THE World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), service of UN responsible for promoting tourism around the world, announced today that it wants to suspend its participation Russiawho is accused of that does not respect the “Values” of the UN with the invasion of in Ukraine.
The decision to suspend her participation Russia was adopted by the UNWTO bodies by a large majority of the members of the Executive Board of the Agency, which met today at the request of six countries, including Poland and Ukraine, said a representative of the UNWTO.
In order for this suspension to take effect, it must be approved during an extraordinary General Assembly of the Organization, by a two-thirds majority. According to the representative of the Organization, this assembly will be convened “within the next 30 days”.
THE UNWTOwhich has been based in Madrid since 1976 and has 159 member states, has “strongly” condemned Russia’s actions in recent days, denouncing “a flagrant violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
“War is never a solution! Neither now nor ever. “But it is clear that everyone is not committed to this ideal,” Zurab Pololikashvili, UNWTO Secretary-General of Georgia, insisted today, according to the statement.
The UNWTO message “must be clear and unambiguous,” he added. “If you are a member, you are committed to abiding by our rules. And you must embrace our values. “Therefore, when members go against our goals, there must be consequences.”
A message from Spanish Tourism Minister Reyes Marotto, who was present at the UNWTO Executive Board meeting: “We must also say ‘Stop the War’, ‘Stop the Threats. He said.
According to the UNWTO, the Organization has never met to “consider a request for suspension” of membership of one of its members since its inception.
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