| UNSecurity Council Resolution 2623 | ||||
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 Apartment block in Kyiv (Valeriy Lobanovskyi Avenue) struck by a missile, 26 February | ||||
| Date | 27 February 2022 | |||
| Meeting no. | 8,980 | |||
| Code | S/RES/2623 (Document) | |||
| Subject | Maintenance of peace and security inUkraine | |||
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| Result | Adopted | |||
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TheUnited Nations Security Council Resolution 2623 called for theeleventh emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly on the subject of theRussian invasion of Ukraine.[1][2]Albania and theUnited States introduced the resolution before theUnited Nations Security Council, which adopted it on 27 February 2022.[3][4]Russia voted against whileChina,India and theUnited Arab Emirates abstained. As this was a procedural resolution, no permanent member could exercise theirveto power.Theeleventh ESS has been 'adjourned' and 'resumed' on numerous occasions over the past several years, and remains temporarily adjourned. Indeed, more than twenty separate 'plenary meetings' have been held by the Assembly, whilst sitting in the eleventh ESS, since 2022.
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 377,[5] the "Uniting for Peace" resolution, adopted 3 November 1950, states that in any cases where theSecurity Council, because of a lack of unanimity among its fivepermanent members (P5), fails to act as required to maintain international peace and security, theGeneral Assembly shall consider the matter immediately and may issue appropriate recommendations to UN members for collective measures, including the use of armed force when necessary, in order to maintain or restore international peace and security.
Resolution 2623 was the 13th time the Uniting for Peace resolution has been invoked to call an emergency session of the General Assembly, including the8th such invocation by the Security Council.
Theeleventh emergency special session of the UNGA convened several times and passed the following resolutions:
Voting took place both in the General Assembly and in the Security Council.
There are 15 voting members present for the Security Council meeting that occurred on 27 February 2022. Eleven members approved, only one opposed, and three members abstained.[8]
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Permanent members of the Security Council are shown in bold.
The emergency special session was called as a result and met on 28 February 2022.
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