Guyana’s Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo emphasised on Thursday that the tiny South American nation voted for peace in Ukraine by supporting a United States-drafted resolution at the United Nations Security Council.
“The United States put forward a resolution to the Security Council, it was a simple resolution, it spoke about peace in Ukraine and attempts to change that were vetoed, it was the only resolution that called for peace.
“Several countries tried to change that to include other language and those attempts were vetoed so at the end of the day, there was just one resolution- the original resolution- to vote for.
“That resolution called for peace and we voted for peace,” Jagdeo said at his weekly press conference at the People’s Progressive Party Civic headquarters, Freedom House.
The 15-member UN Security Council was deadlocked throughout the now three-year war and could not take any actions as Russia has veto power on the council. The resolution from the US, seen as one that takes a more neutral stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has been viewed as part of the new Donald Trump administration’s plans to find a way to finally end the war.
Reuters reported that the resolution mourns the loss of life in the “Russia-Ukraine conflict”, reiterates the UN’s purpose is to maintain international peace and security and peacefully settle disputes, urges a swift end to the conflict, and calls for lasting peace.
The Security Council adopted the US resolution with 10 votes (including Guyana’s) in favor, while France, Britain, Denmark, Greece and Slovenia abstained. Russia voted in favor after failing to amend it and vetoing European bids to add language supporting Ukraine.
Jagdeo said the approach of the US and countries in Europe may differ but all countries want the war to end.
“We’re all unified around that: the war is senseless, too many get killed (and) it has a devastating impact on Ukraine and on Russia too,” he said.
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