[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 100 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 100
Dissenting from the United States delegation's February 24, 2025, vote
at the United Nations General Assembly.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 26, 2025
Mrs. Shaheen submitted the following resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on Foreign Relations
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RESOLUTION
Dissenting from the United States delegation's February 24, 2025, vote
at the United Nations General Assembly.
Whereas United States cooperation with our allies advances the national security
interest of the United States;
Whereas on February 24, 2025, the United States delegation to the United Nations
voted against the Government of Ukraine's United Nations draft
resolution A/ES-11/L.10 entitled ``Advancing a comprehensive, just and
lasting peace in Ukraine'';
Whereas the aforementioned vote was cast against Ukraine and the United States'
democratic allies, and aligned the United States with the Russian
Federation, Belarus, the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea,
and other autocracies;
Whereas this was the first instance since 2014 in which the United States voted
with Russia at the United Nations on a Ukraine-related resolution,
representing a departure from a decade of bipartisan, United States
policy on Ukraine and eight decades of alignment with like-minded
democratic states at the United Nations; and
Whereas, in the United Nations Security Council, the United States led a
resolution that failed to call out Russia as the invading aggressor and
lacked the support of all five European members of the Security Council:
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) condemns the February 24, 2025, United States vote
against Ukraine's resolution at the United Nations General
Assembly;
(2) decries the refusal of the United States delegation to
continue to identify the Russian Federation as an aggressor or
to call for the Government of the Russian Federation to
completely withdraw its military forces from the territory of
Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders;
(3) recalls that the principal purposes of the United
Nations Charter are to ``maintain peace and security'' and
suppress ``acts of aggression or other breaches of peace'';
(4) urges the United States to work closely with Ukraine
and European allies on future efforts at the United Nations
related to Ukraine; and
(5) reaffirms its support for the sovereignty and
territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally
recognized borders.
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