The Security Council’s opposition to the Russian resolution on weapons in space

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Tass” news agency, the UN Security Council last night did not approve the draft resolution proposed by Russia with the aim of preventing an arms race in space.

This resolution did not get the necessary 9 votes out of 15 total votes of the members. Seven countries voted in favor of this document, seven countries opposed it and one country abstained. Russia, China, Algeria, Guyana, Ecuador, Mozambique and Sierra Leone voted for this resolution. Switzerland abstained. The United States, France, Great Britain, Japan, Slovenia, the Republic of Korea and Malta opposed it.

Vasily Nebenzia, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, reminded after the vote at the Security Council meeting that the Western countries that prevented the approval of the Russian draft resolution did, confirming their intention to continue militarizing outer space.

As ​​the diplomat noted, in April, the United States and its allies At the UN Security Council, they assured everyone of their commitment to a peaceful environment. “Today, after they have confirmed their true intent to continue militarizing space and deploying weapons there, any further attempts to justify their actions seem hypocritical,” he said. -align:justify”> According to him, of course, Russia is generally pleased with the result of today’s vote, because it is clear that “the gap between those who are trying to make the space peaceful and those who paved the way for its militarization And, it has become too much.” We appeared. The reason why you did not support our proposed document is trivial and simple, and you just want to leave your hands free to use space for military purposes and put all kinds of weapons there.”

Nebenzia noted the fact that the militarization of space by Western countries requires analytical measures and appropriate response from Russia, but Moscow will remain committed to its international obligations in this regard. .

In addition, Fu Kong, Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations, also emphasized that the Beijing authorities are aware that the UN Security Council draft resolution prepared by Russia rejected the idea of ​​preventing an arms race in space, they are deeply disappointed. supported, however, due to differences in the positions of the members of the Security Council, the draft resolution was not approved in the voting. We are deeply disappointed by this.”

A few days ago, the New York Times reported that the United States plans to deploy new protective equipment for its satellites in space. According to this publication, the United States will no longer rely on military satellites for communications, navigation and tracking threats.

In late April, Russia and China submitted an amendment to the resolution of the United States The United States and Japan had proposed not to deploy nuclear weapons in space, which was opposed. Then, in early May, it was reported that Russia had submitted a draft resolution to the Security Council to end the arms race in space.

Comparison of US, Chinese and Russian military spending

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