ACTIONSA on Thursday criticized the South African government for declining to support the United Nations (UN) resolution against Russia, warning that the war will result in the suffering of millions of innocent people on all sides of the conflict.
On Wednesday the UN General Assembly voted on a resolution demanding Russia stop its war against Ukraine.
South Africa chose to abstain from voting, joining a list of just 39 nations that opposed or abstained in the vote.
141 out of 193 UN member States voted for the non-binding resolution. Five countries voted against the resolution.
ActionSA president Herman Mashaba said that the unjustified Russian invasion of Ukraine is a clear violation of the international legal principle of territorial sovereignty.
“The refusal to denounce this war places South Africa on the wrong side of history together with a list of countries known for their human rights violations and disdain for democratic and free-market
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