Natalia Nikonorova. Archival photoDONETSK, Aug 23 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Donetsk People's Republic called on all international humanitarian missions accredited in the republic to return and begin activities in accordance with their mandates, according to a message from the diplomatic department. The DPR Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated that employees of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and other UN agencies “left the territory of Donbass during the period of massive shelling of the republic by Ukraine and have not yet returned.” “We call on all international missions accredited in the territory of the republic in the near future return to the DPR and begin to carry out tasks in accordance with their mandates. First of all, we are talking about observing the provisions of humanitarian law and providing assistance to the population in need,» the message posted on the diplomatic channel's Telegram channel reads. The ministry also stressed that a special the issue of searching for missing props is relevant former, therefore, the department recommends «the international Committee of the Red Cross not to put forward ultimatum demands on the authorities of the republic, but to immediately begin to fulfill the obligations that representatives of this organization have in this area in accordance with international law and the legislation of the DPR.»
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