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UN Participating in Swiss Conference on Ukraine ‘Unacceptable’ Under UN Charter, Envoy Says
UN Participating in Swiss Conference on Ukraine ‘Unacceptable’ Under UN Charter, Envoy Says
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UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - Last weekend, Switzerland hosted a high-level conference on Ukraine. Russia did not receive an invitation to the summit and would... 19.06.2024, Sputnik Africa
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Russia regrets that the United Nations participated in the conference on Ukraine in Switzerland under observer status, an act contrary to the UN Charter, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzya said. Article 100 of the UN Charter stipulates that the UN secretary-general will not seek or receive instructions from any government or from any other authority external to the organization in performing their duties. The UN secretary-general and staff will refrain from any action which might reflect on their position as international officials responsible only to the United Nations, according to the article.
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UN Participating in Swiss Conference on Ukraine ‘Unacceptable’ Under UN Charter, Envoy Says
10:30 19.06.2024 (Updated: 13:18 19.06.2024) UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - Last weekend, Switzerland hosted a high-level conference on Ukraine. Russia did not receive an invitation to the summit and would not have attended it, Vladimir Khokhlov, the spokesman for the Russian Embassy in Bern, told Sputnik in April.
Russia regrets that the United Nations participated in the conference on Ukraine in Switzerland under observer status, an act contrary to the UN Charter, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations
Vassily Nebenzya said.
"We regret that at these gatherings there was the participation of representatives of the UN Secretariat, calling it participation as an observer. This is unacceptable conduct under Article 100 of the UN Charter," Nebenzya said on Tuesday during a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine.
Article 100 of the
UN Charter stipulates that the UN secretary-general will not seek or receive instructions from any government or from any other authority external to the organization in performing their duties.
The UN secretary-general and staff will refrain from any action which might reflect on their position as international officials responsible only to the United Nations, according to the article.
