(06. März) In response to questions, below is a summary of Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s briefing to today’s closed Security Council meeting:

Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson briefed the Security Council this afternoon by video from Kyiv, Ukraine, on his recent mission aimed at assisting to de-escalate a dangerous situation and to assess the conditions for a peaceful settlement of the crisis. (..)

He then informed the Security Council that Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Mr. Ivan Simonovic, had just arrived in Kyiv, following a request by the Secretary-General to immediately travel to Ukraine. He further informed that Mr. Simonovic would visit the East, West and South of the country, including Crimea, to evaluate the current human rights situation.