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2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. RES. 100 |
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5 | 5 | | Dissenting from the United States delegation’s February 24, 2025, vote |
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6 | 6 | | at the United Nations General Assembly. |
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7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY26, 2025 |
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9 | 9 | | Mrs. S |
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10 | 10 | | HAHEENsubmitted the following resolution; which was referred to the |
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11 | 11 | | Committee on Foreign Relations |
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12 | 12 | | RESOLUTION |
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13 | 13 | | Dissenting from the United States delegation’s February 24, |
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14 | 14 | | 2025, vote at the United Nations General Assembly. |
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15 | 15 | | Whereas United States cooperation with our allies advances |
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16 | 16 | | the national security interest of the United States; |
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17 | 17 | | Whereas on February 24, 2025, the United States delegation |
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18 | 18 | | to the United Nations voted against the Government of |
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19 | 19 | | Ukraine’s United Nations draft resolution A/ES–11/L.10 |
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20 | 20 | | entitled ‘‘Advancing a comprehensive, just and lasting |
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21 | 21 | | peace in Ukraine’’; |
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22 | 22 | | Whereas the aforementioned vote was cast against Ukraine |
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23 | 23 | | and the United States’ democratic allies, and aligned the |
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24 | 24 | | United States with the Russian Federation, Belarus, the |
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25 | 25 | | Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea, and other |
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26 | 26 | | autocracies; |
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29 | 29 | | •SRES 100 IS |
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30 | 30 | | Whereas this was the first instance since 2014 in which the |
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31 | 31 | | United States voted with Russia at the United Nations |
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32 | 32 | | on a Ukraine-related resolution, representing a departure |
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33 | 33 | | from a decade of bipartisan, United States policy on |
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34 | 34 | | Ukraine and eight decades of alignment with like-minded |
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35 | 35 | | democratic states at the United Nations; and |
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36 | 36 | | Whereas, in the United Nations Security Council, the United |
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37 | 37 | | States led a resolution that failed to call out Russia as |
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38 | 38 | | the invading aggressor and lacked the support of all five |
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39 | 39 | | European members of the Security Council: Now, there- |
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40 | 40 | | fore, be it |
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41 | 41 | | Resolved, That the Senate— 1 |
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42 | 42 | | (1) condemns the February 24, 2025, United 2 |
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43 | 43 | | States vote against Ukraine’s resolution at the 3 |
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44 | 44 | | United Nations General Assembly; 4 |
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45 | 45 | | (2) decries the refusal of the United States del-5 |
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46 | 46 | | egation to continue to identify the Russian Federa-6 |
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47 | 47 | | tion as an aggressor or to call for the Government 7 |
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48 | 48 | | of the Russian Federation to completely withdraw its 8 |
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49 | 49 | | military forces from the territory of Ukraine within 9 |
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50 | 50 | | its internationally recognized borders; 10 |
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51 | 51 | | (3) recalls that the principal purposes of the 11 |
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52 | 52 | | United Nations Charter are to ‘‘maintain peace and 12 |
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53 | 53 | | security’’ and suppress ‘‘acts of aggression or other 13 |
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54 | 54 | | breaches of peace’’; 14 |
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55 | 55 | | (4) urges the United States to work closely with 15 |
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56 | 56 | | Ukraine and European allies on future efforts at the 16 |
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57 | 57 | | United Nations related to Ukraine; and 17 |
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60 | 60 | | •SRES 100 IS |
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61 | 61 | | (5) reaffirms its support for the sovereignty and 1 |
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62 | 62 | | territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internation-2 |
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63 | 63 | | ally recognized borders. 3 |
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