US Ambassador to UN Samantha Power’s watershed speech on UN Security Council Resolution on Ukraine vote (full text)
Samantha Power
U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
New York, NY
March 15, 2014
AS DELIVERED
Madame President,
The United States deeply appreciates the support from our colleagues around this table and from the many states who have called for a peaceful end to the crisis in Ukraine.
This is, however, a sad and remarkable moment.
This is the seventh time that the UN Security Council has convened to discuss the urgent crisis in Ukraine. The Security Council is meeting on Ukraine because it is the job of this body to stand up for peace and to defend those in danger.
We have heard a lot each time the Security Council has met…
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