25/11/2014 20:03
Self-proclaimed Donetsk republic urges UN to send peacekeepers
The parliament of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) called on Tuesday for convening the UN Security Council to consider plans of sending peacekeepers to the conflict zone, TASS reported.
“We are appealing to the international community to stop the humanitarian catastrophe and social genocide caused by the actions of the Ukrainian government,” the presidium of the DPR parliament, the People’s Council, said in a statement.
“We demand to convene an emergency session of the UN Security Council and consider the issue of intervention of a peacekeeping contingent involving representatives of the Russian Federation to control the compliance with the earlier reached agreements and resolving the humanitarian and social situation,” the statement reads.