Armenia votes for resolution on Cooperation between U.N., CE  mentioning Russia`s aggression against Ukraine 

ArmInfo.At the 77th session of the U.N. General Assembly Armenia voted for a resolution on  cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe, which mentions the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine. 

According to the official report, 122 states, including Armenia,  Kazakhstan, Georgia, Israel, India, Brazil, Turkey, voted for the  resolution. Russia, Belarus, Syria, Nicaragua, and North Korea voted  against it.  Eighteen states,, including Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and  Kyrgyzstan abstained from voting, with a number of states, including  Azerbaijan, not participating at all.

The draft resolution on Cooperation between the United Nations and  the Council of Europe reads, in particular:    

"Recognizing also that the unprecedented challenges now facing Europe  following the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine,  and against Georgia prior to that, and the cessation of the  membership of the Russian Federation in the Council of Europe, call  for strengthened cooperation between the United Nations and the  Council of Europe, notably in order to promptly restore and maintain  peace and security based on respect of the sovereignty, territorial  integrity and political independence of any State, ensure the  observance of human rights and international humanitarian law during  the hostilities, provide redress to victims and bring to justice all  those responsible for the violations of international law."