Focus

UN Security Council to hold emergency session on Ukraine Wednesday night: Diplomats

24 Feb 2022 08:39am
People hold signs and participate in a protest in Grand Central Station in the borough of Manhattan against war in Ukraine on Feb 19, 2022 in New York City. - AFP
People hold signs and participate in a protest in Grand Central Station in the borough of Manhattan against war in Ukraine on Feb 19, 2022 in New York City. - AFP
A
A
A

UNITED STATES - The United Nations Security Council will convene for its second emergency session in three days over the Ukraine-Russia crisis, "due to military developments" on the ground, diplomatic sources said.

The meeting, which was requested by Kyiv earlier Wednesday and backed by Western Security Council members, is scheduled for 9:30 pm (0230 GMT Thursday), the sources said.

In the letter requesting the meeting, seen by AFP, Ukraine's ambassador to the UN, Sergiy Kyslytsya, underscored that there was an "immediate threat of a Russian offensive" and that separatists in eastern Ukraine had "requested military assistance" from Russia.

The diplomat asked that Ukraine be represented at the meeting and requested a briefing on the situation by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Like the previous emergency meeting on the crisis held on Monday, the session will be chaired by Russia, currently president of the Security Council. - AFP

Related Articles:
UN
ukraine
Russia
CONFLICT
diplomacy
More Like This
Jeanne Tournellec poses in Locmaria-Plouzane, north-western France on March 14, 2024, 80 years after her sister Catherine Tournellec was raped and her brother-in-law, Eugene Tournellec was killed on August 20, 1944 by US soldier William Mack. - Photo by AFP
Jeanne Tournellec poses in Locmaria-Plouzane, north-western France on March 14, 2024, 80 years after her sister Catherine Tournellec was raped and her brother-in-law, Eugene Tournellec was killed on August 20, 1944 by US soldier William Mack. - Photo by AFP
World 'Taboo': French women speak out on rapes by US soldiers during WWII
Of the 29 soldiers sentenced to death for rape in 1944 and 1945, 25 were black GIs.
Peruvian former president (1990-2000) Alberto Fujimori arrives to a private clinic in Lima, on October 4, 2021. (Photo by ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP)
Peruvian former president (1990-2000) Alberto Fujimori arrives to a private clinic in Lima, on October 4, 2021. (Photo by ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP)
World Former Peru president Fujimori says he has tongue cancer
Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori was released from prison in December after serving 16 years for crimes against humanity.
A Palestinian child stands in front of a building destroyed by Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 3, 2024. - Photo by AFP
A Palestinian child stands in front of a building destroyed by Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 3, 2024. - Photo by AFP
World South Africa requests ICJ to stop Israeli assault on Rafah
Filing an urgent request with the court, South Africa requested that it order Israel to "immediately withdraw and cease its military offensive" in Rafah.
Afgan people gather along a road before a floaded area between Samangan and Mazar-i-Sharif following a flash flood after a heavy rainfall in Feroz Nakhchir district of Samangan Province on May 11, 2024. (Photo by Atif Aryan / AFP)
Afgan people gather along a road before a floaded area between Samangan and Mazar-i-Sharif following a flash flood after a heavy rainfall in Feroz Nakhchir district of Samangan Province on May 11, 2024. (Photo by Atif Aryan / AFP)
World More than 200 dead in Afghanistan flash floods: UN
Rains on Friday also caused heavy damage in northeastern Badakhshan province, central Ghor province and western Herat, officials said.