S/2022/155 SC

The Security Council, Recalling the obligation of all States under Article 2 of the United Nations Charter to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations, and to settle their international disputes by peaceful means, Recalling its primary responsibility under the United Nations Charter for the maintenance of international peace and security, Recalling the 1975 Helsinki Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe and the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, Recalling its Resolution 2202 (2015) that calls on parties to fully implement the "Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements", including a comprehensive ceasefire as provided for therein, as well as stressing the importance of the full implementation of the Minsk Protocol of 5 September 2014 and the Minsk Memorandum of 19 September 2014, Endorsing the Secretary-General’s call for the Russian Federation to stop its offensive against Ukraine, Condemning the 23 February 2022 declaration by the Russian Federation of a "special military operation" in Ukraine. 1. Reaffirms its commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity, and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders; 2. Deplores in the strongest terms the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine in violation of Article 2, paragraph 4 of the United Nations Charter; 3. Decides that the Russian Federation shall immediately cease its use of force against Ukraine and shall refrain from any further unlawful threat or use of force against any UN member state; 4. Decides that the Russian Federation shall immediately, completely, and unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces from the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders; 5. Deplores the Russian Federation’s 21 February 2022 decision related to the status of certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine as a violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and inconsistent with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations; 6. Decides the Russian Federation shall immediately and unconditionally reverse the decision related to the status of certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine; 7. Calls on the parties to abide by the Minsk agreements and to work constructively in relevant international frameworks, including in the Normandy Format and Trilateral Contact Group, towards their full implementation; 8. Calls upon all parties to allow and facilitate the rapid, safe, and unhindered access of humanitarian assistance to those in need in Ukraine, to protect civilians, including humanitarian personnel and persons in vulnerable situations, including children; 9. Condemns all violations of international humanitarian law and violations and abuses of human rights, and calls upon all parties to strictly respect the relevant provisions of international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977, as applicable, and to respect human rights; 10. Welcomes and urges the continued efforts by the Secretary-General, UN Member States, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and other international and regional organizations, to support de-escalation of the current situation, and also the efforts of the United Nations to respond to the humanitarian and refugee crisis that the Russian Federation’s aggression has created; 11. Decides to remain actively seized of this matter.

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