KYIV – The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly on November 14 adopted the draft resolution on the “Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine.” Voting in favor were 67 U.N. member states, 23 voted against, 82 abstained. The Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations reported that 38 countries became co-sponsors of the draft resolution. The document concerns the violations of human rights in Crimea by the Russian Federation as an occupying state.
The Third Committee – one of six main committees of the U.N. General Assembly – is concerned with social, humanitarian and cultural issues, including human rights, around the globe.