Australia recognises kosovos sovereignty“ – and it is being challenged. The Ukrainian authorities are doing all they can to maintain the status quo on this disputed issue.
That situation is of course in direct contravention of article 4, article 1, of Ukraine’s constitution, and thus Ukraine’s commitment to an international legal order of international law which has been the cornerstone of stability in this part of the world. But, as a matter of policy it’s irrelevant which constit강남출장안마ution we choose. And we would still remain in the international law system, albeit 로투스 홀짝a modified one, with which we have a special relationship since 1990.
Ukraine’s defence is based on the principle that all international law is applicable if the sove슬롯 머신reignty of states is maintained, and as such Kiev is not obliged to obey the international order. The status quo is not in any way guaranteed.
And then there is, of course, the fact that both Nato and the EU have repeatedly said that they do not believe that Moscow is acting against Ukraine or violating Ukraine’s sovereignty in eastern Ukraine, and they regard those actions as contrary to the UN Charter. Indeed Russia’s actions on the ground in Ukraine are extremely disturbing. The UN Security Council recently held a special session on Ukraine, and that meeting focused on the serious escalation of violations of sovereignty by Russia, and we agreed to the following resolutions:
The Security Council condemns the escalation of aggression, including Russian incursion into Crimea, by Russia into eastern Ukraine and its annexation of two Ukrainian regions: Donbass region in the east; and the Luhansk and Donetsk regions in the west. It calls for measures of direct and unconditional access to Russian territories as a prerequisite to the immediate cessation of hostilities between Ukrainian Armed Forces and armed separatism. The Council also calls on all member states to maintain and protect the political, legal and administrative framework established in this context. The Council further condemns in the strongest terms Russia’s destabilising activities, including actions in the Donbass, the Luhansk region, and the Donbass region and calls on all sides to implement these principles of international law, including the UN Charter, in any peaceful resolution, and urges all parties to the conflict to respect these obligations. The Council calls on all parties to respect the territorial integrity of Ukraine and to protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
We, as NATO, have never supported the Russian Federation, and as a collective bloc we don’t take sides in the Russian civil war. The international community and the Council have a responsibility to uphold the international obligations of sovereign states that are established in a non