UN Secretary-General calls on the parties to the conflict in Ukraine to fully respect the agreements reached by the contact group on Wednesday, the statement of the official representative of the Secretary General Stefan Dujarric.
The contact group on Wednesday agreed to additional measures to secure truce in the Donbass. They include a ban on offensive and sabotage actions, the fire, including sniper, the placement of weapons in the settlements and disciplinary liability for violation of the ceasefire. The foreign Ministry of the DPR said that the orders to cease fire, containing measures to maintain the truce, due to come into effect from July 27 until the full settlement of the conflict.
UN chief Antonio Guterres contacted the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia Ilham Aliyev and Nikol Pashinyan and called for immediate de-escalation of the situation, said at a briefing the official representative of the Secretary-General Stefan Dujarric.
"Mr Guterres spoke this morning with President Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister of Armenia Pashinyan. In the course of telephone conversations the Secretary General expressed his concern about reports of fighting on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border," - said Dyuzharrik.
Any cases of harassment of journalists by law enforcement or protesters, should be investigated, he said at a briefing the official representative of the UN Secretary General Stefan Dyuzharrik.
Earlier, Russian journalists were attacked by American police while covering protests in Portland. They filmed a report about the riots, which was besieged by the local court. The building housed the Federal law enforcement forces entered the city, despite the dissatisfaction of the local authorities. Both attacked the journalist was with the badges with the inscription "Press".
UN Secretary-General antónio Guterres calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to exercise restraint, a full-scale conflict between States would be a disaster, said at a briefing the official representative of the Secretary-General Stefan Dujarric.
"The Secretary General with deep concern the tensions continuing between Azerbaijan and Armenia. He called for maximum restraint - a full-scale conflict between the two countries would be a disaster," said Dujarric.
The UN is no information about the attempts of hackers, allegedly linked to Russia, kidnap in US, UK and Canada data on the development of vaccines against coronavirus, it follows from the comment of the official representative of the UN Secretary General Stefan Dujarric.
Earlier Thursday, the national cybersecurity center in the UK said it was working with the United States and Canada to identify hacker attacks affecting pharmaceutical companies and scientists in several countries. According to the center associated with Russian hackers tried to steal in three countries, data on the development of a vaccine from COVID-19. Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov has denied these accusations.
The authorities should grant the right of people to peacefully Express their opinions, said the official representative of the UN Secretary General Stefan Dujarric, commenting on the situation in Belarus.
"Free and fair elections should be everywhere. We are watching what is happening in Belarus. Belarus or some other place, people have a fundamental right to hold peaceful demonstrations and to uphold the rule of law," said Dujarric.
The official representative of the UN Secretary General Stefan Dujarric responded to the drawing of the Russian media, Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov (Vova, and Lexus) who called the President of Poland and presented the UN Secretary-General antónio Guterres.
Previously, the recording of the conversation the media has posted on its YouTube channel. On Sunday, the tune was re-elected Poland's President for a second term. Vova and Lexus called the Duda, on behalf of the UN Secretary General under the pretense of congratulations on his victory in the presidential election.
The US withdrawal from the who are counterproductive, reflects the neglect of Washington to the priorities of other members of the international community, said on Friday Deputy foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.
The United States has notified the UN Secretary General on the withdrawal from the who, the decision will come into force on 6 July 2021, it said in comments to the official representative of the Secretary-General Stefan Dujarric released Tuesday.
The UN is in favour of increasing volumes of cross-border delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria, not the reduction, said at a briefing the official representative of the UN Secretary General Stefan Dyuzharrik.
"We need to get across the border were more of humanitarian aid. We do not need to become less", - said Dujarric, answering the question about whether or not the two border crossings on the border of Syria and Turkey to deliver humanitarian aid to the North-East and North of the SAR.
Who's work is extremely important, especially in a pandemic, the US withdrawal from the organization is a setback for international cooperation, said at a briefing in Berlin, Deputy spokesman of the government of Germany Martin Fitz.
The United States has notified the UN Secretary General on the withdrawal from the who, the decision will come into force on 6 July 2021, it said in comments to the official representative of the Secretary-General Stefan Dujarric released Tuesday.
UN Secretary-General antónio Guterres calls on the parties in Ethiopia, where riots broke out after the murder of a famous singer, to refrain from actions that would lead to the aggravation of the situation, told reporters the official representative of the Secretary General Stefan Dujarric.
At least 81 people were killed during protests in Oromia in Ethiopia after the capital Addis Ababa, was killed popular singer Chacala Hundessa. Famous for its political songs, Hundessa perceived as the mouthpiece of the people of Oromo in the years of anti-government protests that brought to power Prime Minister Abe Ahmed Ali in 2018. On Monday night, the singer was shot.
