03:49UN: 'You don't consider the residents of Donbass as people, you don't care about their suffering' - Nebenzya to Security Council
Russian ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya accused the UN Security Council of "not caring about the suffering of people in Donbass" after the Council voted against the participation of Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) human rights commissioner Daria Morozova in the Council session, in New York City, on Friday.
Russian ambassador first elaborated on the reason behind suggesting Morozova as a speaker and mentioned that the Russian delegation had come up with this suggestion to only provide UNSC with an "opportunity" to benefit from first-hand information about the "catastrophic humanitarian situation" in the region of Donbass which he believed was “inextricably linked to the humanitarian situation in Ukraine".
Four members of the Security Council voted to allow Morozova's participation, while eight voted against, and three abstained.
Calling the final result a "double standard and a manifestation of blatant hypocrisy" Nebenzya expressed his disappointment to the chairman saying the decision only served to reinforce the belief that the "residents of Donbass were not being viewed as human beings and their sufferings were being ignored".
Four countries including Russia, Brazil, Ghana and China delivered speeches in support of Morozova’s participation during the procedural vote. However, eight countries including the UK, Malta, Albania, the US, France, Switzerland, Japan and Ecuador disagreed. Mozambique, UAE and Gabon abstained.
The Donetsk People's Republic is one of four regions, also including the Lugansk People's Republics, Kherson and Zaporozhye, that President Vladimir Putin agreed to allow to join the Russian Federation, signing accession documents on September 30, 2022.
According to Moscow, it followed referenda in which people living in those areas exercised their right to self-determination and requested to join Russia. Ukraine and its international allies condemned the move, calling it an annexation of Kiev’s sovereign territory.
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Russian ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya accused the UN Security Council of "not caring about the suffering of people in Donbass" after the Council voted against the participation of Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) human rights commissioner Daria Morozova in the Council session, in New York City, on Friday.
Russian ambassador first elaborated on the reason behind suggesting Morozova as a speaker and mentioned that the Russian delegation had come up with this suggestion to only provide UNSC with an "opportunity" to benefit from first-hand information about the "catastrophic humanitarian situation" in the region of Donbass which he believed was “inextricably linked to the humanitarian situation in Ukraine".
Four members of the Security Council voted to allow Morozova's participation, while eight voted against, and three abstained.
Calling the final result a "double standard and a manifestation of blatant hypocrisy" Nebenzya expressed his disappointment to the chairman saying the decision only served to reinforce the belief that the "residents of Donbass were not being viewed as human beings and their sufferings were being ignored".
Four countries including Russia, Brazil, Ghana and China delivered speeches in support of Morozova’s participation during the procedural vote. However, eight countries including the UK, Malta, Albania, the US, France, Switzerland, Japan and Ecuador disagreed. Mozambique, UAE and Gabon abstained.
The Donetsk People's Republic is one of four regions, also including the Lugansk People's Republics, Kherson and Zaporozhye, that President Vladimir Putin agreed to allow to join the Russian Federation, signing accession documents on September 30, 2022.
According to Moscow, it followed referenda in which people living in those areas exercised their right to self-determination and requested to join Russia. Ukraine and its international allies condemned the move, calling it an annexation of Kiev’s sovereign territory.