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The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Aaron Payne, says the United States of America firmly rejects that plagiarism took place in the passing of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1 (2014). Some commentators have noticed some similarities between the resolution passed yesterday in relation to the downing of flight CA69 and United Nations Security Council Resolution 2166 (2014) in relation to the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. “The United States of America firmly rejects any plagiarism,” Mr Payne said. “It is likely that many clauses would be very similar to those contained with Resolution 2166, giving that the two situations are quite similar. Any similarity only seeks to reinforce the unified nature of the international community into such tragic events. “The author of Resolution 2166, Australia, was also a sponsor of Resolution 1 and did not raise any objection to any clauses used in the resolution. “The final version of Resolution 1 does not contain any mention of Ukraine, contrary to what has been reported in the media. The Resolution passed on 28th November unanimously, with no Security Council members voting against the Resolution.
[ENDS] 29 November 2014
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