Ukraine had no right to use UN-labelled helicopters outside Kramatorsk - The UN has made an exclusive comment for the RT TV channel on helicopters bearing UN markings in the sky above Kramatorsk. The UN press-secretary explained that using UN-labelled vehicles is allowed only when acting under the UN instructions. As there is no information about such instructions, this means that the Ukraine had no right to those actions. Associate Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General Eri Kaneko told RT that the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Field Support are already in contact with the Ukrainian authorities on this subject. While commenting on Kiev’s use of helicopters with UN logos, Eri Kaneko pointed out that responsibility for erasing UN markings from vehicles usually rests with the UN member-state that lends the vehicles to a country needing them. Countries sending military contingents for UN operations and lending equipment to peace-making missions are to erase all UN markings from the equipment on its return to the country of origin or after the UN stops using it. In addition, agreements signed between the UN and countries sending military contingents for peace-making operations provide that the government has the right to use aircraft with UN markings only for UN-mission flights, the UN press-service told RT. Read more: voiceofrussia/2014_05_14/No-one-issued-Kiev-mandate-to-use-UN-helicopters-situation-requires-comprehensive-investigation-Russian-Deputy-FM-7438/
Posted on: Wed, 14 May 2014 10:32:41 +0000
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