Ukraine Seat

From the MT:
"Ukraine to Sit Alongside Russia on UN Security Council"

 

Ukraine won a seat on the UN Security Council on Thursday, giving it a global platform to wage its political battle against Russia for annexing Crimea and supporting Ukrainian separatists. Four other countries — Egypt, Japan, Senegal and Uruguay — were also elected to the UN's most powerful body. All five countries were unopposed in their bids for the non-permanent seats and will start their two-year terms on Jan. 1. There will almost certainly be fireworks after Ukraine takes its seat alongside permanent member Russia. Ukraine's Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin called it a very important day for Ukraine and the United Nations "because Ukraine is fighting against Russian aggression." He said the country was proud of the "world solidarity." Klimkin was in New York this week meeting with UN ambassadors and letting the world know that relations with Russia will be anything but conciliatory. "Election to the Security Council is of special importance for us as a backdrop of the ongoing Russian aggression," Klimkin told reporters on Tuesday. "For the first time, we have an absolutely unique and unimaginable situation … that a permanent member of the Security Council is an aggressor in Ukraine, waging a hybrid war against Ukraine." Russia had quietly campaigned against Ukraine's bid, according to diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity because discussions have been private. But Ukraine easily won approval from the required two-thirds of the 193 UN member states that voted Thursday.

 

 

^ This shows the international community stands behind the Ukraine over Russia's annexation of the Crimea and supporting the ethnic Russian terrorists in eastern Ukraine - since the member states had to vote for them. While many countries still remain officially silent against the war at least now they have voiced something in support of what is right. It has to be awkward for Russia since now they can't walk-out when the Ukraine speaks as they did at the earlier UN conference. Hopefully, the Ukraine's position will help end the war and bring peace back to the Ukraine. ^

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/ukraine-to-sit-alongside-russia-on-un-security-council/539259.html