The closed-door briefing will be the first time Mr. Eliasson addresses the 15-member Council since he arrived in Ukraine on Monday.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon requested that Mr. Eliasson travels to get an understanding of the situation on the ground and to meet with Ukrainian authorities.
That decision was made after an urgent weekend meeting of the Security Council during which both Mr. Eliasson and the UN chief appealed for every effort be made to de-escalate the situation and called for direct dialogue between all concerned amid the growing tensions in the Crimea region of Ukraine.
After months of political unrest, triggered by the Government’s decision last November not to sign an agreement on broader integration with the European Union (EU), Ukraine’s capital, Kiev erupted in violent demonstrations in recent weeks, culminating with the removal by Parliament of President Viktor Yanukovych.
Tensions have been mounting in the Crimea region, where additional Russian troops and armoured vehicles have reportedly been deployed.
- Today in Kiev, Mr. Eliasson met separately with Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Kyiv Patriarchate, and with Metropolitan Antony, the deputy head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate.
- In those talks, the Deputy Secretary-General underscored the role that churches can play in resolving the crisis in Ukraine by enhancing inclusiveness and promoting dialogue.
- Joining Mr. Eliasson shortly in the capital city is UN Senior Advisor Robert Serry, who left Crimea yesterday after being threatened by a number of unidentified men. He had been dispatched to Crimea to take stock of the situation there.
- Also due to arrive today is UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Šimonovic, who will monitor the human rights situation in Kiev and the eastern part of Ukraine, including Crimea.
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Kiev court arrests people’s governor of eastern region for two months...
ReplyDeleteA district court in Kiev has issued an authorization to arrest the people’s governor of the country’s eastern Donetsk region, Pavel Gubarev, for a period of two months, a spokesman for the Security Service of Ukraine said Friday.
“A decision to choose arrest for a period of two months as a pretrial measure for Gubarev was taken by the judges Friday,” he said. “The court thus entertained a petition by the Security Service’s main department for investigation.”
Pavel Gubarev, whom a many-thousands-strong meeting of opponents of the incumbent Kiev government elected “people’s governor” of the predominantly Russian-speaking region March 1, is charged with crimes related to encroachments on Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, with actions aimed at an overthrow or toppling of the constitutional system or the seizure of state power, and seizure of government and public offices.
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