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Uganda again abstains in UN vote against Russia

Last year, delegates watched President Yoweri Museveni address the UN via video link. Uganda didn't participate in a UN vote denouncing Russia's actions in Ukraine.

Last year, delegates watched President Yoweri Museveni address the UN via video link. Uganda didn’t participate in a UN vote denouncing Russia’s actions in Ukraine.

Russia’s “illegal annexations” of Ukrainian territory were denounced by the UN General Assembly on Wednesday after Moscow rejected a similar resolution in the Security Council in late September.

The resolution opposing Moscow’s contentious referenda in four Ukrainian areas received support from 26 African nations. 19 more people chose not to vote.

African nations that didn’t vote were Mali, the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, the Republic of Congo, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Additionally abstaining was Eritrea, which had previously voted against a UN resolution denouncing the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

During Sergei Lavrov’s tour of the region in July, three of these nations hosted the Russian ambassador.

Sao Tome, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and Burkina Faso were not present during the meeting.

The 193 member states of the General Assembly had gathered for an emergency session. Despite the United States’ diplomatic efforts, it passed the resolution with 143 votes in favor, five against, and 35 abstentions, including those from China, India, Pakistan, and South Africa.

The five countries that dissented were Nicaragua, North Korea, Syria, Belarus, and Russia.

Dmytro Kuleba, the foreign minister of Ukraine, visited Africa earlier this month in an effort to challenge Russia’s perceived dominance of the region. The objective was to convince decision-makers to back Kiev.

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