2024-04-24 20:06:00
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Moscow. April 24. INTERFAX.RU – Members of the UN Security Council have not adopted a draft resolution regarding the non-placement of nuclear weapons in space.
During the vote, 13 countries supported the project, China abstained. Russia used its veto.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that “first of all, this was due to the fact that the fundamental amendments we proposed were ignored.”
“They (the amendments – IF) provided for the inclusion in the text of provisions on the need to take measures to preserve outer space free from weapons of all kinds (and not only weapons of mass destruction) , to ensure the non-use of force or threat of force once morest space objects and with their use in space, from space or in relation to space, as well as the importance of the rapid development of “an appropriate legally binding international instrument,” Zakharova said on Russia’s website. Foreign ministry.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry added that “they also opposed the project due to the American attempt to create, through the UN Security Council, new international legal obligations in the field of space security which go beyond the framework of space security”. existing treaties and agreements.
“We reaffirm the strict commitment of the Russian Federation to international legal obligations in the field of space law, including the Outer Space Treaty of 1967. We emphasize our continued readiness to agree and promptly conclude a legally binding international agreement on PARAC,” Zakharova said.
The resolution was developed by the United States and Japan, who developed this draft resolution. It states that “our common goal is to prevent an arms race in space” and also demands compliance with obligations under the Outer Space Treaty, in particular “not to place nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction in orbit around the Earth.
Additionally, the document calls on Security Council members “not to develop nuclear weapons specifically designed to be placed in orbit around the Earth.”
Earlier in April, Russia’s permanent representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said that the United States and Japan opposed the inclusion in the draft Security Council resolution on the non-deployment of nuclear weapons in the space of a clause on the refusal to deploy any type of nuclear weapons. weapons there. “They want to include a requirement not to develop nuclear weapons specifically designed for deployment in space, but they are opposed to a similar broader commitment to place any type of weapon there,” said Nebenzia.
The Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, stressed in March that the US draft resolution was politicized, disconnected from reality and was not developed at the expert level.
In early March, Russian President Vladimir Putin once more confirmed Moscow’s position, which categorically opposes the placement of nuclear weapons in space. “On the contrary, we urge you to respect all agreements that exist in this area,” Putin said.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the Russian Federation has no plans to create nuclear weapons to destroy objects in space.
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