The motion was adopted with 444 votes in favour, 26 against and 37 abstentions.

It stated that allowing competitors from the two countries to participate, as neutrals or not, "runs counter to those countries' multifaceted isolation and will be used by both regimes for propaganda purposes."

The resolution marks the upcoming one year anniversary of the war, which started with the invasion by Russia on February 24, and also urges its 27 member nations to pressure the IOC into reversing its decision which has been labelled as "an embarrassment to the international world of sport."

The IOC has argued that it would be discriminatory to exclude Russia and Belarus, despite recommending International Federations ban the pair last February when the invasion first began,

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has launched renewed criticism at the IOC and its President Thomas Bach for its change of stance.

"The hypocrisy of the IOC President and the Committee is simply pathetic," Kuleba said.

"A country that commits aggression which has been condemned by the vast majority of the UN General Assembly loses the right to compete at the Olympic Games.

"This also applies to all its athletes."

Ukraine is considering a boycott of Paris 2024 in response to the IOC's shift while also trying to mobilise support from other nations.

Bach opposed this in a letter he wrote to Ukrainian Sports Minister and National Olympic Committee President Vadym Guttsait.

The German stressed that a boycott of the Games would be a violation of the Olympic Charter.

"This is one of several options," Kuleba said.

"If Russian and Belarusian athletes were to come to Paris instead of Ukrainian athletes, this would be against all moral, sporting and political standards.

"Most of the Russian athletes who won medals at the last Olympic Games represented sports clubs of the Russian army."

Polish President Andrzej Duda, who has already demanded the Russian and Belarusian athletes should be banned from Paris 2024, has spoken out again.

"I absolutely believe that no one who regards Russian aggression against Ukraine, the policy conducted by Vladimir Putin, by the Russian government, with tolerance or approval, should take part in the great world of sport, the great world of peace and friendship that is the Olympic Games," Duda replied. 

"And I don't think anyone has any doubt about that."

His view differs from that of his own Sports Minister, however.

Earlier this month, Kamil Bortniczuk suggested that it is "not time to talk about a boycott yet", but outlined a possible solution.

"It may be a compromise for the IOC to create a team of refugees, which could include people of Russian and Belarusian nationality who are dissidents," Bortniczuk said.