On 10 to 12 October the eleventh emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly reconvened once again to adopt Resolution ES-11/4, declaring that Russia's staged referendums and subsequent attempted annexation of four Ukrainian regions have no validity under international law.

An emergency special session[17] is an unscheduled meeting of the United Nations General Assembly to make urgent, but non-binding decisions or recommendations regarding a particular issue.

[20][21][22] At the UN Security Council, Albania co-sponsored a resolution with the United States for an emergency General Assembly session to be held regarding the invasion of Ukraine.

[23][24] On 27 February 2022, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2623 (2022), calling for an emergency special session to examine the matter of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

At the start of the special session on 28 February 2022, General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid of the Republic of Maldives called for the delegations to observe a minute's silence.

[27] Ukraine's representative to the UN, Sergiy Kyslytsya, condemned Russia's acts as "war crimes" and called Putin's decision to increase the nuclear readiness "madness".

[26] On 2 March, the meeting adopted – by a vote of 141 to 5, with 35 abstentions[29] – a non-binding resolution reaffirming its commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine, deploring Russia's aggression and Belarus's involvement in it, and demanding the immediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal of all Russian military forces from the territory of Ukraine.

[2] It also resolved to temporarily adjourn the emergency special session, authorizing the General Assembly President to resume its meetings upon request from member states.

[33] Resolution ES-11/2 reaffirmed the member states' existing commitments and obligations under the United Nations Charter and reiterated the General Assembly's demand that Russia withdraw from Ukraine's recognized sovereign territory; it also deplored, expressed grave concern over and condemned attacks on civilian populations and infrastructure.

[35] In introducing the draft resolution, Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative of Ukraine, reminded the Assembly of the UN's failure to take determined action to prevent the Rwandan genocide in 1994, a tragedy the UN commemorates every year on 7 April.

[5][39] Speaking after the meeting, Kuzmin described the resolution as an "illegitimate and politically motivated step" and said that Russia had already withdrawn from the Council prior to the General Assembly vote.

[42] On 12 October, the General Assembly adopted Resolution ES 11/4 declaring that the staged referendums and attempted annexation of these regions are invalid and illegal under international law.

[50] The General Assembly adopted ES-11/6 with 141 countries voting in favour, 7 against and 32 abstaining, calling for a "comprehensive, just and lasting peace" in Ukraine in line with the principles of the U.N. Charter and demanding that Russia withdraws all of its military forces.