The Organization of American States (OAS) adopted on Friday a resolution on Ukraine calling for the cessation of “acts that may constitute war crimes”, but the Ukrainian ambassador to Washington asked him to go one step further and suspend Russia as a permanent observer.
Oksana Markarova, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States, thanked the OAS several times for the resolution but asked it to consider “withdrawing permanent observer status from Russia” because it is “unacceptable for someone who does not respect the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity and who thinks it is okay to kill children and kill innocent people in the territory of another State sit at the table with people who respect them.”
“It is not only our country that is under attack, but the very foundation of the world, the rules-based order, security and architecture and international law,” the ambassador said, comparing it to 1939 “when Hitler's country attacked innocent independent countries in Europe.”
The representative of the permanent observation mission of Russia, Alexander Kim, “categorically rejected the provocative and unfounded accusations” and said he found it inappropriate for the OAS to “consider issues that are not relevant” to the region.
Of the 34 active members of the OAS, 28 voted this Friday in favor of the resolution calling for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. No country voted against and five abstained: Brazil, Bolivia, El Salvador, Honduras and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Nicaragua was absent from this Permanent Council, the executive body of the OAS, where this Wednesday its ambassador Arturo McFields denounced his country, led by Daniel Ortega, calling it a “dictatorship.” The government later claimed that it “does not represent him” and dismissed him.
The resolution on the crisis in Ukraine “demands respect for human rights and the immediate cessation of acts that may constitute war crimes” and calls on Russia “to immediately withdraw all its military forces and equipment (...) and return to a path of dialogue and diplomacy”.
The text describes the deterioration of the humanitarian situation as “deeply disturbing and totally unacceptable”.
The OAS, of which Ukraine and Russia are permanent observers, urged “all parties to strictly respect” international humanitarian law and to protect civilians.
The countries pledged to “review, as necessary, the fulfillment of the Russian Federation's commitments to the OAS as a permanent observer.”
With information from AFP
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