well the lumina danger of a new clerk? catastrophe. as the integrity of this operation, you can't power plants is persistently violated. away from ukraine. the war has spared unprecedented levels of global energy, food and financial crisis, which i have to wield the capacity of many developing states rebound from the impacts of the global of in 1000. pandemic feather western. any current social economic conditions for many communities, far removed from the 30th of wall, it remains in our common interest to end the wall and the trail of devastation that is living in its path. it is therefore viewed that to the preoccupation of the international community should be the immediacy,

zation of military hostilities. a key aspect of which is the unconditional withdrawal of russian forces from the internationally recognized borders of ukraine . we return our call on the russian federation to and its aggression against ukraine and to respect its sovereignty, enter to our integrity in line with the norms and principles of international. how to put diplomatic efforts to end the war may appear to have eluded the international community. we must remain, steph, i say, unified in our efforts to facilitate a political dialogue with credible grantees of addressing their respect to security . consent of the parties in its enduring wisdom, they chatter, they nighted nations, avail several modes of pacific settlement, which promised to diva are present and collective aspiration for p. c. ukraine, if undertaken with a genuine commitment and great i determination of they were in size and all stakeholders, we must pursue the path of dialogue as there can be no military solution to the

conflicts. finally, we edge their parties to uphold the roofs of international humanitarian law. in particular, the requirements for distinction and proportionality to avoid course in need lead needless harm to civilians, a civilian infrastructure. i think i thank gonna for this statement and i now give the floor to the representative of china. who is in you madam president. i thank you as she now come in. so and mister cover leak for the briefings, the ukraine crisis has been unfolding for almost 10 months now. and a large amount of weapons and ammunition have poured into the country. human lives appear so fragile in front of con barrows. both sides have suffered huge losses and immense trauma in the fighting with ordinary people, bearing the brunt miss. now coming to stated and

a briefing to the security council this past september, that a large scale influx of weapons to conflict affected zooms raises, concerns about potential diversion. miss me, so we emphasized this point in her briefing just then in june, this year interval also indicated that weapons, dustin for ukraine, could end up on the black market and fall into the hands of criminals. these warnings have unfortunately materialized. there have been reports that some armed groups and terrorist organizations in the middle east and africa have obtained through illegal channels, weapons and ammunition flowing from ukraine. the international community should pay attention to this issue and to take preventive measures. from a long term perspective, the large stockpile of weapons, ammunition and explosives in the crating territory, may pose security risks to post conflict, reconstruction of gunnison,

iraq and somalia are among the countries that had a painful experience in this regard. madam president, on the ukrainian issue, john has always advocated the cessation of hostilities, as well as dialogue and peace talks. since the onset of the crisis, china has always stressed that a political solution is the only way out flooding the battlefield was weapons and continuously expanding the categories and scope of deployed arguments. we only aggregate existing strife prolong and amplify the conflict and make ordinary people pay a high price. facts have shown that resolving the crisis through dialogue and negotiation is the only way to effectively minimize casualties and help we store peace in ukraine and the entire europe. china once again, cause on the international community to redouble with us to encourage peace talks,

provide a favorable atmosphere for the parties involved to return to negotiations and create conditions for political settlement of the ukraine crisis. during his recent meetings with the leaders of several countries and on issue of ukraine, present choosing ping underscored that conflict and wars produce no winner. and that a complex issue has no simple solution. in the count situation, china believes that international communities, he must work together for funds, namely, jointly support for efforts aimed at peaceful settlement of the ukraine. crisis call on all parties concerned to stay level had level headed exercise restraint and make direct contact as soon as possible in order to create conditions for relaunching negotiations. second, jointly reject the use or threat of the weapons

