WHO member states voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to sentence Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its assaults on well being amenities, in a renewed present of worldwide help for Kyiv.
Countries assembly on the World Health Organization’s annual decision-making meeting in Geneva demanded that Moscow instantly stop all assaults on hospitals.
Member states voted by 80 votes to 9, with 52 abstentions, “to condemn in the strongest terms the Russian Federation’s continued aggression against Ukraine, including attacks on health care facilities… as well as widespread attacks on civilians and critical civilian infrastructure”.
Besides Russia, the international locations voting in opposition to the draft decision included China, North Korea, Syria, Belarus, Cuba and Algeria.
All 27 European Union international locations co-sponsored the transfer, except for Hungary, which was absent from the vote.
The decision voiced “serious concerns over the continued health emergency in Ukraine and refugee-receiving and -hosting countries, triggered by the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine”.
These issues included the broader humanitarian impacts, the “risks of radiological, biological and chemical events and hazards” and the exacerbation of the worldwide meals safety disaster.
The decision urged Russia to “immediately cease any attacks on hospitals and other health care facilities” and known as for unhindered entry to individuals in want of help.
Speaking earlier than the vote, Ukraine’s ambassador Yevheniia Filipenko instructed the World Health Assembly that Russia’s invasion in February final yr had triggered a “serious health emergency which persists today as Russia continues its daily attacks on critical and civilian infrastructure”.
She known as on WHO member states to take a “principled stance” and again the decision, “and reject Russia’s attempt to absolve itself of the responsibility for its invasion of Ukraine and the health emergency it triggered”.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
