UN / UKRAINE

The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution urging an end to the war in Ukraine. The resolution, introduced by the United States, received ten votes in favor, none against, and five abstentions, including France, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece, and Slovenia. UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:06:38
• Production Date: 24 February 2025
• Asset Language: English; French; Russian; Chinese
• Personal Subject: NICOLAS DE RIVIÈRE; BARBARA WOODWARD; FU CONG; DOROTHY SHEA
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: ADMINISTRATION; SECURITY COUNCIL; UNITED NATIONS ROLE; DESTABILIZATION; UN CHARTER; VOTING; DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
• Geographic Subject: UKRAINE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION
• MAMS Id: 3342902
• Parent Id: 3340843
• Alternate Title: unifeed250224c

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STORY: UN / UKRAINE
TRT: 06:38
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / CHINESE / FRENCH/ RUSSIAN / NATS

DATELINE: 24 FEBRUARY 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, aerial view of the United Nations headquarters

24 FEBRUARY 2025, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Fu Cong, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, China:
“I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. Will those in favor of the draft resolution contained in document S/2025/112, please raise their hand. Those against? Abstentions?
The result of the voting is as follows, 10 votes in favor, zero against, five abstentions. The draft resolution has been adopted as resolution 2774 (2025).”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Nicolas De Riviere, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, France:
“France did not vote in favor of the draft resolution presented by the United States. Indeed, while we are fully committed to peace in Ukraine, we call for comprehensive, just and lasting peace, and certainly not for capitulation of the victim.”
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs:
“Three years ago today, the world watched in shock as the Russian Federation launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a clear violation of the UN Charter and international law. This act undermined the very foundations of the international order.”
7. Wide shot, Security Council
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs:
"In 2024 alone, civilian casualties increased by 30 per cent compared to the previous year. The war has created the largest displacement crisis in Europe since the Second World War.”
9. Wide shot, Security Council
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs:
“In its only consensual decision concerning Ukraine since the full-scale invasion, the Presidential Statement of 6 May 2022, the Security Council recalled that all Member States have undertaken, under the Charter of the United Nations, the obligation to settle their international disputes by peaceful means. The resolution the Council adopted a few minutes ago urges a swift end to the conflict.”
11. Wide shot, Security Council
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Dorothy Shea, Chargé d ’Affaires ad interim, Permanent Mission to the United Nations, United States:
“The United States, as President Trump has made clear, is committed to ending this war, and he has been clear that we must reach a lasting peace. Mr. President, we are under no illusions. We recognize it will be challenging to get an agreement, but the time for Russia and Ukraine to make difficult choices and end the fighting is now.”
13. Wide shot, Security Council
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Barbara Woodward, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United Kingdom:
“The Russian forces have used rape, torture and execution as weapons of war and put nuclear safety at risk. This is a war that Putin said would take three days, three years on Ukrainians have paid a terrible price.”
15. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vassily Nebenzia, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Russian Federation:
“And even though today the western European sponsors of the Ukrainian regime continue to shield him and continue to pin all blame for the Ukrainian crisis on Russia, pinning all conceived and all possible crimes on Russia, without considering everything that the Kyiv regime has been doing, as it has been seeking to provide cover for its bankrupt client, as we saw in today's vote in this chamber on the US draft resolution, it is becoming increasingly more difficult for them.”
16. Wide shot, Security Council
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Betsa Mariana, Deputy Foreign Minister, Ukraine:
“At the outset, I would like to express our profound gratitude to all UN member states that just hours ago, supported the relevant UN General Assembly resolution and demanded on the third anniversary of full-scale invasion by the Russian Federation of Ukraine swift achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace for Ukraine, consistent with the UN Charter. At the same time, we cannot say the same regarding the UN Security Council Resolution. In our view, this document lacks basics. It lacks the qualification of the war as an aggression of one member states against another member state.”
18. Wide shot, Security Council
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Betsa Mariana, Deputy Foreign Minister, Ukraine:
“Now, Russia is pushing an entirely unethical principle, negotiating about Ukraine without Ukraine, and packaging its harmful narratives in an appealing guise to this end. And let me be clear on behalf of Ukraine, that there is nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine and there is nothing about Europe without Europe.”
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Radoslaw Sikorski, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Poland:
“When you are in doubt, how to behave, behave with decency. Thank you. Glory to Ukraine.”
21. Wide shot, Security Council
22. Wide shot, ambassadors at the stakeout area
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Betsa Mariana, Deputy Foreign Minister, Ukraine:
“We have just adopted our resolution, which is based on the UN Charter and contains very important provisions: the condemnation of Russia's aggression, accountability for the Russian crimes, and the principles of territorial integrity, UN Charter and the way to the comprehensive, just and lasting peace for Ukraine. Thank you.”
24. Wide shot, ambassadors leaving the stakeout area

