The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted a Western-backed resolution declaring Crimea’s breakaway referendum illegitimate and refusing to recognize Russia’s annexation of the peninsula

The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted a Western-backed resolution declaring Crimea's breakaway referendum illegitimate and refusing to recognize Russia's annexation of the peninsula.
  
The non-binding measure passed with a comfortable majority in the 193-member body, with 100 votes in favor and 11 votes against.
  
Ukraine, which drafted the resolution, welcomed its adoption and called for a "stronger and more concrete" united, international front against Russian act.
  
"I'm very much satisfied with the vote... (an) overwhelming majority of nations in the world supported this resolution," acting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsya said. He had urged the international community to back the text, hoping an overwhelming show of support would ward off further Russian ‘intervention’ on Ukrainian territory.
  
"I am convinced that a strong vote today will help to deter further aggressive moves," Deshchytsya told the assembly. "It sends an essential message that the international community will not allow what has happened in Crimea to set a precedent to further challenges to our rules."