Poland and Canada proposed the resolution on behalf of Ukraine, which is not a member of the IAEA’s top decision-making body. It passed with 26 votes. Russia and China voted against it while seven Asian and African countries abstained.
The document adopted a markedly harsher tone than previous statements by officials from the Vienna-based IAEA, who largely limited themselves to calling for a “security zone” around Europe’s largest nuclear station.
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