The Siasat Daily 11/15/2022
The Caricom group of 15 Caribbean countries, for example abstained on this resolution but had voted for the last one in the Assembly, as had others like Saudi Arabia.
United Nations: Questioning its legality, India has abstained on a UN General Assembly resolution setting up a mechanism for Russian reparations to Ukraine for war damages.
“The legal validity of such a process by a General Assembly Resolution remains unclear,” India’s Permanent Representative Ruchira Kamboj said on Monday after abstaining on the vote.
“We must, therefore, not create mechanisms or set precedents without adequate international legal vetting that have implications for the future functioning of the United Nations and the international economic system,” she said.
Kamboj’s speech also included a criticism of Russia, but without naming it: “The global order that we all subscribe to, is based on international law, the UN Charter and respect for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of all States. These principles must be upheld, without exception.”
The resolution passed with 94 votes, with 14 votes against and 73 abstentions.
It said that Russia “must bear the legal consequences” of its invasion and called for setting up an international registry on the damages caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and for creating a mechanism for reparation.
The support for the resolution was significantly lower than the 143 votes an Assembly resolution received in October condemning Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian territories.
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