Head of Russia’s Federation Council International Affairs Committee, Konstantin Kosachev, has described the resolution on Crimea passed by the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee as cynical and mean games and an attempt to force through international documents Ukraine’s approach towards the issue.
"These cynical and mean games around Crimea, which have no other content than Kiev’s phantom malevolence and the current Russophobic campaigns in the West, reflect the only desire, which is not helping Crimea residents but taking revenge on them and Russia," Kosachev wrote on Facebook.
In his view, the resolution titled "Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine)," is fundamentally unrealistic, as such territorial entities no longer exist. "This is another openly hypocritical attempt to force through international documents Ukraine’s approach towards the ‘occupation,’ ‘annexation’ and so on under the guise of concern for human rights," he noted.
On Tuesday, the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee passed a resolution by a majority of votes condemning human rights violations allegedly taking place in Crimea and calling Russia "an occupying power." A total of 71 countries, including the EU member-countries, Canada and the US, voted for the resolution passed by the UN General Assembly for the first time last year. Twenty-five countries, among them India, Iran, China, Syria and South Africa, voted against it, while 77 delegations abstained.
