Russian envoy urges UN diplomats to remain unbiased on Crimea
Earlier, Estonia called an informal meeting on Crimea held in the format of an Arria-Formula meeting at the UN Security Council
UNITED NATIONS, March 18. /TASS/. Russia has drawn the attention of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to the fact that the world organization’s staff should remain unbiased in their statements about Crimea, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia said on Wednesday at the Security Council Arria Formula meeting held as a video conference. Even the UN representative, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ms.Ilze Brands Kehris, allowed herself to rely in her statement on one-sided information from biased sources. We stress the unacceptability for the UN Secretariat staff to make judgment on compliance by UN Member States with the norms of international law, including humanitarian law - the status of UN Staff should at all times remain unbiased. We ca