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"We meet today to discuss the work of the UN’s Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine and the timely report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. After weeks of Russian disinformation and propaganda, this gives us yet another opportunity to focus on facts. The independent and impartial reporting we have heard today is essential to prevent the kind of distortions that may lead to further instability in an already combustible situation – a situation that continues to grow more dangerous every day. Today’s remarks by the Russian Federation, where the independent report provided by the UN was disparaged – indeed, slandered – as biased and unfounded is deeply worrying. If you don’t like the message, the Russian strategy appears to be – metaphorically – shoot the messenger,' says the statement published on the web site of the U.S. Mission to UN published on April 16.

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