Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the high-level meeting of the UN Security Council:

“One day in this hall it will surely be said that Russia’s war against Ukraine has ended – not frozen, not paused, not forgotten. Truly ended.  

The war will end because the UN Charter will work. The second Peace Summit should be prepared for this very purpose and everyone who respects the UN Charter is invited to join.

We invite China. We invite Brazil. I have already invited India. We are working with African nations, with all of Latin America, the Middle East, Central Asia, Europe, the Pacific region, North America. All are equally important for peace.

Everything needed to achieve a just peace is in place: the Peace Formula, the UN Charter, and the necessary strength for implementation. What is required now is determination.

Every point of the Peace Formula is rooted in the principles and purposes and norms of the UN Charter – in the rights it grants nations, and in the resolutions of the General Assembly that have already been supported by the majority of nations.

And we do not have different versions of the UN Charter for different parts of the world. We do not have regional “quasi-charters”. There is no separate UN Charter for BRICS or for the G7. There is no separate Russian-Iranian UN Charter, or no separate Chinese-Brazilian UN Charter. There is only one UN Charter, which unites everyone – must unite everyone.

The path to a just peace is the same – clear steps that everyone understands equally, and this is reflected in the Peace Formula. It is the fulfillment of the UN Charter. And we all know what needs to be done if we honestly look at the situation and truly want to stop Russia’s war. And most importantly – act. Together. In unity. Without creating new and unnecessary divisions of the world into blocs or regional groups. Unity always works for peace.”