Libya is now less in need of escalation of hostilities and the increase of foreign military presence, said at a briefing the official representative of the UN Secretary General Stefan Dujarric, answering the question, will worsen the situation in the country, the military intervention of Egypt in Libya.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi giving political support to the commander of the Libyan national army (LNA) the Caliph Haftarot, said on Saturday, speaking at a military base in the town of Sidi Barrani close to the border with Libya, which Cairo is ready to assist the Libyan tribes in the fight against foreign intervention, training and arming them. The President also said that any direct interference of Egypt in Libya now has the legitimacy under international law. According to him, the "red line" for the advance of troops is the city of Sirte, located about 900 kilometers from the border with Egypt, and the province Dzhufra. The LDF Haftorah welcomed the announced al-Sisi's ideas about helping the Libyans.
UN chief Antonio Guterres urged the Malian authorities to make every effort to identify and bring to justice the killers of two peacekeepers in the country, the statement of the official representative of the Secretary General Stefan Dujarric.
Two members of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) were killed on Saturday in an armed attack in the North-East of the country. It was reported that a convoy of supplies was attacked near the village Torkent, located to the North-East of the city of Gao.
Among UN staff worldwide coronavirus infected 953 people, said at a briefing the official representative of the Secretary General of the organization Stefan Dujarric.
"Only the UN, as of yesterday, there were 953 (cases COBVID-19 - ed.)", - said Dyuzharrik.
UN concerned about Washington's decision to impose sanctions against persons associated with the investigations of the International criminal court against the military and other servants of the USA, said at a briefing the official representative of the UN Secretary General Stefan Dyuzharrik.
Earlier, the White house announced that trump signed a decree on sanctions against individuals associated with the investigations of the ICC in relation to military and other officials in the United States, accusing this international structure in biased investigations and corruption, and suspecting the influence of Russia.
UN Secretary-General deplores the recent loss of contact between Pyongyang and Seoul urges U.S., North Korea and South Korea to resume dialogue to achieve the complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, said at a briefing the official representative of the Secretary-General Stefan Dujarric.
According to him, June is a symbolic month for the Korean Peninsula. "This Friday, June 12, will be the second anniversary of the first meeting of the leaders of the DPRK and the United States. Monday, June 15, will be the 20th anniversary of the first meeting of the leaders of the two Koreas. The Secretary General hopes that the parties will use anniversaries in June in order to redouble the efforts for the resumption of negotiations in order to achieve sustainable peace, complete, verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," he said.
The chief of police of Minneapolis, Medaria of Arredondo apologized to the journalists, which was attacked by the police, among the victims was the correspondent of RIA Novosti, Mikhail Turgiev.
"There was a video of the use of rubber bullets and tear gas against journalists... the media must be protected," said Arredondo at a press conference, which was broadcast on local television in Minneapolis.
In the UN in favor of holding the meeting of the middle East Quartet in the near future, said at a briefing the official representative of the UN Secretary General Stefan Dyuzharrik.
"We all would have benefited from meeting of the Quartet in the near future", - said Dyuzharrik.
A policeman, injured on Tuesday in Washington a producer Sputnik Nicole Russell, who was covering protests at the White house, shot her to kill, told RIA Novosti the General Director of MIA "Russia today" Dmitry Kiselev, called to investigate each case of lawlessness on the part of the American authorities against the representatives of the press.
"Producer Sputnik Nicole Russell told how it was with her: police sighting shot in her defeat, after she showed him the press card and shouted that she was press, after it, removing the riots at the White house, fell and got up. Still shot. Even the rule "lying is not beaten" is not valid for the American police. Of course, he will remain unpunished, and again fired at the journalist. We were lucky that Nicole is alive, a rubber bullet to defeat close range and can kill," – said Kiselev.
Chief editor MIA "Russia today" Margarita Simonyan has not ruled out filing a lawsuit against the American policemen who attacked the journalists of the Agency.
On Sunday, police sprayed pepper gas in the face of the correspondent of RIA Novosti, Mikhail Turgiev when he was covering the riots in Minneapolis.
U.S. authorities in the case of police actions against journalists, including the correspondent of RIA Novosti news Agency covering the protests in the country, violation of the legitimate rights of reporters - not only international law but also its own Constitution, said Monday the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
Earlier it was reported that the Minneapolis police deliberately fired tear spray against journalists - the crew of the TV channel VICE and RIA Novosti, Mikhail Turgiev after the dispersal of the protest action. MIA "Russia today" demanded from the authorities of the United States investigate the actions of the police.
The official representative of the UN Secretary General Stefan Dujarric, commenting on the incident with the correspondent of RIA Novosti, the victims in Minneapolis, said that "all these cases should be investigated".
Sunday, may 31, the correspondent of RIA Novosti, Mikhail Turgiev covering the protests in Minneapolis, was attacked by the police - he was sprayed in the face with tear gas after he produced a press card and identified himself as the employee of the press. Similarly, the police cost with a nearby group of American channel VICE.
The state Duma Deputy Mikhail Sheremet called on the us authorities to ensure the safety of Russian journalists covering events in the US, otherwise it will be regarded as a violation of democracy and the manifestation of sanctioned violence.
Earlier it was reported that the Minneapolis police deliberately fired tear spray against journalists - the crew of the TV channel VICE and RIA Novosti, Mikhail Turgiev after the dispersal of the protest action. MIA "Russia today" demanded from the authorities of the United States investigate the actions of the police.