Storyline

The United Nations Security Council today (Feb 24) adopted a resolution urging an end to the war in Ukraine.
The resolution, introduced by the United States, received 10 votes in favor, none against, and five abstentions, including France, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece, and Slovenia. All five proposed amendments—three from the European Union and two from Russia—either failed to gain sufficient support or were blocked by a permanent member’s veto.

“France did not vote in favor of the draft resolution presented by the United States. Indeed, while we are fully committed to peace in Ukraine, we call for comprehensive, just and lasting peace, and certainly not for capitulation of the victim,” French Ambassador Nicolas De Rivière said.

U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Dorothy Shea defended the resolution, reiterating Washington’s stance that ending the war remains a priority. “The United States, as President Trump has made clear, is committed to ending this war, and he has been clear that we must reach a lasting peace,” Shea told the Council. “We are under no illusions. We recognize it will be challenging to get an agreement, but the time for Russia and Ukraine to make difficult choices and end the fighting is now.”

Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo detailed the ongoing humanitarian crisis, marking three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion. “The Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) has verified that, since 24 February 2022, at least 12,654 Ukrainian civilians, including 673 children, have been killed. Another 29,392, including 1,865 children, have been injured,” DiCarlo said. “The actual figures are likely considerably higher.” She also noted that 2024 saw a 30 percent rise in civilian casualties compared to the previous year, with the war driving more than 10 million Ukrainians from their homes. “The war has created the largest displacement crisis in Europe since the Second World War. More than 10 million Ukrainians remain uprooted – 3.6 million displaced within Ukraine, and 6.9 million seeking refuge abroad,” DiCarlo added.

Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Mariana Betsa criticized the resolution’s failure to explicitly classify Russia’s actions as aggression. “At the outset, I would like to express our profound gratitude to all UN member states that just hours ago supported the relevant UN General Assembly resolution,” she said. However, she added, “We cannot say the same regarding the UN Security Council resolution.” Betsa also rejected negotiations that excluded Ukraine. “Now, Russia is pushing an entirely unethical principle, negotiating about Ukraine without Ukraine,” she said. “And let me be clear on behalf of Ukraine: there is nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine and there is nothing about Europe without Europe.”

Russia’s UN envoy Vassily Nebenzia said, “The western European sponsors of the Ukrainian regime continue to shield him and continue to pin all blame for the Ukrainian crisis on Russia,” Nebenzia said. “It is becoming increasingly more difficult for them.”

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski quoted his predecessor, Foreign Minister of Poland, a survivor of Auschwitz and of Stalinist prisons, Professor Władysław Bartoszewski, “When you are in doubt, how to behave, behave with decency.” Radoslaw Sikorski ended his intervention by saying, “Glory to Ukraine.”

Previously today, exactly three years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the UN General Assembly adopted two competing resolutions on resolving the conflict, one initiated by the United States and the other by Ukraine – a sign of strategic differences within the transatlantic alliance over the way forward for peace.

Briefing reporters after the General Assembly’s vote but before the Security Council one, Betsa emphasized Ukraine’s commitment to justice. “We have just adopted our resolution, which is based on the UN Charter and contains very important provisions: the condemnation of Russia's aggression, accountability for the Russian crimes, and the principles of territorial integrity,” she said. “This is the way to a comprehensive, just and lasting peace for Ukraine.”