UNITED NATIONS, United States -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a wartime trip to the United Nations on Tuesday urged the world to stand firm against Russia's 'genocide,' as he tried to convince skeptical developing nations they share a stake in Kyiv's victory.
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 19, 2023.
"For the first time in modern history, we have the chance to end the aggression on the terms of the nation which was attacked," Zelensky said in a speech met with applause led by Western nations but many empty seats elsewhere. "Those children in Russia are taught to hate Ukraine, and all ties with their families are broken," Zelensky said, as Russia's deputy ambassador to the United Nations sat without expression.
"The aggressor is weaponizing many other things, and those things are used not only against our country but against all of yours as well.""Russia has almost swallowed Belarus. It is obviously threatening Kazakhstan and the Baltic states," he said. "But I ask you this: if we abandon the core principles to appease an aggressor, can any member state in this body feel confident that they are protected? If we allow Ukraine to be carved up, is the independence of any nation secure?" Biden said.Zelensky is also meeting leaders less dedicated to Ukraine's cause, including Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has styled himself as a neutral mediator.
"It is a grave indictment of this international community that we can spend so much on war, but we cannot support action that needs to be taken to meet the most basic needs of billions of people," said South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who also met ZelenskySecretary-General Antonio Guterres has tried to keep a focus on development. He opened the General Assembly with a bleak speech highlighting the recent floods that killed thousands in Derna, Libya.
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