UN Chief on Nuclear Conflict in Ukraine - Security Council (22 September 2022) | United Nations

Описание: Opening remarks by H.E. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, on the situation in Ukraine during the Security Council, 9135th meeting & High Level Debate.

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, told the Security Council that talk of a nuclear conflict in Ukraine is "totally unacceptable" and the so-called referenda in areas under Russian control would be an “annexation” that violates the UN Charter and international law.

“The idea of nuclear conflict, once unthinkable, has become a subject of debate. This in itself is totally unacceptable. All nuclear-armed states should recommit to the non-use and total elimination of nuclear weapons,” said the UN chief today (22 Sep).

Guterres also informed the Member States that the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has been documenting the “unacceptable impact of this war on human rights.”

According to him, the reports are “a catalogue of cruelty”, that include summary executions, sexual violence, torture and other inhumane and degrading treatment against civilians and prisoners of war. He called the latest accounts of burial sites in Izyum “extremely disturbing”.

For the Secretary-General, “all these allegations must be thoroughly investigated, to ensure accountability.”

According to Guterres, “perpetrators must be held to account in fair and independent judicial proceedings” and “victims and their families have a right to justice, remedy and reparation.”

The UN chief said that “ending impunity for international crimes is fundamental” and the International Criminal Court (ICC) plays “an important role to ensure effective accountability.”