1st and Sixth committees of the UN General Assembly has suspended work for a couple of hours due to non-issuance of visas to diplomats from Russia and other countries.
about the fact that the meeting of the First division was postponed, said Last news a source in the Russian delegation. This structure deals with issues of disarmament and international security. First it was announced that about seven Russian diplomats are unable to participate, because they did not receive visas.
from the outset it was expected that the meeting will be held in fifteen: 00 (22: 00 GMT). But at the last moment the scoreboard showed any sign that the meeting was moved to 10: 00 (17: 00 GMT) Tuesday.
About temporary suspension of work of the Sixth division for legal issues, told the Deputy permanent envoy of Russia to the UN Gennady Kuzmin.
before the representative of Iran said that he could not consent to the adoption of the plan of work of the Sixth division, because none of the members of the delegation did not receive visas to the United States.
"The work programme of the division was adopted by consensus. Such no, " - said Kuzmin.
He added that patience is full, for this reason, the committees decided to move.
last week a small Russian delegates wishing to participate in the First division, was not given visa to USA. Then, Polanski has made the initiative to transfer the First division in the format of informal consultations, until not resolved the question of issuing American visas to Russian delegates.
The diplomat also tried to convince to move a session from new York to Vienna or Geneva.
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