The Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, said that Russia will hold an informal meeting with the UN Security Council in early April on the issue of children evacuated from the Ukrainian conflict zone. He made the relevant statement at the UN Security Council meeting on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine. TASS.
As the permanent representative noted, as of February 27, 2023, since the start of the special military operation, more than 4.5 million people have been evacuated to the territory of the Russian Federation, including about 690 thousand children. According to him, “the vast majority of evacuated children” “arrived in the Russian Federation,” accompanied by their parents, guardians and trustees.
“In this context, the large number of speculations that a large number of unaccompanied minors have come to our country is confusing,” said the diplomat.
He noted that the Russian side “provided reliable information” on the measures taken by the Russian Federation to prevent violations of international humanitarian law against children “during bilateral cooperation with OHCHR, UNICEF and ICRC”.
“To stop the speculation on this issue, which has become a popular conspiracy in the work of Kiev and Western propagandists, we will hold an informal meeting in the Security Council on the “Arria formula” on this topic in early April.” said the permanent representative.
Formerly Nebenzya, Russia I don’t recognise Decisions of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, including the issuance of an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
On March 17, the Pre-Trial Chamber of the ICC issued an arrest warrant from Ukraine for the Russian President and Children’s Ombudsman, Maria Lvova-Belova, for the possibility of “illegal deportation and displacement of the population, especially children.” Russian Federation. Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said in the Kremlin: take into account He was outraged by the ICC’s invalid decision and the raising of this question.
At the same time, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan, following the court’s decision to continue To cooperate with the Russian Federation on the situation in Ukraine.
Source: Gazeta
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