The UN Security Council is expected to hold a new public meeting on Thursday, May 12, on Russia's war on Ukraine, in view of "
the continuing deterioration of the humanitarian situation
", diplomats said on Monday.
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Requested by France and Mexico, this session will be the 16th of the Security Council since the Russian invasion of February 24.
The organization, at least once a week, of a meeting of the Security Council on the war in Ukraine makes it possible to maintain the pressure on Russia and its isolation on the international scene, want to believe several countries, in particular Westerners.
For Thursday, France and Mexico have requested briefings from the UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) and the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), a diplomat said.
School bombing
This meeting will come after the bombing this weekend of a school in eastern Ukraine, in which 60 civilians were killed, according to kyiv.
It will be held on the same day as an extraordinary session in Geneva of the UN Human Rights Council, requested by Ukraine, on “
the deterioration of the human rights situation in Ukraine
”.
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The new Security Council meeting will follow the adoption on Friday of a unanimous Security Council statement, initiated by Norway and Mexico, giving "
strong support
" to the UN Secretary-General "
in the search for a 'peaceful solution
' to the conflict.
This first demonstration of unity since the invasion took place with the support of Moscow, which had hitherto blocked the initiatives of the Council.
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