Situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol A/RES/78/221 Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk regions (hereinafter “temporarily controlled or occupied territories of Ukraine”), and reaffirming the non -recognition of its annexation, Condemning also the unprovoked aggression against Ukraine by the Russian Federation in violation of Article 2 (4) of the Charter, and the use of Crimea for this aim and to support the attempted illegal annexation of the Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Supporting the commitment by Ukraine to adhering to international law in its efforts to put an end to the temporary Russian occupation of Crimea, and welcoming the commitments by Ukraine to respecting, protecting and fulfilling the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all persons, including Indigenous Peoples, and its cooperation with human rights treaty bodies and international institutions, 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 obligations and treaties, to which Ukraine is a party, are not upheld by the occupying Power, thus significantly decreasing the ability of residents of the temporarily controlled or 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 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 Moscow Mechanism 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 Ukrainian territory affected by aggression by the Russian Federation, Welcoming also the reports of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, submitted pursuant to resolutions 71/205 13 and 72/190, 14 and the reports of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to resolutions 73/263, 15 74/168, 16 75/192, 17 76/179 18 and 77/229, 19 and the reports of 18 October 2022, 20 15 March 2023 21 and 19 October 2023 22 of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 49/1, Condemning the imposition and retroactive application of the legal system of the Russian Federation, and its negative impact on the human rights situation in the temporarily controlled or occupied territories of Ukraine, the imposition of automatic citizenship of the Russian Federation on protected persons, which is contrary to __________________ 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23-25992 See A/72/498. See A/73/404. A/74/276. A/75/334 and A/HRC/44/21. A/76/260 and A/HRC/47/58. A/77/220 and A/HRC/50/65. A/78/340 and A/HRC/53/64. A/77/533. A/HRC/52/62. A/78/540. 3/14