The UN General Assembly approved a reinforced resolution on human rights situation in Crimea
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On December 16, the UN General Assembly approved an updated and reinforced resolution "Human Rights Situation in the Temporarily Occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, Ukraine."
According to the representative of Ukraine to the UN Serhii Kyslytsia, the document was adopted by 65 votes in favor, EP reports.
25 countries voted against and another 85 abstained.
This is the sixth resolution of the UN General Assembly on human rights in occupied Crimea and, according to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, it is the 11th in the context of the international response to the illegal annexation of Crimea.
"This year we managed to include in the text Russia's responsibility for respecting the rights of Crimean Tatars as the indigenous people of Crimea, as well as the demand to overturn sentences handed down in absentia against the leaders of the Crimean Tatar people and Crimean Tatars," said Dmytro Kuleba.
The resolution calls on Russia to stop unjustified detentions and arrests of Crimean residents and to release Ukrainian citizens illegally detained behind bars, including Emir-Usein Kuku, Halyna Dovhopol, Server Mustafaiev, Vladyslav Yesipenko, Nariman Dzhelal, and others.
The resolution calls on Russia to end the policy of forcible change in the demographic composition of Crimea, condemns Russia's All-Russian census.
The document emphasizes the negative consequences of Russia's increase in its military forces on the occupied peninsula and numerous military exercises.
The resolution emphasizes Russia's exclusive responsibility as an occupying power in providing Crimean residents with drinking and freshwater.
The document calls on UN member states to strengthen cooperation within the Crimean Platform to improve the human rights situation in Crimea.
Among the 25 countries that voted against are Russia, Belarus, China, Armenia, Serbia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, India, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and a number of African and Latin American countries.
On December 9, the UN General Assembly approved an enhanced resolution on the militarization of the Russian-occupied Crimea.
