The UN General Assembly declared Russia’s annexation of Crimea illegal on March 27.
"This support has come from all corners of the world which shows that this (is) not only a regional matter but a global one," Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsia told reporters after the vote.
100 countries voted for the Ukraine-sponsored resolution, just 11 opposed it and 58 abstained. The assembly has 193 members, 24 of which did not vote.
Correspondents were surprised at the strong support the resolution gained as Russia, a permanent Security Council member, superpower and energy giant has a lot of clout in the world body. They say that the high number of yes votes is a sign of international anger at Moscow's slow-motion military invasion of Crimea.
"It's the message that the world is united and Russia is isolated," Deshchytsia said later in an interview with The Associated Press.
Against the resolution voted Armenia, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, North Korea, Nicaragua, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin called it "a moral victory for the Russian diplomacy, because an increasing number of countries are beginning to understand the complexity of the situation and the motives behind the actions of Crimea and the Russian Federation."
"The fact that almost half of the members of the United Nations refused to support this resolution, I think is very encouraging," Churkin said. "So it's a very encouraging trend and I think this trend will become stronger and stronger."
UN General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding.
Unlike the more powerful Security Council, resolutions in the General Assembly cannot be vetoed but are not legally binding.
"The international community has sent a strong message through the passing of this resolution that Russia cannot simply trample over international law," British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a statement after the vote.
"We have always said that Russia has legitimate interests in Ukraine,”said the US ambassador Samantha Power. "It has been disheartening in the extreme to see Russia carry on as if Ukrainians have no legitimate interests in Crimea."