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United
Nationa,
Feb
28:
The
United
Nations
Security
Council
voted
on
Sunday
to
hold
a
rare
emergency
special
session
of
the
General
Assembly
to
discuss
Russia’s
attack
on
Ukraine.
India
abstained,
while
Russia
voted
against
the
resolution
and
11
council
members
voted
in
favour.
Speaking
at
the
UNSC,
India’s
Permanent
Rep
to
UN,
TS
Tirumurti,
said,
“we
continue
to
be
deeply
concerned
about
the
safety
and
security
of
the
Indian
nationals
including
a
large
number
of
Indian
students
who
are
still
stranded
in
Ukraine.”
“We
reiterate
our
call
for
an
immediate
cessation
of
violence
and
an
end
to
all
hostilities.
Our
PM
has
advocated
this
strongly
in
his
recent
conversations
with
the
leadership
of
the
Russian
Federation
&
Ukraine,”
he
said.
“We
welcome
today’s
announcement
by
both
sides
to
hold
talks
at
the
Belarus
border.
We
continue
to
be
deeply
concerned
about
the
safety
and
security
of
the
Indian
nationals
including
a
large
number
of
Indian
students
who
are
still
stranded
in
Ukraine,”
he
added.
The
15-nation
Security
Council
met
on
Sunday
afternoon
to
hold
a
vote
on
the
emergency
special
session
of
the
General
Assembly
on
Russia’s
invasion
of
Ukraine.
Only
10
such
emergency
sessions
of
the
General
Assembly
have
been
held
since
1950.
Two
days
after
the
Russian
veto
blocked
a
UNSC
resolution
on
its
aggression
against
Ukraine,
the
Security
Council
voted
to
convene
an
emergency
special
session
of
the
193-member
General
Assembly
on
the
crisis.
The
vote
calling
for
the
session
was
procedural
so
none
of
the
five
permanent
members
of
the
Security
Council
—
China,
France,
Russia,
UK
and
the
US
—
could
exercise
their
vetoes.
Story first published: Monday, February 28, 2022, 3:11 [IST]