A/RES/74/168
Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic
of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine
manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations, recalling 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,
Recalling its resolution 3314 (XXIX) of 14 December 1974, entitled “Definition
of aggression”,
Recalling also its resolution 68/262 of 27 March 2014 on the territorial integrity
of Ukraine, in which it affirmed its commitment to the sovereignty, political
independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally
recognized borders and called upon all States, international organizations and
specialized agencies not to recognize any alteration to the status of the Autonomous
Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol and to refrain from any action or
dealing that might be interpreted as recognizing any such altered status,
Recalling further its resolutions 71/205 of 19 December 2016, 72/190 of
19 December 2017 and 73/263 of 22 December 2018 on the situation of human rights
in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, its
resolution 73/194 of 17 December 2018 on the problem of the militarization of the
Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, as well as parts
of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, and relevant decisions of international
organizations, specialized agencies and bodies within the United Nations system,
Gravely concerned that the provisions of those 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 of part of the territory of
Ukraine – the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (hereinafter
“Crimea”) – by the Russian Federation, and reaffirming the non-recognition of its
annexation,
Recalling that the General Assembly, in its resolution 3314 (XXIX), states that
no territorial acquisition or special advantage resulting from aggression is or shall be
recognized as lawful,
Affirming that the seizure of Crimea by force is illegal and a violation of
international law, and affirming also that those terr itories must be immediately
returned,
Supporting the commitment by Ukraine to adhering to international law in its
efforts to put an end to the Russian occupation of Crimea, and welcoming the
commitments by Ukraine to protecting the human rights and funda mental freedoms
of all its citizens,
Reaffirming the obligation of States to ensure that persons belonging to national
or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities may exercise fully and effectively all
human rights and fundamental freedoms without any discrimination and in full
equality before 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 human rights assessment mission
of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the High
Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe, in which they stated that violations and abuses of human
rights continued to take place in Crimea and pointed to the sharp deterioration of the
overall human rights situation,
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