Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges, is likely to brief an informal meeting of the UN Security Council this week, according to a note seen by Reuters.
FILE PHOTO: Representatives observe a minute of silence during a meeting at the United Nations Security Council, to mark one year since Russia invaded Ukraine, at UN headquarters in New York City, New York, US, February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
Russia, which holds the monthly rotating presidency of the 15-member body for April, told council members in a note that it plans to hold an informal meeting on Wednesday on Ukraine, focused on “evacuating children from conflict zone.”“Participants will hear ‘first hand’ information from the Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights of the Russian Federation, as well as from children evacuated from the conflict area,” read the note.
Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said on Monday that the meeting briefers would be announced shortly. Such meetings are held at UN headquarters, but not in the Security Council chamber, and briefings can be done virtually.Moscow has not concealed a program under which it has brought thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia but presents it as a humanitarian campaign to protect orphans and children abandoned in the conflict zone.
While a feature of Russia’s presidency, members do not need to be the rotating monthly president to hold such meetings.
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