The UN General Assembly on Thursday ( 27/3 ) passed a resolution stating that the referendum to join the Russian Crimea invalid .
The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution stating that the referendum to join the Russian Crimea invalid and refuse to acknowledge the takeover of Russia over the Crimea peninsula .
Meanwhile , in Washington on Thursday ( 27/3 ) , Congress and the U.S. Senate approved a package valued at $ 1 billion for Ukraine .
Official policy of sanctions against closest advisers Russian President Vladimir Putin that supports annexation of Crimea by Russia . Congress and the Senate bill must be reconciled before being presented to President Barack Obama for signature .
One hundred countries voted for the UN resolution sponsored Ukraine , 11 voted against and 58 abstained . Unlike the policy in a more powerful Security Council , UN General Assembly resolutions can not be vetoed , but the resolution was not legally binding .
Russia , as one of the five permanent Security Council members with veto power , have blocked action in the Security Council against the annexation of the Crimea . Crimean Russian added to the map of their country after the majority of the Russian -speaking population in the peninsula majority vote earlier this month to split from Ukraine and join Russia .
Prior to the vote of the General Assembly , Foreign Minister of Ukraine , Andriy Deshchytsia , said Russia is " cruel trampling " the territorial integrity of Ukraine with the annexed Crimea .
Russian Ambassador to the UN , Vitaly Churkin , called for rejection of the resolution , and said it was " contrary to the actual situation . " Churkin said the Crimean population have voiced their right to self-determination and want to join Russia .
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