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  1. “This is done with the clear aim to exert pressure on the international community and Ukraine. We welcome the agreement reached in Istanbul on 22 July to unblock Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports. However, Russia’s missile attack on Ukraine’s port city of Odesa the very next day after the deal was signed once again proves that Russia cannot be trusted. The international community must closely follow Russia’s adherence to the deal and maintain pressure to ensure its implementation.”

    2022-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9104 (2022) · source

  2. “The only way to achieve this is by ensuring accountability at all levels for atrocities committed against Ukraine and its people. In this regard, it is of utmost importance to provide all necessary support for the work of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine mandated by the United Nations Human Rights Council and the expert missions under the Moscow Mechanism of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe as well as in the investigation being undertaken by the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. Justice must prevail. The perpetrators must and will be held accountable. Last but not least, Russia has added a global dimension to its campaign of terror by deliberately blocking the export of Ukraine’s grain in order to cause a global food crisis.”

    2022-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9104 (2022) · source

  3. “The answer lies in the sense of impunity that characterizes Russia’s approach to its international obligations. Russia must believe that it can get away with its bloody crimes. It should be recognized that this sense of impunity is emboldened each time that members of the international community, including those sitting around this table, fail to condemn Russia’s actions and take steps to respond to its aggression. It is high time for the international community to demonstrate that the norms that have been established over decades to ensure peace and stability, as well as the protection of civilians, including the United Nations Charter, are not empty statements that can be trampled down by dictators and bullies, but ironclad obligations that we are collectively determined to uphold.”

    2022-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9104 (2022) · source

  4. “The numbers are growing every day, since new crimes against civilians are discovered and new attacks on civilians are executed regularly by the Russian military. Make no mistake: Russia’s warfare against the civilian population of Ukraine is not a coincidence, nor is it collateral damage. It has been a deliberate and consistent approach in Russia’s war aimed at breaking the resistance and spirit of Ukrainian people. Unable to defeat Ukraine on the battlefield, the Russian military seeks to achieve its aims by terrorizing Ukraine’s civilian population. One has the right to ask how it is possible that such actions, which clearly amount to war crimes, are permitted to be systematically carried out for months in direct violation of international law, including international humanitarian law.”

    2022-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9104 (2022) · source

  5. “The latter aid was vividly on display yesterday when a barrage of 25 missiles was launched at northern Ukraine from the territory of Belarus. Every single day of Russia’s war has brought devastation and suffering to the people of Ukraine. Atrocity crimes in Bucha and Irpin, the bombing of a maternity hospital in Mariupol, missile attacks on a busy train station in Kramatorsk and a crowded shopping centre in Kremenchuk have been but a few of the most visible cases of Russia’s blatant disregard for human life in its savage campaign against Ukraine’s freedom, independence and statehood, as well as its sovereignty and territorial integrity. According to the most recent report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, a total of more than 5,200 civilian deaths have been documented in Ukraine.”

    2022-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9104 (2022) · source

  6. “Russia’s unprovoked large-scale attack on Ukraine does not qualify under either of these exceptions and must therefore be considered as use of force in blatant violation of the United Nations Charter. Such actions by a permanent member of the Council shake the foundation upon which the United Nations was built. If Russia’s aggression is not stopped and perpetrators are not held accountable, it may induce other actors to follow its path and further erode the international rules-based order. Unfortunately, in the face of such violations, it will always be the civilian population that will pay the highest price. This week we have entered the sixth month of Russian aggression against Ukraine, aided by Belarus.”

    2022-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9104 (2022) · source

  7. “I would also like to begin by thanking the Permanent Representative of Ireland for her excellent service in the Security Council. I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Baltic countries: Estonia, Lithuania, and my own country, Latvia. We welcome today’s meeting of the Security Council to address the implications of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, including the consequences for the United Nations Charter. We thank Under-Secretary- General Rosemary DiCarlo for her update today. As is well known, the United Nations Charter prohibits the use of force except in self-defence and in cases when the Security Council has granted an authorization.”

    2022-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9104 (2022) · source