{"id":1212775,"date":"2025-09-04T23:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1212775"},"modified":"2025-09-04T20:23:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T17:23:58","slug":"un-general-assembly-opens-debate-on-situation-in-occupied-ukrainian-territories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/un-general-assembly-opens-debate-on-situation-in-occupied-ukrainian-territories\/","title":{"rendered":"UN General Assembly Opens Debate on Situation in Occupied Ukrainian Territories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>United Nations General Assembly<\/strong> has launched a debate on the situation in Ukraine\u2019s <strong>temporarily occupied territories<\/strong>, continuing the body\u2019s annual review of Russia\u2019s war and its consequences for international security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ukraine is represented at the session by <strong>Deputy Foreign Minister Maryana Betsa<\/strong>. More than <strong>40 speakers<\/strong> are scheduled to address the Assembly, with discussions expected to last throughout the day. The meeting is being held in a <strong>debate format<\/strong>, without the adoption of formal resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since <strong>2018<\/strong>, the UNGA has annually included the issue of \u201cThe situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine\u201d on its agenda. It has been debated on multiple occasions \u2014 in February of 2019\u20132022, in July 2023, and again on <strong>February 24, 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The debate comes just days before the opening of the <strong>80th session of the UN General Assembly<\/strong> in New York on <strong>September 9<\/strong>. The <strong>High-Level Week<\/strong>, when world leaders and top officials gather at UN headquarters, will run from <strong>September 23 to 29<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Betsa began her working visit to New York earlier this week. On <strong>September 3<\/strong>, she met with <strong>GA President Philemon Yang<\/strong> and <strong>UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo<\/strong> to discuss Ukraine-related issues ahead of the debates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations General Assembly has launched a debate on the situation &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1212777,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36418,36415],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1212775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en-2","category-11473-news-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UN General Assembly Opens Debate on Situation in Occupied Ukrainian Territories - 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