CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The issue of information security has been on the UN agenda since 1998, when the Russian Federation introduced a draft resolution on the subject in the First Committee of the UN General Assembly. It was then adopted without a vote by the General Assembly as resolution 53/70.

Detailed explanation-2: -Resolution ES‑11/4 declares that Russia’s so-called referendums in the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts and the subsequent attempted annexation are invalid and illegal under international law. It calls upon all states to not recognize these territories as part of Russia.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 14 November, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution calling on Russia to pay war reparations in the latest addition to intensifying efforts being made by multilateral institutions to hold the Putin regime to account for its ongoing aggression in Ukraine.

Detailed explanation-4: -General Assembly Adopts Annual Resolution on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. On 15 December 2022, the UN General Assembly adopted the report on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, containing one draft resolution of the same name (A/77/460).