A/RES/68/262
United Nations
Distr.: General
1 April 2014
General Assembly
Sixty-eighth session
Agenda item 33 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 27 March 2014
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/68/L.39 and Add.1)]
68/262. Territorial integrity of Ukraine
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming the paramount importance of the Charter of the United Nations in
the promotion of the rule of law among nations,
Recalling the obligations of all States under Article 2 of the Charter to refrain
in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial
integrity or political independence of any State, and to settle their international
disputes by peaceful means,
Recalling also its resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970, in which it
approved the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly
Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the
United Nations, and reaffirming the principles contained therein that the territory of
a State shall not be the object of acquisition by another State resulting from the
threat or use of force, and that any attempt aimed at the partial or total disruption of
the national unity and territorial integrity of a State or country or at its political
independence is incompatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter,
Recalling further the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation
in Europe, signed in Helsinki on 1 August 1975, the Memorandum on Security
Assurances in Connection with Ukraine’s Accession to the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (Budapest Memorandum) of 5 December
1994, 1 the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between Ukraine and
the Russian Federation of 31 May 1997 2 and the Alma-Ata Declaration of
21 December 1991,
Stressing the importance of maintaining the inclusive political dialogue in
Ukraine that reflects the diversity of its society and includes representation from all
parts of Ukraine,
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A/49/765, annex I.
A/52/174, annex I.
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