; Whereas Ukraine, under the Budapest Memorandum in exchange for the Russian Federation’s commitments, voluntarily relinquished the nuclear weapons in its territory and acceded to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as a non-nuclear-weapon State; Whereas the Russian Federation’s flagrant violations of its commitments under the Budapest Memorandum set a dangerous example, injurious to future efforts to promote nuclear arms control and nonproliferation; Whereas the Russian Federation, notwithstanding the commitment it made under the Initiative on the Safe Transportation of Grain and Foodstuffs from Ukrainian Ports adopted upon the proposal of the United Nations Secretary-General on July 22, 2022, to enable the resumption of exports of Ukrainian grain, other foodstuffs, and fertilizer through a safe maritime humanitarian corridor, repeatedly threatens to obstruct that corridor and the security of the world’s food supply; Whereas the purposes of the United Nations ( UN ) include— (1) to maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression, and to bring about by peaceful means adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace; (2) to develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace; and (3) to achieve international cooperation in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion; Whereas the principles of the UN include— (1) respect for the sovereign equality of all UN Members; (2) good faith in the fulfilment of all obligations under the Charter of the United Nations ( UN Charter ); (3) peaceful settlement of international disputes