UN Chief to send another envoy to east Ukraine

[steve2470]

Source: Ria Novosti

NEW YORK, March 5 (RIA Novosti) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he would send a third envoy to Ukraine hours after reports that unidentified armed men ordered one of his emissaries to leave Crimea Wednesday.

“I have decided to dispatch the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Mr. Ivan Simonovic, to Ukraine to visit Kiev and the eastern part of Ukraine, including Crimea, to see and monitor the human rights situation there,” Ban said.

Over the weekend, Simonovic is expected to travel to Crimea, which had refused to recognize the new central government in Kiev.

Thousands of unidentified troops under apparent command from Russia have taken control over Ukrainian military bases across the Crimea over the past week. Russian President Vladimir Putin denied that Russian troops are already deployed.

Read more: http://en.ria.ru/world/20140306/188128209/UN-Chief-to-Send-Another-Envoy-to-East-Ukraine.html

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Hosts, if Ria Novosti is an unacceptable LBN source, I'll go look for another. Thanks.

[DRoseDARs]

1. RT is a subsidiary of RIA Novosti, which has been a government org since 1941 by the Soviets.

Personally, I'd find another source.

[steve2470]

2. ok this is from the official UN website:

Meanwhile, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who is on an official visit to Sierra Leone, has announced that he is sending Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonovic to Kiev and the eastern part of Ukraine, including Crimea, to monitor the human rights situation.

Mr. Šimonovic is expected to travel to Crimea over the weekend.

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=47281&Cr=ukraine&Cr1=#.UxfpqsqFmbQ

[DRoseDARs]

3. HA! Yeah, I guess UN news straight from the UN would work. ;-) nt