A/RES/72/282
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
26 June 2018
Seventy-second session
Agenda item 35
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 22 June 2018
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/72/L.58 and A/72/L.58/Add.1)]
72/282.
Complete and unconditional withdrawal of foreign military forces
from the territory of the Republic of Moldova
The General Assembly,
Recalling the obligations of all Member States under Article 2 of the Charter of
the United Nations,
Recalling also its resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970, in which it approved
the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and
Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the need for all Member States to adhere strictly to the principles
of the Charter, which include the sovereign equality of all Members of the United
Nations, the obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial
integrity or political independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent
with the purposes of the United Nations, and the obligation to settle international
disputes by peaceful means,
Referring to its relevant resolutions on cooperation between the United Nations
and the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development – GUAM aimed, inter
alia, at promoting the purposes and principles of the United Nations in the GUAM area,
Bearing in mind that the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova proclaims the
permanent neutrality of the country and expressly prohibits the stationing of foreign
troops on its territory,
Recognizing that the stationing of foreign military forces on the territory of the
Republic of Moldova, without its consent, violates its sovereignty and territorial
integrity, and that this is a problem that must be resolved in good faith,
unconditionally, without further delay and in a peaceful manner,
Recalling the repeated past calls of the Republic of Moldova, which were
reiterated at the twenty-fourth meeting of the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe Ministerial Council, held in Vienna in December 2017, for the
full withdrawal of Russian military forces and armame nts from its territory,
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