UN Secretary-General Guterres visits Lviv National University

The Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres, as part of his visit to Ukraine, visited the Faculty of International Relations of the Lviv National University

The UN press service reported this on Twitter.

"This school has given very important contributions, namely, to the Charter of the United Nations. One of the members was part of the drafting of the charter, and its values were discussed here. Also in research about the Holocaust, and in contributions in relation to several very important aspects of the analysis of violations of human rights and genocide.

That is the reason why, for me, as Secretary of the United Nations, it is a very important experience to be able to visit this faculty of Lviv University.

I was delighted to accept the invitation of the director of this faculty of international relations of the very old and very respected [National] University of Lviv," Guterres told the press during a visit to the university.

On Thursday, Zelensky is to meet with the President of Turkey Recep Erdogan and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Lviv.

As Rubryka reported, on August 17, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Lviv, where he will meet with the presidents of Ukraine and Turkey.

During the meeting with Zelensky, Guterres will discuss the situation at the Zaporizhia NPP and the search for a political solution to end the war with russia.

The UN said they could help the International Atomic Energy Agency's visit to Zaporizhzhia from Kyiv earlier.

However, russia insists that any mission that will pass through Ukraine is too dangerous. On August 18, it became known that the Director General of the IAEA would personally lead the mission to the Zaporizhzhia NPP.

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