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The Assembly also called for an immediate end to attacks against Ukraine\u2019s critical energy infrastructure, following weeks of escalation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The resolution entitled Safety and security of nuclear facilities of Ukraine, including the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was adopted with 99 countries in favour and nine against<\/strong> (Belarus, Burundi, Cuba, Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea, Eritrea, Mali, Nicaragua, Russia and Syria). Sixty Member States abstained<\/strong>.<\/p>\nNuclear demand<\/h2>\n
The resolution demanded that Russia \u201curgently withdraw\u201d its military and other unauthorized personnel from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant<\/strong> and \u201cimmediately return\u201d the plant to full Ukrainian control – to ensure its safety and security.<\/p>\n\u201c[The Assembly] calls upon the Russian Federation, until it returns the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant\u2026to provide the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Support and Assistance Mission to Zaporizhzhia with timely and full access to all areas at the plant that are important for nuclear safety and security in order to allow the Agency to report fully on the nuclear safety and security situation at the site,\u201d the resolution said.<\/p>\n
The draft resolution was introduced by Ukraine, and was sponsored more than 50 other countries, including France, Germany and the United States.<\/p>\n
Ukraine: Radiation knows no borders<\/h2>\n
Introducing the text, Ukrainian Ambassador and Permanent Representative Sergiy Kyslytsya said that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been deliberately made an integral element of Russia\u2019s military strategy and warned that the repercussions of an incident there would be catastrophic.<\/p>\n
\u201cRadiation knows no borders,\u201d he stated, adding that radioactive fallout can travel great distances and affect regions far removed from the site of the incident.<\/p>\n
He said the draft resolution fully supported the mandate of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and reinforces the importance of the seven indispensable pillars of nuclear safety and security outlined by the IAEA Director-General.<\/p>\n
He urged all nations to vote in favour the resolution, stressing \u201cwe owe it to future generations to ensure that the horrors of nuclear disasters are not repeated.\u201d<\/p>\n
Russia: A pseudo nuclear package<\/h2>\n
Explaining his country\u2019s position before the vote, Russian Deputy Permanent Representative, Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy said the draft resolution was harmful, heavily politicized and had nothing to do with nuclear safety.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe true goal is to use this pseudo nuclear package to sneak in political elements that have nothing to do with the stated problem, even a cursory glance at the text is enough to make this clear,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He also said that the sponsors of the draft resolution resorted to non-inclusive and non-transparent methods of work, \u201cflatly refusing\u201d any amendments from a number of delegations that sought to depoliticize it.<\/p>\n
He accused Ukraine of being the real threat to nuclear safety and security and carrying out regular and reckless attacks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, its related infrastructure and the nearby city where plant employees and their families live.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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