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 Reiterating its concern regarding military use of the temporarily controlled or occupied territories of Ukraine and their infrastructure, including civilian, in the unprovoked full-scale aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, which entails considerable long-term negative environmental consequences in the region, impacting civilians’ enjoyment of their human rights, Recalling that the Russian Federation bears legal responsibility as the occupying Power for the occupied territory, and deploring the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, which has had catastrophic long -term humanitarian, economic, agricultural and environmental consequences in the region, and severely impacts civilians’ enjoyment of their human rights, and also strongly condemning the refusal of the request of the United Nations for humanitarian access across the Dnipro River to the affected residents in the areas under the temporary control of the Russian Federation, Condemning the persistent violent actions of the Russian Federation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, including forceful seizure of control of the site, the restrictions on Ukrainian operating personnel in violation of their human rights, the placing of anti-personnel mines in some areas around the site, and other violent actions in connection with the ongoing presence of Russian military and Rosatom personnel at the site, which continue to pose serious and direct threats to the safety and security of this nuclear facility and its civilian personnel, thereby significantly raising the risk of a nuclear accident or incident, which endangers the population of Ukraine, neighbouring States and the international community, Condemning also the continuous use of the temporarily controlled or occupied territories of Ukraine for missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, causing numerous civilian casualties and impacting civilian objects, including deliberate attacks against medical facilities and critical energy infrastructure, Gravely concerned that attacks on Ukrainian civilian port infrastructure, means of navigation and grain terminals and the intended blockade of the ports of Ukraine, as well as threats of use of force against civilian and merchant vessels in the Black Sea heading to and from the ports of Ukraine, undermine critical global food supply routes, in particular to the most vulnerable regions, thus threatening global food security and access to affordable, safe and nutritious food for all those in need, Welcoming the continued efforts of the Secretary-General, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Council of Europe, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine and other international and regional organizations to support Ukraine in respecting, protecting and fulfilling human rights, and expressing concern over the lack of safe and unfettered access by established regional and international human rights monitoring mechanisms and human rights non-governmental organizations to the temporarily controlled or occupied territories of Ukraine, Strongly condemning the forcible transfer of Ukrainian children and other civilians to the temporarily controlled or occupied territories of Ukraine and their deportation to the Russian Federation, and the separation of families and of children from legal guardians, and any subsequent change of children’s personal status, adoption or placement in foster families, and efforts to indoctrinate them, Noting the issuance of warrants of arrest by the International Criminal Court for Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, and Maria Lvova -Belova, Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation, on the basis that there are reasonable grounds to believe that they are 23-25992 7/14