Situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol A/RES/80/223 Recalling also its resolutions ES-11/1 of 2 March 2022 on the aggression against Ukraine, ES-11/2 of 24 March 2022 on the humanitarian consequences of the aggression against Ukraine, ES-11/6 of 23 February 2023 on the principles of the Charter of the United Nations underlying a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine and ES-11/7 of 24 February 2025 on advancing a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine, and Human Rights Council resolutions 49/1 of 4 March 2022, 14 52/32 of 4 April 2023, 15 55/23 of 4 April 2024 16 and 58/24 of 4 April 2025 17 on the situation of human rights in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression and S-34/1 of 12 May 2022 on the deteriorating human rights situation in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression, 18 Gravely concerned that the provisions of these resolutions and relevant decisions of international organizations, specialized agencies and bodies within the United Nations system have not been implemented by the Russian Federation, Condemning the ongoing temporary occupation by the Russian Federation of part of the territory of Ukraine, including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (hereinafter “Crimea”), and certain areas of the Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts (hereinafter “temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine”), and reaffirming the non‑recognition of its annexation, Condemning also the war of aggression against Ukraine by the Russian Federation in violation of Article 2 (4) of the Charter, and the use of Crimea for this and to support the attempted illegal annexation of the Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, Supporting the commitment by Ukraine to adhere to international law in its efforts to put an end to the temporary Russian occupation of Crimea, and welcoming the commitments by Ukraine to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all persons, including Indigenous Peoples, and its cooperation with human rights treaty bodies and international institutions, Encouraging all efforts aimed at achieving a resolution of the conflict through peaceful means in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling that organs and officials of the Russian Federation established in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine are illegitimate and should be referred to as “occupying authorities of the Russian Federation”, Concerned that applicable international human rights law obligations and treaties, to which Ukraine is a Party, are not upheld by the occupying Power, thus severely restricting the ability of residents of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to exercise their human rights and fundamental freedoms, Reaffirming the obligation of States to ensure that persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, and Indigenous Peoples may exercise fully and effectively all human rights and fundamental freedoms without any discrimination and in full equality before and under the law, Welcoming the reports of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights situation in Ukraine, of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe and of the missions of experts under the _______________ 14 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-seventh Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/77/53), chap. VI, sect. A. 15 Ibid., Seventy-eighth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/78/53), chap. V, sect. A. 16 Ibid., Seventy-ninth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/79/53), chap. IV, sect. A. 17 Ibid., Eightieth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/80/53), chap. V, sect. A. 18 Ibid., Seventy-seventh Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/77/53), chap. VII. 25-20987 3/15