Ukraine - Security Council, 9908th meeting

Russian Federation’s ‘War of Choice’ on Ukraine Undermines United Nations Charter, Under-Secretary-General Tells Security Council, Calling for Ceasefire. ‘Not a Single Day Has Passed without Civilians Being Killed, Injured in Attacks’, Notes Senior Humanitarian Affairs Official

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 01:58:06
• Production Date: 29 April 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: JOYCE MSUYA; MARIANA BETSA; ROSEMARY A. DICARLO
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: WAR; DEATH; ACCOUNTABILITY; INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY; SOVEREIGNTY; BOUNDARIES; POLITICAL CRISIS; UN CHARTER; UNITED NATIONS ROLE; SECURITY COUNCIL; UKRAINE SITUATION
• Geographic Subject: UKRAINE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION
• MAMS Id: 3371598
• Parent Id: 3365285

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Warning the Security Council today that the Russian Federation’s three-year “war of choice” continues to kill and injure Ukrainian civilians, a senior United Nations official called for a full, immediate and unconditional ceasefire despite offers of temporary truces. 

Presidency: His Excellency Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, France 

Briefer: Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs 

Briefer: Ms. Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator 

Statement: His Excellency Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, France 

Statement: Her Excellency Barbara Žvokelj, Secretary General, Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs, Slovenia 

Statement: His Excellency Lord Ray Collins of Highbury, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 

Statements: Denmark, Greece, United States of America, Pakistan, Algeria, Republic of Korea, Somalia, Panama, Sierra Leone, China, Guyana, Russian Federation 

Statement: Her Excellency Mariana Betsa, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ukraine 

Statement: Romania 

Statement: Latvia (on behalf of: Baltic States) 

The meeting was suspended. 

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