Zelenskyy rejects visit of UN Secretary General to Kyiv after his trip to Russia – AFP
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected UN Secretary General António Guterres’ visit to Ukraine due to his participation in the BRICS conference in Kazan, Russia.
  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    615·
    5 hours ago

    It’s darkly hilarious that the SG thought Zelenskyy would just smile and shake his hand after pulling that. What an absolute dipshit.

    • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
      232·
      5 hours ago

      The UN is a diplomatic institution. It is vital and by design that they talk with everyone. China and Russia are two of the UN Security Council veto powers. Calling the Secretary General a “dipshit” for doing his job is like calling a Judge a dipshit for throwing out illegally obtained evidence.

  • Chemical WonkaEnglish
    440·
    6 hours ago

    Ukrainian dictator with a democratic veneer.

      • McDropout@lemmy.worldEnglish
        113·
        3 hours ago

        Maybe it has something to do with the Ukrainian neo-nazi dictator supporting literal zionist terrorists who attack the UN.

  • harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    89·
    7 hours ago

    The Secretary-general of the UN visiting a country whose leader has a warrant out for his arrest certainly doesn’t send any sort of message, like that money talks.

    • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
      5·
      5 hours ago

      The Secretary General has little to do with the ICC. Enforcement of UN rules is done by its members. Turns out veto powers being able to veto protects them from a lot of accountability.

    • Skua@kbin.earth
      371·
      12 hours ago

      Strictly speaking there aren’t term limits for the UN Secretary General. By convention it’s five years per term, two terms max. Guterres is currently three years into his second term.

      Honestly though I’m not sure that him attending the BRICS thing is a bad move. Surely his job is to try to foster discussion across hostile lines? I don’t know what his actual conduct at the conference was, but I can definitely imagine that an attempt to push for peace is within plausibility

    • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      34·
      12 hours ago

      Unfortunately not until 2027. They are appointed by the council for 5 year terms. His was renewed 1st January 2022.