United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York. File photoUN, Oct 10 Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya proposed an immediate vote on a Western resolution not recognizing referendums in the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions on joining Russia; Chairman of the General Assembly (GA) of the world organization Csaba Koroshi did not agree with this. «We want you to announce a vote on the draft resolution now. We voted and then proposed a debate on this issue,» Nebenzya said. For his part, the Chairman of the GA UN Csaba Koroshi said that the practice involves holding debates and then voting. The Russian permanent representative said that the chosen scenario is beneficial «who knows.» «In this case, we can only express our regret with the decision you made and the methods of conducting the meeting, which were demonstrated today,» Nebenzya responded. United Nations abandons secret ballot on referendums
