The UN Security Council adopted a US-led resolution on Monday on Russia's war with Ukraine.
“This resolution places us on the path to peace. It's the first step, but an important step. One of them should all be proud of,” said the UN interim UN. US Ambassador Dorothy Shea spoke about the resolution.
“Now we must use it to build a peaceful future for Ukraine, Russia and the international community,” she added.
The short three-paragraph resolution holds a neutral position in the “Russia-Ukurein conflict.”
It calls for a quick end to conflict and lasting peace, mourning the loss of life since the war broke out when Russia invaded Ukraine three years ago this month.
The resolution also reiterates that the UN's purpose is to maintain international peace and security and to settle conflicts peacefully.
The Security Council adopted the resolution with 10 votes and the state did not oppose it.
Five countries abstained: France, the UK, Denmark, Greece and Slovenia.
Russia supported the United States in opposition to a resolution passed at the General Assembly, where Moscow is condemning the war, and voted in favor of the Security Council's US accreditation document.
“The UN Security Council was a vote to pass a US resolution. [President Trump’s] The State Department wrote about X, “Efforts to end the Russian-Ukraine War.”
“This historic action sets the conditions for the path to peace and the end of the genocide,” the department added.
The State Department argued that the US resolution was “simple and historic,” saying, “Everyone agrees: the conflict is terrible, and the UN will end it and show that peace is possible. We must unite in this.”
The United States was one of 18 countries to join Russia, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Burundi, the Central African Republican Party, North Korea, Equatorial Guinea, Elithrea, Haita, Israel, Israel, and Russia, near Moscow. Mali, the Marshall Islands, Nicaragua, Niger, Palau, Sudan.
Another 93 countries voted to approve the resolution and have abstained 65 abstain.
