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Erik Møse, Chair of the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine

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Distinguished President,

Excellencies,

Together with Ms. Jasminka Džumhur and Mr. Pablo de Greiff, I will present an update on the progress of the work of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, in conformity with this Council’s resolution 49/1, adopted in March 2022.

Last time the Commissioners were present at the Human Rights Council was in May this year. The Council then requested the Commission, in resolution S-34/1, to address events that took place in late February and March 2022 in the areas of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Sumy, and to brief the Council on the progress of that inquiry as part of its oral update in September. Consequently, we have so far mainly focused on events in those four regions.

United States Mission to the United Nations

Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield’s Remarks at the UN Security Council Stakeout Following a Vote on a Resolution Condemning Russia’s Sham Referenda

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield
U.S. Representative to the United Nations
New York, New York
September 30, 2022

AS DELIVERED

Let me thank all of you for waiting to see us this afternoon.

The illegal referenda that Russia held in Ukraine and the purported annexations of Ukrainian territory by force are a violation of the UN Charter and international law. They change nothing about the status and borders of Ukraine. That is the firmly-held conviction of the United States. This is the firmly-held conviction of the Secretary-General. And as you saw just now, that is the conviction of the Security Council – besides, of course, Russia.

US STATE DEPARTMENT

MEDIA NOTE

OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union.

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We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, are united in our condemnation in the strongest possible terms of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and its continued violations of Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and Independence.

President Putin’s efforts to incorporate Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions into the territory of the Russian Federation constitute a new low point in Russia’s blatant flouting of international law, and yet another example of Russia’s unacceptable violations of Ukraine’s sovereignty, the UN Charter, and the commonly agreed principles and commitments of the Helsinki Final Act and the Paris Charter.

Putin’s war in Ukraine, as he calls up 300,000 reservists and thousands of Russian citizens flee the country.

“There is a choice: you go & kill innocent people or you go to jail. I’d better lead my life abroad.” We talk to one man who’s decided to leave Russia because of the military call-up. Our latest report for @BBCNews Producer @BBCWillVernon Cameras @AntonChicherov @LizaVereykina pic.twitter.com/CdPtt2MXga

— Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) September 22, 2022

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the guardian – Mon 12 Sep 2022 05.00 BST

Written and read by Nesrine Malik, produced by Jessica Beck and Cheyanne Bryan. The executive producer was Danielle Stephens

This article was originally published in August 2021.

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