Intervenção da Ministra da Defesa Nacional, Helena Carreiras, por ocasião da 78ª sessão da Assembleia Geral das Nações Unidas

Assembleia Geral das Nações Unidas, Nova Iorque, 23 de fevereiro de 2024

I welcome the opportunity to address the General Assembly on the situation of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. 

It has now been ten years since Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and two years since Russia´s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. More than 700 days of death and destruction have passed. More than 700 days of a war that has taken its toll on innocent civilians, with a disproportionate burden inflicted on women, children, and the elderly. More than 700 days of human suffering, death, injury, displacement, loss of critical infrastructure, reduced access to healthcare and education, and curtailment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.