Poroshenko: Ukraine expects UN General Assembly to adopt resolution due to violations of human rights in Crimea

Ukraine expects the UN General Assembly to adopt a resolution on human rights violations in Crimea occupied by Russia, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has stated.

"The UN General Assembly, which begins these days in New York, should also have its say in this regard and we in Ukraine count on support for the new Ukrainian initiative on the UN General Assembly's adopting a new resolution on human rights violations in Crimea, which is part of our policy of de-occupation, and we count on support from New York," he said, opening the 13th annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) in Kyiv on Friday morning.