. we affirm that nuclear weapons should never be used and nuclear was, should be fought and prevent nuclear crisis on the eurasian continent. 3rd, make joint efforts to stabilize the global supply chain and prevent any of the disruption to international energy, food and financial cooperation that may undermine global economic recovery. especially the economic and fiscal stability of developing countries forth. chauncey provide winter relief for civilians in the crisis affected areas, improve him in turns attrition on the ground and provide humanitarian crises on an even larger scale. china will continue to uphold objectivity and impartiality and work with all p, subbing countries in the world to play a constructive role and the peaceful settlement of the ukraine crisis. thank you madam president. i think the representative of france out of china, excuse me,

and i now give the floor to france whenever i was president. once again, russia is trying to have a believe that this war is down to the ukrainians egg down by the united states and by europe. on the 24th of february, it was russia which invaded ukraine, flouting international law and the charter of the united nations. it is russia, which unleashed this war by unilaterally attacking its neighbor. it is russia which every day for the last 9 months has decided to continue and exacerbate this will let us not reverse with the responsibilities by confusing the attacker and the attacked. russia alone is responsible for the deterioration

humanitarian situation. on tuesday, we heard mr. griffith's brief on the disastrous repercussions of this conflict. france is continuing to provide to the ukrainian people all the support that they need to exercise their right to digital defense and preserve the liberty sovereignty and independence. france does this military support for ukraine on a national and european scale, particularly through the european piece facility. we are proud of this assumed decision. ukraine is also fighting for the principles of the chart to the nice nations territory integrity, the viability of borders. the independence and sovereignty of states rejection of any conquering of territories by force, condemnation of wars, of aggression. only by respecting these principles can we guarantee peace. the adoption by the general assembly of the territorial integrity resolution

on the 12th of october, a test still further to rush of isolation. president zalinski recalled this as well by putting these principles at the heart of his 10 point piece plan. russia's only response to this was to continue it's indiscriminate strikes against ukrainian civilian infrastructure and people. we welcome this plan and we stand ready to help you crane to build just and sustainable peace. russia is not hesitating to violate international law by attacking another state and also by procuring weapons in an illegal wayne as the stocks dwindle. and they find themselves in trouble on the ground. russia is seeking to supply itself by any means, including by violating security council resolutions. indeed,

it is now robustly documented that russia has used a combat zone delivered by iran. it continues to use them in its strategy of systematically targeting ukrainian civilians and civilian infrastructure. we call upon the secretary to the united nations, as it is monday to to do, to investigate these transfers which are a violation of resolution $20.00 to $31.00. and to report to the security council on them, france will continue to provide military support to ukraine for as long as russia's aggression continues. just as we will continue humanitarian, economic, political, and political aid that we provide. if russia wishes, the transfers which is today denouncing to cease and the solution is a simple one, it was provided on the 16th of march by the international court of justice. russia must immediately cease all its military operations in ukraine. they must withdraw

from the training ukrainian territory and respect the internationally recognized borders. thank you. i thank france to this statement, and i give the floor to the representative of the united arab emirates. madam president, i thank undersecretary general now commit super briefing. and we listened carefully to mr. coverlet remarks. when the council last considered the issue of arms transfers in the context of the conflict and ukraine. 3 months ago, we expressed our concern that the risk of these arms transfers would be compounded if both sides were intent on achieving a military victory and the conflict were to become a protracted one. unfortunately, the prospects of reaching a negotiated settlement have not grown appreciably closer. in the intervening months, still, there have been signals of

a widening recognition that talks are the inevitable path to adorable peace. the u . e is steadfast in its belief that there simply is no military solution to the war a sustainable and we'll have to come through negotiations with that in mind. as the war continues, we must mitigate the attendant risks in all military conflicts. it is vital to safeguard weapons during transfer, storage and deployment, so they may not inadvertently fall into the wrong hands. particularly tara schools . on that note, the li welcomes announcements of efforts to mitigate risks associated with arms transfers. that includes plans tailored to the transfer of high tech weapons systems and regional programs to enhance anti trafficking capabilities in the region. we also welcome other recent initiatives aimed at strengthening elicit arms trade prevention related to the conflict in ukraine. the volume and type of arms

involved in this case, necessity greater vigilance and transparency. we support calls such as that by the high commissioner for disarm affairs to day for effective arms control measures. madam president, war is not only in humane and causes untold suffering, but it is also fraught with unintended consequences. the council has a responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security and an obligation to ukrainians and people around the world. for its part theory continues to actively support and facilitate mediation and deescalate tory confidence building measures. and we stand ready to support all efforts towards a peaceful resolution. thank you, madam president. i thank the representative of the united arab emirates for their statement and i now give the floor to albania.

