Russia has vetoed the draft resolution of the UN Security Council against the proliferation of weapons, including nuclear weapons, in outer space.
Source: Ukrinform, Ambassador of Ukraine to the UN Serhiy Kyslytsia on the Kh. network
Details: 13 of 15 Security Council members voted for the document introduced by Japan and the United States (USA, Great Britain, France, Algeria, Guyana, Ecuador, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Malta, Republic of Korea, Slovenia, Switzerland, Japan). Only Russia spoke against it, China abstained.
According to the draft resolution, “all states, especially those with significant space potential, should actively contribute to the achievement of the goal of the peaceful use of outer space and the prevention of weapons pursuit in outer space.”
As Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US ambassador to the UN, noted at the Security Council meeting, Russia’s vote against the draft document may indicate that Moscow is hiding something.
“If you follow the rules, why don’t you support the resolution that confirms them?” she asked the representatives of the Russian delegation rhetorically. “What can you hide?”
According to Thomas-Greenfield, “China has demonstrated that it would rather defend Russia as its junior partner than the global non-proliferation regime.”
Kislytsia’s direct speech: “The criminal Moscow regime did not allow the UN Security Council to adopt a draft resolution that called on all states to prevent the pursuit of weapons, in particular nuclear weapons, in space.
This happened also because war criminals are still allowed to occupy the place of the USSR as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, despite the daily crimes committed by Moscow.”
Olha Hlushchenko
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