December
17, 2017 (Web Portal of Ukrainian Government) For the fourth
consecutive year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has been
drawing attention of the international community to the anniversary
of adoption of the UN General Assembly Resolution 3314 (XXIX)
"Definition of aggression". This document has enshrined the
principles of international law, recognized by the international
community, that prohibit aggression in all its manifestations. The
use by the Russian Federation of its armed force against the
sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of
Ukraine contrary to the principles of international law, including
those enshrined in the UN Charter, is a classic case of aggression.
We consider as
exceptional cynicism the fact that the aggression against Ukraine was
planned, prepared and unleashed by the Russian Federation – the
guarantor state of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity
under the Budapest Memorandum.
The consequences of the
Russian armed aggression against Ukraine are the occupation of the
part of the territory of Ukraine - the Autonomous Republic of Crimea
and the city of Sevastopol, certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk
regions; ongoing gross and numerous violations of human rights on the
occupied territories; more than 10,200 dead and 24,500 wounded
citizens of Ukraine; the death of 298 passengers of the MH17 flight;
destroyed residential buildings and vital infrastructure; over 1,5
million internally displaced persons.
Gravity and scale of the
internationally wrongful acts being committed by the Russian
Federation against Ukraine are striking and continue to grow. As
history testifies, such acts result in responsibility, and both the
Russian Federation and its supreme leadership shall inevitably be
brought to justice.
In this regard, Ukraine
welcomes the continuing efforts of the international community to
penalize the international crime of aggression in the Rome Statute of
the International Criminal Court. The amount of ratifications of the
Kampala Amendments, accomplished in 2017, and their subsequent
activation is a proof of the will of the international community to
deal resolutely with acts of aggression.
We call on the Russian
Federation to comply with the UN General Assembly resolutions 68/262
and 71/205 and to put an end to the armed aggression against Ukraine.
We also request the Russian Federation to withdraw from Ukraine its
regular armed forces, the illegal armed groups, mercenaries
controlled, commanded and financed by the Russian Federation, its
weapons and military equipment, to render void all acts aimed at
legalizing the attempted annexation of the Autonomous Republic of
Crimea, the city of Sevastopol, as well as the puppet regimes of the
aggressor state in the occupied territory of Donetsk and Luhansk
regions.
Ukraine appeals to the
international community to stand together against attempts of
aggressor states, including the Russian Federation, to use aggression
as a foreign policy instrument and to impose uncivilized and
destructive for the world order and human values rules. We call to
the international community to undertake all necessary measures to
strengthen widely recognized principles of peaceful coexistence among
states and respect for their sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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