thank you, madam president. i thank i representative for non committal for her information since the very beginning of this war, we have permanently pointed out the very key aspect of the war in ukraine. it is a war of choice and aggression against another country, a bland violation of international law. and the charter of the united nations. everything else we hear or say about developments in ukraine derives from this you return since the very thursday. ukraine has defended itself, has resisted, has pushed back the aggressor and as called the warrant for health, helping ukraine to defend itself from a brutal war is a moral guilty. it is also an essential security imperative since russia sections undermine seriously european and global security and stability. albania is proud to

be among those doing what it can to help you, crane and ukrainians. we are assisting a country, was very existence is under threat to resist and escape to the war. it has not chosen international, no is crystal clear. a country under attack has every right to defend itself and their article $51.00 of the united nations charter ukraine has been under attack for 10 months, and it's simply defending itself. it's sovereignty, it's territorial integrity. and this political independence had been assaulted which makes self defense, not only of natural, right, but also an existential imperative. therefore, whoever is helping ukraine in whatever way, legally, and openly, is helping not only a nation in it, a nation in danger,

a nation under threat. there are also upholding the law and protecting the un charter. therefore, the issue here is not what means ukraine is provided to resist the aggression. in fact, as we are called to speak about little weapons, the real and very disturbing issue is the transfer of killing drones toward asha by urine in flagrant violation of paragraph for our next be of security, cancer is illusion 20 to 31. this drones thursday night and later, later admitted delivered by or on and used by russia to effects civilians and civilian infrastructure throughout ukraine. are the real question, the one that needs a clear answer. we expect the secretary general in implementing resolution 22 sir to want to provide soon a full report on the matter. madam president, we have said it before and want to reiterate instead of abusing the time and their

sources of this council. with me things like this one the day we should concentrate already. alicia's, as we speak, ration attacks are causing cause cause our casualties destroying civil infrastructure. in particular the energy supply system, leaving millions of people without access to electricity, heath and water vanishing. every one without distinction. and this constitute a violation of international international humanitarian law. the also disrespect the law must face consequences. those who commit crimes must be held accountable. therefore, madam president, i would like to conclude by saying that nothing even less an over yours than consume false narrative for events. and you want to see the terrible reality in ukraine. the crimes committed there, but more than anything the need to stand in full solidarity with ukraine. it's

resistant. and it's right there i to decide on his policies to chose his france and his future. thank you. i thank the representative of albania, and i now give the floor to the representative of kenya. kill madam president. i thank you. s g is who mean i can meet so and mr. co valid for their briefing. we take notes with extreme concern that only as damage the war course is causing in ukraine's life. ukraine's legitimate rate to sovereignty and territorial integrity and regional and international security. as the cancel debates the conduct of war as we have done so often including 2 days ago, we must reiterate our cause that every effort be deployed to stop it.

we must be more responsive to our fundamental mandate to maintain international peace and security comprehensive. we acknowledge that a, the responsibility ukraine must bear in defending defensive i internationally recognized bud us while const cheap conscripting training. and i mean, once i, me in times of war is expected. the impact of proliferation of weapons is bound to have a big impact. not only in the country in conflict, but also be on my damn presidents. we are faced with our multi prolong global crisis from the war in ukraine. besides the magnitude of food insecurity, threatening especially developing countries and a more complicated multilateral order,

we must now move to i gently address the unprecedented proliferation of weapons. none of these challenges can be effectively addressed with there were rigging one as the fast and for most effective step that one needs to end jane at their full close flow specific and sustained efforts to reach arrangements to deliver a minimum label level of the escalation. andy confliction while establishing channels of dialogue that to lead to stability. finally, madam president, we again called for a c sation all the steel it is and for a political, sadly men that respects the self nitty territorial integrity and political independence of ukraine. i think sensitive of kenya for this statement.

