[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1401-S1402]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 SENATE RESOLUTION 100--DISSENTING FROM THE UNITED STATES DELEGATION'S 
     FEBRUARY 24, 2025, VOTE AT THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations:

                              S. Res. 100

       Whereas United States cooperation with our allies advances 
     the national security interest of the United States;

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       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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