Ukraine

UN Entities

United Nations in Ukraine

http://www.un.org.ua/

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Ukraine

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Countries/ENACARegion/Pages/UAIndex.aspx

Security Council

Meetings in 2014: 1 March, 28 February

http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/resguide/scact2014_en.shtml Related press releases:

o Ukraine, in Emergency Meeting, calls on Security Council to stop military intervention by

Russian Federation (SC/11302, 1 March 2014):

http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2014/sc11302.doc.htm

Related documents:

o S/2014/136 (26 February 2014): Letter dated 28 February 2014 from the Permanent

Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations addressed to the President of the

Security Council : http://undocs.org/S/2014/136 requesting an urgent meeting of the Security Council in accordance with Articles 34 and 35 of the Charter of the United Nations

Meetings in 1993: Complaint by Ukraine regarding the Decree of the Supreme Soviet of

the Russian Federation concerning Sevastopol - http://www.un.org/en/sc/repertoire/93-95/Chapter%208/EUROPE/93-95_8-22-UKRAINE.pdf (Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council)

Selected Statements and Speeches by UN Officials

Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Ukraine

(2 March 2014): http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=7494 (dispatching Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson to Ukraine)

Deputy Secretary-General, briefing Security Council on Situation in Ukraine, says now is

time for cool heads to prevail (DSG/SM/751-SC/11303, 1 March 2014):

http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2014/dsgsm751.doc.htm

Secretary-General reiterates call for preservation of Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty,

territorial integrity, direct dialogue to solve crisis (SG/SM/15677, 1 March 2014):

http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2014/sgsm15677.doc.htm

Transcript of Press Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General prior to Security Council

Meeting on Ukraine, 1 March 2014:

http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2014/140301_Ukraine.doc.htm

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Secretary-General reiterates call against violence in Ukraine, urging citizens to express

differences through peaceful dialogue (SG/SM/15663, 24 February 2014):

http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2014/sgsm15663.doc.htm

Secretary-General welcomes Agreement between President, Opposition Leaders in Ukraine

on process for settling national crisis (SG/SM/15659, 21 February 2014):

http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2014/sgsm15659.doc.htm

Secretary-General, increasingly alarmed by Ukraine situation, urges renewal of ‘genuine’

dialogue to resolve deepening crisis (SG/SM/15653, 19 February 2014):

http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2014/sgsm15653.doc.htm

Ukraine crisis: Pillay sends urgent call for restraint after deadly clashes in Kiev (News

Centre, 19 February 2014):

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=14261&LangID=E

Use of violence in Ukraine ‘unacceptable’, Secretary-General reiterates to all sides,

expressing shock, grave concern over escalation (SG/SM/15650, 18 February 2014):

http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2014/sgsm15650.doc.htm

New laws could seriously curtail fundamental human rights in Ukraine – Pillay (News Centre,

21 January 2014):

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=14187&LangID=E

Secretary-General appeals for restraint, inclusive dialogue for mutual agreement on future

path of Ukraine (SG/SM/15598, 20 January 2014):

http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2014/sgsm15598.doc.htm

Secretary-General appeals for restraint, encourages dialogue on ‘path forward’ for Ukraine

(SG/SM/15510, 2 December 2013):

http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2013/sgsm15510.doc.htm

Secretary-General's "off-the-cuff" remarks:

http://www.un.org/sg/offthecuff/archive.asp?cuff=1

Selected UN Documents

UN Member States on the Record: Ukraine

http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/unms/ukraine.shtml key documents related to its membership in the UN; statements made before the principal organs;

draft resolutions sponsored; periodic reports submitted on Human Rights conventions, etc.

Non-UN Sources

What’s in Blue (Insights of the work of the Security Council) – Private Meeting and

Consultations on Ukraine (28 February 2014): http://www.whatsinblue.org/2014/02/private-meeting-and-consultations-on-ukraine.php

2 March 2014

not an official document – for information only http://www.unric.org/en/unric-library/29078