i give the flow to the united states for your informative briefing this morning. we all know that actions speak louder than words, but before we discuss rushes actions list, discuss rushes words here in the council to day. it continues to confound my delegation that we are all once again brought into this council to devote our attention to russia's fictions in the midst of and in spite of its war of aggression against its neighbour ukraine. russia has wasted, wasted, countless hours of the counsels time on fictional, dirty bombs and ukraine, acclaimed, debunked repeatedly by the i a e, a inspectors. they wasted our time on fictional, biological weapons,

supposedly be to be delivered to ukraine's near neighbors on the wings of birds and bats. claims rejected by this council and rejected by the states parties to the biological weapons convention. russia uses these stories. these words to try to distract us from its own aggression. for example, russia claims that its forces are not committing atrocities. when there is a host of credible reports, reports from a broad range of sources that members of its forces have committed rape, torture, and summary executions and ukraine. russia has not come here to day to present us with any credible solutions. and these are not credible accusations. what we're seeing as frustrated on the battlefield. russia has resorted to destroying ukraine's critical and energy infrastructure from afar,

causing immense suffering to civilians as we heard just 3 days ago. and defying the international communities call to end its aggression. despite all of this, russia has the gall to demand today and the council that the international community watch from the sidelines as moscow seeks the destruction of another un member state. western assistance to ukraine is in the face of russia's illegal, brutal invasion is not the problem. here. it is russia's invasion itself. that is, the one attribute common to all of russia's fictions to all its words, to find any distraction, no matter how odious, no matter how transparently false, to try to shift our focus from the immense and needless suffering. russia has caused and continues to cause to the people of ukraine. it is russia that has cynically called for this meeting, alleging, and alicia conspiracy of weapons transfers from ukraine when in fact,

as others around this table have noted, it is russia that is complicit in iran's illegal transfer of unmanned aerial vehicles to russia in violation of security council resolution 2231, an expi. russia continues to use these iranian, you avi's, and it's war against ukraine and attacks against civilian infrastructure in cities which have led to the deaths of civilians. let me be clear. we've seen no credible evidence of diversion of us provided equipment. we heard no credible evidence of diversion this afternoon in this council. we would certainly review evidence to support these claims whether it came from ahead of state or international law enforcement official if it is produced. we would do that because the united states takes very seriously our responsibility to protect our defense

and dual use technologies and to prevent their diversion. at the same time, united states is committed to continuing to support the people of ukraine as they defend their country and their freedom. we are not hiding that support. as others have said, ukraine has every right to defend itself, and we have every right to continue our long standing support to its defense. though we have seen no credible evidence of ukraine diverting us origin arms, munitions. we must all recognize an inherent risk of weapons capture and diversion on the battlefield. and any armed conflict we have always taken. and united states continues to take proactive steps to mitigate this risk. what we have seen is western origin systems captured by russia in ukraine. russia is in fact, the only known vector of diversion. russia has an incentive to spread this

information about diversion and indeed to actually divert us weapons in order to create a false narrative about our assistance. that spurious, li discredits ukraine and seeks to weaken international support for ukraine. self defense. the ukrainian government has committed to appropriately safeguarding and accounting for transfer defense equipment. it is important that we remind ourselves, that this equipment is vital to ukraine's defense. and so ukraine has a strong incentive to protect it. we welcome the ukrainian government's formation of a commission to strengthen the monitoring of donated military equipment. just this summer. we continue to work closely with our ukrainian government partners to ensure all assistance continues to be properly used and safeguard it. as ukraine defends its sovereignty and territorial integrity against russia's ongoing aggression, helping ukraine keep and regain control of its sovereign territory is an important

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