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presidency position? yeah, i don't think it — because it rotates among all 15 members, including the people who — the other 11 people who are not part of the permanent, so you could have a very small country, you know, running it in the midst of a major — a major crisis. and in terms of the wider sort of sense of the kind of role or significance of the un security council, i mean, questions have been asked of this since the invasion of ukraine — do you think that's injeopardy at the moment? well, you know, basically, the general assembly has had 140 countries vote to condemn the invasion. the security council couldn't do that because china and russia obviously were abstaining. so, ithink, basically, they have moved in that direction. the international criminal
well, you know, basically, the general assembly has had 140 countries vote to condemn the invasion. the security council couldn't do that because china and russia obviously were abstaining. so, ithink, basically, they have moved in that direction. the international criminal court — which is not technically part of the un — has indicted president putin, so they're doing what they can but you've got to remember when you've got great power politics, it's very hard for an international organisation to go against the wishes of any of the great powers. and from russia's point of view, i mean, are they going to be happy about this? well, you know, russia, you know, basically has vetoed all the resolutions that have come through the security council. they have vetoed about 2k resolutions in the last year, the chinese another ten, the united states, for example, only one. and so, in terms of what
the dup�*s position in particular needs to be read in the context of the wider comments that have been made about the windsor framework more generally. i suppose if we are looking at the stormont break, in particular the dup�*s and certainty and rejection of that today lies largely in effect that it does nothing with regard to existing eu law that is needed for the northern ireland protocol to operate. very much the windsor brake refers to changing eu law going forward. so that is a key point of concern for the democratic unionist party. in a more general sense as well, the party has been very consistent in saying that they want to see more information, clarification and indeed more detail around various aspects of the windsor framework overall, but particularly around the stormont brake. so i don�*t think it is overly surprising that the dup took the position it did today rather than abstaining, but certainly there are remaining concerns there that need to be addressed before the party will be able to reach its final decision with regard
they abstained again. if you're vladimir putin, you don't want your best buddy in the world abstaining. we are not abstaining in our support for ukraine. that is the good news. the bad news, they're also criticizing us, blaming us, and, as we heard over the last several days, made public at the munich security conference, when vice president harris called them out on it, i was there in the room when she said it, there are some intelligence reporting that suggests there are not even changing their policy and supporting with weapons and technologies, the russians. that would be a big change in russia, chinese policy. it was right for us to push back on it. having said all, that i agree with what secretary blinken just said, that you reported. we don't want a cease-fire in ukraine because that just gives putin time to reconstruct his army, and attack again. we had that back in 2014, it didn't work out. we need a permanent peace, and that's what the chinese need to support, not just a cease-fire, but something much more long term.
stability, even though they'd like to see an example that could justify them invading taiwan, i'm sure, they prefer a more stable world, generally speaking. could china, potentially, be used in a row for a good here at some point? >> maybe. so far, i'd say, she jinping is trying to have his cake and eat it too. he is not supporting putin the way putin would like. he didn't endorse this war. a year ago, there is a vote at the un general assembly, they abstained. there was one the other day, they abstained again. if you're vladimir putin, you don't want your best buddy in the world abstaining. we are not abstaining in our support for ukraine. that is the good news. the bad news, they're also criticizing us, blaming us, and, as we heard over the last several days, made public at the munich security conference, when vice president harris called them out on it, i was there in the room when she said it, there are some intelligence reporting that suggests there are not even changing their policy and supporting with
sentiments on that issue. and you're right to highlight... it's a pretty strong indicator, kishore, it's 1111 countries, and there is consistent solidarity from so many nations across the world. why are countries like india and china, in your view, abstaining? well, let me give you an even more powerful indicator. 85% of the world's population has not imposed sanctions on russia. 85%! now that's a stunning figure. and that figure indicates in countries like brazil and south africa, and china and india, there's a lot of deep disquiet about the way the war has been conducted, that there's no search for peace, that we're going for all—out military solutions. and you notice that the sentiment — and an oxford university survey has come out, as you know,
terrible war can only rise. well, as we have been reporting, the united nations general assembly has overwhelmingly backed a resolution condemning russia's invasion of ukraine. the motion — which calls for the withdrawal of troops from ukraine and a halt to fighting — was backed by 141 nations with 32 abstaining and seven, including russia, voting against. meanwhile china's foreign ministry has released a series of statements, saying "dialogue and negotiation are the only viable way to resolve" the crisis and calling on both russia and ukraine to "avoid attacking civilians or civilian facilities." 0ur correspondent stephen mcdonell is in beijing and explained more about china's increasingly important role in ukraine's war. ata time at a time when beijing and moscow
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invasion of ukraine, which took place exactly a year ago. the motion, which calls for the withdrawal of troops from ukraine and a halt to fighting, was backed by 1m nations with 32 abstaining and seven, including russia, voting against. let's speak now to our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, in kyiv. james, the russians thought this would be a short invasion and kyiv would be a short invasion and kyiv would be a short invasion and kyiv would be on their hands by now. he we are, year on. is would be on their hands by now. he we are. year om— we are, year on. is right. on that morning. — we are, year on. is right. on that morning. this _ we are, year on. is right. on that morning, this time _ we are, year on. is right. on that morning, this time last _ we are, year on. is right. on that morning, this time last year, - we are, year on. is right. on that morning, this time last year, the | morning, this time last year, the once unthinkable happened. so many ukrainians thought vladimir putin was bluffing when he gathered more than 150,000 troops across ukraine's vast borders. at the time he said he