India’s default position to abstain from all votes in the United Nations Ukraine The tests are likely to be carried out with back-to-back resolutions coming up for voting at the United Nations General Assembly, Security Council and Human Rights Council In the next few days. Significantly, voting for India will be held after the death of an Indian in Kharkiv shelling.
While India is unlikely to see any dramatic change in voting behavior, the government will carefully evaluate its options on a possible proposal. United Nations Security Council for humanitarian aid and access. The government may be tempted to vote, given that it is already sending relief materials to Ukraine, but India’s vote will depend on the language used in the proposal.
The resolution France is planning to introduce is to guarantee “uninterrupted humanitarian access” and call for a ceasefire. India does not want to support any coercive humanitarian intervention and object to any selective use of the principle of UN’s responsibility for security which is a “political commitment to ending the worst forms of violence and oppression”. is a symbol.
Another resolution condemning Russia’s aggression is likely to go to vote at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. Given that India has already refrained from voting on a similar resolution in the Security Council, the government could maintain its “consistent” position by opting not to vote in the General Assembly as well. Unlike the council, the resolution is likely to be accepted in the assembly as more than 80 countries are its co-sponsors and many more are likely to vote in favor.
The resolution can only be adopted with a simple majority (50 percent of the total member-states), but the US and others are pushing for an absolute majority to show Russia is isolated.
“We will take a decision after careful consideration and on the basis of the best in the interest of India,” the foreign secretary said. Harsh Shringla,
Participating in the General Assembly debates, Indian Ambassador TS Tirumurti said the situation in Ukraine was deteriorating steadily and reiterated India’s call for an immediate end to violence and an end to hostilities.
The conflict has also made its way into the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, which called for an urgent debate on the issue after the vote on Monday. While 29 out of 47 countries voted in favor of the debate sought by Ukraine, India was among 13 countries that did not participate.
China, along with Cuba, Eritrea, Venezuela and Russia, voted against urgent debate on the Ukraine issue. A motion after the debate may call for an investigative mechanism to investigate alleged human rights violations. India is unlikely to vote in favor and it would probably be best to abstain again. Voting is likely to be held on Thursday.
While India is unlikely to see any dramatic change in voting behavior, the government will carefully evaluate its options on a possible proposal. United Nations Security Council for humanitarian aid and access. The government may be tempted to vote, given that it is already sending relief materials to Ukraine, but India’s vote will depend on the language used in the proposal.
The resolution France is planning to introduce is to guarantee “uninterrupted humanitarian access” and call for a ceasefire. India does not want to support any coercive humanitarian intervention and object to any selective use of the principle of UN’s responsibility for security which is a “political commitment to ending the worst forms of violence and oppression”. is a symbol.
Another resolution condemning Russia’s aggression is likely to go to vote at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. Given that India has already refrained from voting on a similar resolution in the Security Council, the government could maintain its “consistent” position by opting not to vote in the General Assembly as well. Unlike the council, the resolution is likely to be accepted in the assembly as more than 80 countries are its co-sponsors and many more are likely to vote in favor.
The resolution can only be adopted with a simple majority (50 percent of the total member-states), but the US and others are pushing for an absolute majority to show Russia is isolated.
“We will take a decision after careful consideration and on the basis of the best in the interest of India,” the foreign secretary said. Harsh Shringla,
Participating in the General Assembly debates, Indian Ambassador TS Tirumurti said the situation in Ukraine was deteriorating steadily and reiterated India’s call for an immediate end to violence and an end to hostilities.
The conflict has also made its way into the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, which called for an urgent debate on the issue after the vote on Monday. While 29 out of 47 countries voted in favor of the debate sought by Ukraine, India was among 13 countries that did not participate.
China, along with Cuba, Eritrea, Venezuela and Russia, voted against urgent debate on the Ukraine issue. A motion after the debate may call for an investigative mechanism to investigate alleged human rights violations. India is unlikely to vote in favor and it would probably be best to abstain again. Voting is likely to be held on Thursday.