UN assembly in emergency session adopts resolution against annexing Ukrainian areas

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) overwhelmingly adopted a resolution Wednesday citing Russia's annexation of four parts of Ukraine is illegal and invalid.

During the assembly's special emergency session for Ukraine, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Grenfield said the vote is important not only for Ukraine's future and Europe's future, but for the very foundations of this institution.

“After all, the UN was built on an idea: that never again a country would be allowed to take over the territory of another”, Thomas-Grenfield added.

The American diplomat said the resolution calls for peace and de-progression and makes it clear that the UN refuses attempts for Russia's annexation.

So let's send a clear message today: These United Nations will not tolerate attempts at illegal annexation. We'll never know him. These United Nations will not tolerate taking the land of a neighbor by force. We will resist. These United Nations will not tolerate the destruction of the UN Charter. We will protect her”, she told the assembly.

Our message today is sound and clear: It doesn't matter whether you, as a nation, are big or small, rich or poor, old or young. If you are a UN member state, your borders are yours and are protected by international law. They can't be rewritten by anyone else with force”, Thomas-Grenfield added. /abcnews. al