War in Ukraine: world peace summit, child genocide… what to remember from Zelensky’s speech to the UN

“United, we can find a just peace for all, unity can fight against war,” Volodymyr Zelensky first declared during his speech at the UN platform in New York. The Ukrainian head of state then thanked the nations that support kyiv in its conflict against Moscow.

which made it possible “to make Ukrainian products available on international markets even though Russia works to undermine this task”.

“Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons is not enough”

“The non-proliferation of nuclear weapons is a good strategy, but it is not sufficient,” he added. He believes that “Russia had no right to possess nuclear weapons”, reports The Parisian. “History shows that it was Russia that deserved nuclear disarmament in the 1990s.”

Furthermore, Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of using food and energy as a weapon. “Russia is using food prices as a weapon. Russia has undermined the Black Sea food initiative,” he denounced.

The “genocide” of Ukrainian children

During his speech, Volodymyr Zelensky took the opportunity to talk about the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia. According to him, “it is clearly a genocide”.

“We know the names of tens of thousands of children and have evidence of hundreds of thousands more kidnapped by Russia from the occupied territories of Ukraine and then deported,” he said in response to the Deputy Russian Ambassador to the UN Dmitry Polyanskiy, present at the Russian table, recalls BFMTV.

“The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for these crimes and we are trying to bring the children home. Good. Time passes, what will happen to them? In Russia they are taught hatred of Ukraine, and all ties with their families are cut,” Volodymyr Zelensky further lambasted.

A “world peace summit” coming soon?

Finally, he invited state leaders to a “world peace summit”. He plans to invite all the world’s leaders, even those opposed to Russia’s “aggression” of Ukraine.

“Important discussions and exchanges took place in Hiroshima, Copenhagen and Jeddah on the implementation of a peace plan. And we are preparing a world peace summit. I invite you all – all those who do not tolerate any aggression – to jointly prepare this summit”, assured Zelensky, before being applauded by the assembly.