Threats to international peace and security - Security Council, 9970th meeting

With many criticizing Moscow’s request for meeting, speakers in Security Council urge renewed diplomacy, immediate ceasefire in wake of deadly air strikes in Ukraine.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 01:28:37
• Production Date: 31 July 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Corporate Name: NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION - NATO
• Subject Topical: INTERNATIONAL LAW; INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY; CEASEFIRES; DIPLOMACY; CIVILIAN PROTECTION; MILITARY ACTIVITY; AERIAL BOMBINGS; CONFLICT
• Geographic Subject: UKRAINE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION
• MAMS Id: 3433148
• Parent Id: 3432680
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 9970 INTL PEACE SECURITY 31 JUL 2025 AM

Description

Amid intensified aerial strikes on Ukrainian cities, delegates in the Security Council emphasized the urgent need for renewed diplomatic efforts and an immediate ceasefire.

Called by the Russian Federation to discuss “the prospects of a diplomatic solution to the Ukrainian conflict”, today’s meeting was met with scrutiny by numerous Council members, who stressed that it does not represent a genuine step towards renewed diplomacy, but rather serves as a distraction from Moscow’s continued violations of international law.
 

• Statements: Russian Federation, Somalia, United States of America, Greece, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, France, Sierra Leone, Republic of Korea, Slovenia, Algeria, Panama, Denmark, Guyana, China, Pakistan
• Further statements: United States of America, China
• Statement: Ukraine

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S/PV.9970