Ukraine

In favour: A/HRC/RES/2/4, A/HRC/2/L.48 (rejected), A/HRC/RES/6/37, A/HRC/RES/7/11, A/HRC/RES/7/15, A/HRC/RES/7/18

Against: A/HRC/DEC/1/106, A/HRC/DEC/1/107, A/HRC/RES/S-1/1, A/HRC/RES/S-2/1, A/HRC/DEC/2/109, A/HRC/DEC/2/115, A/HRC/RES/4/5, A/HRC/RES/4/9, A/HRC/DEC/4/103, A/HRC/RES/6/3, A/HRC/RES/6/22, A/HRC/RES/7/4, A/HRC/RES/7/5, A/HRC/RES/7/19, A/HRC/RES/8/5, A/HRC/RES/8/9

Abstained: A/HRC/RES/1/2, A/HRC/RES/S-3/1, A/HRC/RES/2/3, A/HRC/RES/3/1, A/HRC/DEC/3/103, A/HRC/RES/6/7, A/HRC/RES/6/19, A/HRC/RES/S-6/1, A/HRC/RES/7/1, A/HRC/RES/7/30, A/HRC/RES/7/33, A/HRC/RES/7/36

No vote:

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Reservations, Declarations and Objections

Reservations and Declarations:

1. The Ukrainian SSR declares that it is not in agreement with article XII of the Convention and considers that all the provisions of the Convention should extend to Non-Self-Governing Territories, including Trust Territories.

2. The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic states that the provision in article 17, paragraph 1, of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination whereby a number of States are deprived of the opportunity to become Parties to the Convention is of a discriminatory nature, and hold that, in accordance with the principle of the sovereign equality of States, the Convention should be open to participation by all interested States without discrimination or restriction of any kind.

3. Declaration made upon signature and confirmed upon ratification: The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that the provisions of paragraph 1 of article 26 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and of paragraph 1 of article 48 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, under which a number of States cannot become parties to these Covenants, are of a discriminatory nature and considers that the Covenants, in accordance with the principle of sovereign equality of States, should be open for participation by all States concerned without any discrimination or limitation.

4. Declaration made upon signature and confirmed upon ratification: The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that the provisions of paragraph 1 of article 26 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and of paragraph 1 of article 48 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, under which a number of States cannot become parties to theses Covenants, are of a discriminatory nature and considers that the Covenants, in accordance with the principle of sovereign equality of States, should be open for participation by all States concerned without any discrimination or limitation.

6. The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that the provisions of articles V and VII of the Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity, which prevent certain States from signing the Convention or acceding to it, are contrary to the principle of the sovereign equality of States.

11. b. Declaration:
Ukraine confirms its obligations taken under Article 38 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in case of the armed conflicts which concern children and, referring to paragraph 2 of Article 3 of the Optional Protocol, declares hereby that the minimum age for the voluntary (on a contractual basis) joining into its national armed forces is 19 years. Ukraine, in accordance with the provisions of its national legislation, guarantees its adherence to the exclusive principle of voluntarism in the process of recruitment of citizens into its armed forces on a contractual basis, without any manifestation of violence and enforcement.

Objections:

2. 17 January 1984
The ratification of the above-mentioned international Convention by the Pol Pot-Ieng Sary clique, which is guilty of the annihilation of millions of Kampucheans and which was overthrown in 1979 by the Kampuchean people, is thoroughly illegal and has no juridical force. There is only one Kampuchean State in the World, namely, the People’s Republic of Kampuchea. All authority in this State is vested wholly in its sole legitimate government, the Government of the People’s Republic of Kampuchea. This Government alone has the exclusive right to speak on behalf of Kampuchea at the international level, while the supreme organ of State power, the State Council of the People’s Republic of Kampuchea has the exclusive right to ratify international agreements drawn up within the framework of the United Nations.

Sources: www.ohchr.org