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Ukraine: Time for Cool Heads to Prevail

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In 2014, the signing of an association agreement between Ukraine and the European Union provoked deep political crisis, violent clashes and fatalities in Kyiv. Ban Ki-moon appealed for peaceful dialogue between President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leaders. The events in Kyiv polarized the country and led to a mounting separatist movement in the south-east of the country. Crimea, a part of Russia until 1954, unilaterally seceded from Ukraine. The situation deteriorated with secessionist moves in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash in eastern Ukraine. The diplomatic talks in February 2015 led to the Minsk agreements on a political settlement of the conflict, but the situation remained volatile and it could develop into a “protracted conflict.”

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Notes

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    DSG/SM/757-SC/11330, 19 March 2014.

  2. 2.

    SC/11302, 7124th Meeting, 1 March 2014; GA/11493, Sixty-eighth General Assembly Plenary, 80th Meeting, 27 March 2014; DPB, 9 December 2013.

  3. 3.

    SG/SM/15650, 18 February 2014; DPB, 19 February 2014; DPB, 20 February 2014; SG/SM/15659, 21 February 2014.

  4. 4.

    GA/11493, Sixty-eighth General Assembly, Plenary 80th Meeting, 27 March 2014; SC/11302, 7124th Meeting (PM), 1 March 2014.

  5. 5.

    DPB, 24 February 2014; DPB, 25 February 2014.

  6. 6.

    DPB, 26 February 2014; DPB, 28 February 2014; DSG/SM/751-SC/11303, 1 March 2014; SC/11302, 7124th Meeting, 1 March 2014; SC/11305, 7125th Meeting (PM), 3 March 2014.

  7. 7.

    SG/SM/15698, 10 March 2014; SC/11314, 7134th Meeting, 13 March 2014.

  8. 8.

    SC/11319, 7138th Meeting, 15 March 2014; SC/11314, 7134th Meeting, 13 March 2014.

  9. 9.

    DSG/SM/757-SC/11330, 19 March 2014.

  10. 10.

    DPB, 20 March 2014; DPB, 25 March 2014.

  11. 11.

    GA/11493, Sixty-eighth General Assembly, Plenary, 80th Meeting, 27 March 2014.

  12. 12.

    SC/11351, 7154th Meeting, 13 April 2014; SC/11358, 7157th Meeting, 16 April 2014.

  13. 13.

    SC/11417, 7185th Meeting, 28 May 2014; SC/11448, 7205th Meeting, 24 June 2014; DPB, 30 June 2014; SC/11481, 7219th Meeting, 18 July 2014.

  14. 14.

    SC/11481, 7219th Meeting, 18 July 2014; SG/SM/16039, 18 July 2014; DPB, 21 July 2014.

  15. 15.

    SC/11483, 7221st Meeting, 21 July 2014.

  16. 16.

    SG/SM/16057, 30 July 2014; SC/11508, 7234th Meeting, 5 August 2014; SC/11516, 7239th Meeting, 8 August 2014; SG/SM/16097, 22 August 2014.

  17. 17.

    SC/11541, 7253rd Meeting, 28 August 2014.

  18. 18.

    SC/11569, 7269th Meeting, 19 September 2014. For the Dutch Safety Board ’s preliminary investigation report, see S/2014/657, 9 September 2014.

  19. 19.

    SC/11541, 7253rd Meeting, 28 August 2014; SG/SM/16106, 28 August 2014; DPB, 21 October 2014; SC/11614, 7287th Meeting, 24 October 2014.

  20. 20.

    SC/11645, 7311th Meeting, 12 November 2014; DPB, 23 December 2014.

  21. 21.

    SC/11746, 7365th SC Meeting, 21 January 2015.

  22. 22.

    DPB, 22 January 2015; DPB, 6 February 2015; DPB, 11 February 2015; SG/SM/16527, 12 February 2015; SC/11785, 7384th Meeting, 17 February 2015.

  23. 23.

    SC/11785, 7384th Meeting, 17 February 2015; SC/11796, 7391st Meeting, 24 February 2015; SC/11803, 7395th Meeting, 27 February 2015; DPB, 4 May 2015; SC/11809, 7400th Meeting, 6 March 2015.

  24. 24.

    DPB, 4 May 2015; SC/11920, 7457th Meeting, 5 June 2015.

  25. 25.

    SC/11990, 7498th Meeting, 29 July 2015.

  26. 26.

    DSG/SM/925-SC/12155, 11 December 2015; SC/12154, 7576th Meeting, 11 December 2015.

  27. 27.

    SC/12263, 7635th Meeting, 29 February 2016; DPB, 11 February 2016.

  28. 28.

    SC/12345, 7683rd Meeting, 29 April 2016.

  29. 29.

    DPB, 28 September 2016.

  30. 30.

    DPB, 3 June 2016; DPB, 8 December 2016.

  31. 31.

    SC/11920, 7457th SC Meeting, 5 June 2015; SC/12154, 7576th SC Meeting, 11 December 2015; DSG/SM/925-SC/12155, 11 December 2015.

  32. 32.

    DSG/SM/757-SC/11330, 19 March 2014.

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Jesenský, M. (2019). Ukraine: Time for Cool Heads to Prevail. In: The United Nations under Ban Ki-moon. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12220-1_13

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