Problem of the Militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol, Ukraine, as Well as Parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov

A/RES/76/70View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 35aPrevention of armed conflict, published in 2021.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2019–2021

2021A/RES/76/70Problem of the militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, as well as parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of AzovLatestCompare with previous version
2020A/RES/75/29Problem of the militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, as well as parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of AzovCompare with previous version
2019A/RES/74/17Problem of the militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, as well as parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of AzovCompare with previous version
2019A/RES/73/194Problem of the militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, as well as parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov

Versions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Extracted automatically from each entity’s budget submission.

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 topics

Border Incidents Crimea (Ukraine)Military Activity Political Status Russian Federation Sevastopol (Ukraine)Territorial Sea Ukraine

What does this mandate say?

25 operative paragraphs

Urges the Russian Federation, as the occupying Power, immediately, completely and unconditionally to withdraw its military forces from Crimea and end its temporary occupation of the territory of Ukraine without delay;

Calls upon all Member States and relevant international organizations to cooperate with the United Nations to encourage and support efforts to put an end to the Russian occupation of Crimea as rapidly as possible and to refrain from any action or dealing with the Russian Federation regarding Crimea that is inconsistent with this aim;

Supports commitments and concerted efforts by the international community, including within international frameworks and the International Crimea Platform, to address existing and emerging challenges resulting from the progressive militarization of Crimea and parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, which undermines security and stability in the region and beyond, and supports the peaceful de-occupation of Crimea;

Stresses that the presence of Russian troops in Crimea is contrary to the national sovereignty, political independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine and undermines the security and stability of neighbouring countries and the European region;

Reiterates its grave concern over the progressive militarization of Crimea by the Russian Federation, as the occupying Power, namely the continuing destabilization of Crimea owing to transfers by the Russian Federation of conventional weapons, including advanced weapon systems, battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, nuclear-capable aircraft, helicopters and missiles, as well as small arms and light weapons, ammunition and military personnel, to the territory of Ukraine, and urges the Russian Federation to stop such activity without delay;

Calls upon the Russian Federation to engage constructively with confidence- and security-building and risk reduction mechanisms to build transparency over its regular military activity in Crimea, which undermines stability, military predictability and trust in the broader region;

Condemns the use of seized Ukrainian military industry enterprises in the occupied Crimea by the Russian Federation, including for further development and build-up of forces;

Calls upon the Russian Federation to refrain from efforts to extend its jurisdiction over the nuclear facilities and material in Crimea;

Expresses its deep concern over the continued conscription by the Russian Federation of the residents of Crimea, including those holding Ukrainian citizenship, into its armed forces, including assignment to military bases in the Russian Federation, and urges the Russian Federation to stop such activity, which contradicts international humanitarian law, without delay;

Calls upon the Russian Federation to refrain from establishing educational institutions that provide combat training to Crimean children with the stated aim of training for military service in the Russian armed forces, to refrain from establishing combat training courses at Crimean schools and to cease efforts to formally incorporate Crimean educational institutions into the “military-patriotic” education system of the Russian Federation;

Reiterates its concern regarding multiple military exercises of Russian armed forces held in Crimea and parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, which undermine regional security and entail considerable long-term negative environmental consequences in the region;

Calls upon the Russian Federation to refrain from unlawful activities in Crimea and parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, including but not limited to interfering and blocking navigation both for commercial vessels going to and from ports of Ukraine and for government ships sailing under various flags, which further exacerbate tensions in the region and beyond;

Condemns the construction by the Russian Federation of navy vessels at the seized shipyards in the temporarily occupied Crimea, which further contributes to the build-up of forces and poses a threat to regional security and stability;

Expresses its concern over the extension of naval bases for the Black Sea fleet of the Russian Federation in Crimea;

Also expresses its concern about the adoption by the Russian Federation of legislation that grants its National Guard the right to block areas adjacent to certain infrastructure facilities in Crimea and parts of the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait, and which therefore may be used to interfere with navigational rights in violation of international law;

Further expresses its concern over the deployment by the Russian Federation of military and security forces for the protection of the offshore oil platforms located in the Black Sea, which are the property of Ukraine and which have been seized by the Russian Federation, thus excluding Ukraine from its maritime areas, the exploitation by the Russian Federation of the underlying natural resources in those areas and its usurpation of the jurisdiction of Ukraine there;

Expresses its utmost concern about the dangerous increase in tensions and the unjustified use of force by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, in the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait, including the intentional obstruction of traffic;

Calls upon the Russian Federation to return to Ukraine unconditionally and without delay all equipment and weapons seized from the vessels Berdyansk, Nikopol and the tugboat Yani Kapu during the unjustified use of force by the Russian Federation on 25 November 2018;

Encourages further negotiations to ensure the release by the Russian Federation of all illegally detained Ukrainian citizens and their safe return to Ukraine;

Calls upon the Russian Federation to refrain from impeding the lawful exercise of navigational rights and freedoms, exercised in accordance with applicable international law, including provisions of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, including but not limited to closure of sea areas under the pretext of military exercises, in the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait;

Condemns the construction and opening by the Russian Federation of the Kerch Strait bridge and the railway bridge, which form a part of the Tavrida highway project, between the Russian Federation and the temporarily occupied Crimea, which facilitates the further militarization of Crimea and restricts the size of vessels that can reach the Ukrainian ports on the Azov coast;

Also condemns the increasing military presence of the Russian Federation in parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, including the Kerch Strait, and the harassment by the Russian Federation of commercial vessels and its restriction of international shipping there, which further aggravates the economic and social situation in the broader Donetsk region already affected by the temporary occupation of Crimea and subsequent ongoing destabilizing acts by the Russian Federation;

Further condemns visits of Russian officials to the temporarily occupied Crimea, including those in connection with conducting military exercises, military parades and other activities;

Calls upon all Member States, as well as international organizations and specialized agencies, to refrain from any visits to Crimea that are not agreed with Ukraine;

Decides to continue its consideration of the matter at its seventy-seventh session.

Paragraph content is machine-extracted from UN documents. For authoritative content, please refer to the official UN document.

No headings found in this document.

Who created this mandate?

What other versions does this mandate have?

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

What subjects does this mandate have?

What does this mandate say?

Table of contents