Yuriy Sergeyev

"A thief may steal a thing, but that does not give him ownership of it": Excerpts from the diary of the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN about the diplomatic confrontation with Russian aggression in 2014 (part 3)

Yuriy Sergeyev

Abstract

The voice heard in the UN is not that of Russia but of the Soviet Union: The Security Council Meeting on 15 March 2014. The moment of truth arrived on Saturday, 15 March. Convened at Ukraine’s request, the UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting reviewed document S/2014/189 (2014), which contained the text of a draft resolution submitted by the USA and supported by Ukraine and several other countries...

Keywords

Special opinion

References

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Suggested citation

Sergeyev, Yu. (2024). "A thief may steal a thing, but that does not give him ownership of it": Excerpts from the diary of the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN about the diplomatic confrontation with Russian aggression in 2014 (part 3). Foreign Affairs, 34(5), 16-23. https://doi.org/10.46493/2663-2675.34(5).2024.16