Kenya votes against Russia in UN General Assembly to hold Putin responsible for making reparations to Ukraine
Kenya votes against Russia in UN General Assembly as pressure mounts on Putin to be held responsible for making reparations to Ukraine.
At the UN General Assembly, 93 nations, including Kenya, voted to denounce Russia for the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.
The UN General Assembly approved a nonbinding resolution recognizing that Russia must be responsible for making reparations to Ukraine.
The resolution, supported by 94 of the assembly’s 193 members, said Russia “must bear the legal consequences of all of its internationally wrongful acts, including making reparation for the injury, including any damage, caused by such acts.”
The resolution recommends the creation of an international register to record evidence and claims against Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the resolution “important” and said negotiations continue on a second resolution to create a special tribunal on the crimes of Russian aggression.
The United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Japan, and Italy are the top nations that backed the motion.
Russian Federation itself, China, North Korea, Iran, Cuba, Ethiopia, Mali, and Zimbabwe are notable nations that opposed the motion.
The administration of President William Ruto appears to support his predecessor’s position on the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Kenya became one of the first nations to condemn Russia for invading Ukraine under former president Uhuru Kenyatta.
“Kenya is gravely concerned by the announcement made by the Russian Federation to recognize Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine as independent states.
In our considered view, this action and announcement breach the territorial integrity of Ukraine,” Kenya’s ambassador to the U.N. Security Council Martin Kimani remarked at the start of the conflict on February 22.
On March 2, Kenya was among the member nations that voted to call for Russia to observe the immediate ceasefire and withdraw all its troops from Ukraine.
Although Ruto castigated the former administration for piling the country’s economic woes on Russia, he has since changed tune and echoed Uhuru’s sentiments.
“We are all bearing the effects of what that Russia-Ukraine conflict potents for us. High food prices, we cannot pay for and access fertilizers,” Ruto remarked on his interview with Al Jazeera on September 24.
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