Speech

Security Council votes to covene an emergency special session of the General Assembly

Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward after the Security Council adoption of a resolution on Ukraine.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Dame Barbara Woodward DCMG OBE
• Published: 27 February 2022

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

• Location: New York
• Delivered on: 27 February 2022 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered)

Mr President,

The United Kingdom welcomes the result of this vote today.

By voting in favour of convening an emergency special session of the General Assembly on Ukraine tomorrow, the members of this Council have laid bare Russia’s diplomatic impotence.

Russia again was isolated in opposing this resolution.

But Russia cannot stop the world from coming together to condemn its invasion of Ukraine.

As each day passes in this unprovoked and unjustified war, support for the Ukrainian people and their fight for freedom grows.

We urge all Members of the United Nations to use their voice tomorrow to call for the immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine and an end to this war.

Thank you.

Published 27 February 2022