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Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonovic.
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Ukraine: UN deploys human rights monitors amid ‘troubling’ signs in east, Crimea

14 March 2014
United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Šimonovic, announced today the immediate deployment of a UN monitoring team throughout crisis-torn Ukraine to help establish the facts surrounding alleged human rights violations, including in Crimea, and serve to de-escalate tensions in the country.
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Diplomatic efforts to diffuse Ukraine crisis continuing at UN

13 March 2014
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Diplomatic efforts are continuing at the United Nations to ease tensions in the Ukrainian region of Crimea.

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Together ‘we can pull Ukraine back from the brink’, UN political chief tells Security Council

13 March 2014
The United Nations continued efforts on multiple fronts to de-escalate tensions in Ukraine, with a senior human rights official holding meetings today in the capital, Kiev, while in New York, the Security Council held its sixth urgent session on the crisis, hearing the UN political chief stress that the path to a peaceful resolution is still open – “let us seize it.”
Ivan Ṡimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights.
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Ukraine: UN human rights envoy denied access to Crimea

12 March 2014
The United Nations said today that in addition to logistical challenges that hindered Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights IvanŠimonović from traveling to the autonomous Ukrainian region of Crimea this week, he was informed by authorities that he could not be received there.
Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonovic.
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In Ukraine, UN official discusses human rights measures to de-escalate current crisis

11 March 2014
Senior United Nations official Ivan Šimonovic is meeting with local authorities in Kharkiv, Ukraine, today to discuss human rights-related measures that can be taken to help de-escalate tensions in the country.
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Ban urges parties to work for durable solution in Ukraine, as Security Council holds talks

10 March 2014
With tensions and mistrust growing in Ukraine, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the international community to help the key actors calm the situation and work toward a durable and fair political solution, ahead of closed-door Security Council consultations on the crisis.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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Proposed Crimea referendum ‘worrying and serious’ development – UN

7 March 2014
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today emphasized the need for peace and stability in Ukraine’s Crimea region, where the announcement of a referendum on joining Russia constitutes a “worrying and serious” development.
UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson.
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Ukraine 'a country on edge,' says UN deputy chief, urging dialogue among all parties

6 March 2014
Describing strife-torn Ukraine as “a country on edge”, Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson today called for an end to the “provocative rhetoric” that was stoking tensions there, and stressed the readiness of the United Nations to facilitate meaningful dialogue among all the key parties to help ease the crisis.
Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson addressing reporters in Kiev, Ukraine.
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Armed men in Crimea threaten UN envoy; Ban dispatches human rights official to Ukraine

5 March 2014
The United Nations has confirmed that Senior Advisor Robert Serry is in good shape physically after being threatened today during his visit to Crimea, Ukraine, by armed men who ordered him to leave the region.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany.
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In Europe, top UN officials press for diplomatic solution to Ukraine crisis

4 March 2014
As the situation in Ukraine remains in flux, senior United Nations officials in the region and elsewhere in Europe continue to push for a diplomatic solution to the crisis, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressing the need for calm and international unity in the pursuit of peace.