Delegates in the hallway of the United Nations Secretariat building. File photoUN, Oct 27The United States does not give instructions to the UN Secretariat, asking it to conduct an investigation into the plot with drones in Ukraine, Robert Wood, the US Deputy Representative to the organization, said at a UN Security Council meeting. Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya called these arguments crafty.
Nebenzya urged to condemn the countries asking the UN to investigate the UAV plot Western countries claim that Russia allegedly uses Iranian drones in Ukraine. Earlier, France, Britain and Germany asked the UN Secretariat to send their experts to Ukraine to investigate whether resolution 2231 (on the creation of the JCPOA), which prohibits Iran from trading in certain types of products without prior approval from the UN Security Council, including UAVs, is being implemented. Moscow and Tehran denied the allegations. As the Russian side emphasized, the UN Secretariat performs a technical function and has neither the mandate nor the expertise to conduct investigations. Launching such an investigation at the suggestion of a group of countries would be a violation of Article 100 of the UN Charter, Moscow believes. According to this article, in the performance of their duties, the secretary general and the staff of the secretariat shall not seek or receive instructions from any government or authority external to the organization. «Inquiries by the United States and other members of the council were not» instructions. «They, as and countless other requests addressed to the Secretary General by UN member states were requests that he take appropriate action,» Wood said. At the same time, he accused Russia and Iran of violating resolution 2231. According to him, Iran, in violation of resolution 2231, provided Russia with drones, and Russia, in violation of this resolution, purchased them. fake statement about the purchase of Iranian drones. «It is especially touching to hear accusations of Russia's violation of resolution 2231 from the United States — the main violator of of this resolution,» the Russian permanent representative said. He called crafty the arguments «about the obligation of the secretariat to respond to requests from member countries.» «The Secretariat should respond to requests from member countries, but act on the basis of a clear and precise mandate and the UN Charter, and not on the basis of the wishes of individual countries,» Nebenzia noted. France, Great Britain, and also the FRG, and not the entire Security Council. Whereas such an investigation can only ask for advice in its entirety.
