Sunday, April 13, 2014

UN Security Council holds urgent session on Ukraine upon Russian request

http://voiceofrussia.com/
The United Nations Security Council has gathered for an urgent, open format session, to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine at Russia's request at 04:00 am Moscow time on Monday (08:00 pm GMT), Russia's Permanent Mission to the UN says. Ukraine's UN envoy Yuriy Sergeyev also takes part in a Security Council meeting.
The UN Security Council has called an emergency meeting at Russia's request to discuss the growing crisis in Ukraine. The President of the Security Council confirmed in an email that members have been invited to attend "informal consultations" on Ukraine on Sunday evening.
The meeting comes as the new Ukrainian government declared it would deploy armed forces to quash anti-Maidan protests in eastern Ukraine.
Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/2014_04_13/UN-Security-Council-to-hold-urgent-meeting-on-Ukraine-upon-Russian-request-6732/

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