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© Kim Petersen/ Alamy Stock PhotoThe UN Security Council unanimously adopted its first statement since Russia’s military action began in February (Picture: ).
The UN expressed "strong support" for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' efforts to find a peaceful solution to the "dispute" in Ukraine.

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously agreed to its first joint statement since the Ukraine war began in February.

It has expressed "strong support" for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's efforts to find a peaceful solution to the "dispute" in Ukraine.

In a brief meeting on Friday, a short statement was adopted and did not mention a "war", "conflict" or "invasion", with many council members calling it Russia's ongoing military act, or a "special military operation" as Moscow refers to it.

Instead, the UN Security Council says it "expresses deep concern regarding the maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine" and "recalls that all member states have undertaken, under the Charter of the United Nations, the obligation to settle their international disputes by peaceful means".


Comment: One could say that Russia is the most concerned, because the security of Ukraine directly effects its own, that's why the West chose to destabilise Ukraine and sacrifice its people in its proxy-war, and why, in turn, Russia was forced to act.


"The Security Council expresses strong support for the efforts of the secretary-general in the search for a peaceful solution," the statement says.

During recent meetings in Moscow and Kyiv, Mr Guterres reached an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky for the evacuation of civilians, first and foremost the besieged south-eastern port city of Mauripol and its last Ukrainian forces holdout at the Azovstal steel plant, where hundreds of civilians are also still living in underground bunkers.


Comment: Many of those civilians are being held and used as a human shield by the remnants of neo-Nazi's holed up in the plant.


In a tweet, Secretary-General Guterres said, "Today, for the first time, the Security Council spoke with one voice for peace in Ukraine.


Comment: Considering the West's increased weapon shipments to a demonstrably criminal military in Ukraine, this is a meaningless statement.


"As I have often said, the world must come together to silence the guns and uphold the values of the UN Charter."

The UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross have carried out two successful evacuations from Mariupol and the surrounding areas so far and are currently trying to arrange a third from the steel plant.