The United Nations Security Council plans to meet for a special session of the UN General Assembly on Monday.
Ukrainian U.N. Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya asked for the General Assembly meeting to be held under the so-called “Uniting for Peace” resolution.China, India and the United Arab Emirates abstained from a vote.
The same three countries also abstained from a vote on Friday on a draft resolution that demanded Russia to immediately stop its attack on Ukraine and withdraw troops.Russia was not able to exercise its veto on Sunday.The last emergency session happened in 1997, when Israel decided to build Har Homa, a housing project, in East Jerusalem.
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