nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230224-185240-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230224s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230224-185240-0 doi eng 342 23 Birkenkötter, Hannah Author aut On the Side of International Law - The General Assembly’s Emergency Special Session on Ukraine Birkenkötter, Hannah Verfassungsblog 2023-02-24 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier This Wednesday, the United Nations General Assembly resumed its Emergency Special Session on Ukraine, amidst a turbulent week that witnessed US President Biden’s surprise trip to Kyiv, Russian withdrawal from the New START Treaty, and Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi’s visit to Moscow, amongst other things. On Thursday, the Assembly adopted resolution ES-11/6 (draft here) with 141 votes in favor, seven against, 32 abstentions and 13 countries not voting. If the Russian aggression last year was a watershed moment for the United Nations, then the organ to watch these days is the General Assembly, and not the Security Council. CC BY-SA 4.0 General Assembly United Nations Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/on-the-side-of-international-law/ raw object