The decision on the document, sponsored by Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Costa Rica and Côte d'Ivoire, was adopted by consensus without a voting procedure.
“(General Assembly. - RT ) expects that the host country will promptly issue entry visas to all representatives of the member states ... so that persons sent to work as part of the permanent mission ... can start to fulfill their duties as quickly as possible, and representatives of the states - to come to New York on official UN affairs, ”the resolution says.
In addition, members of the world organization expressed concern about cases of refusal of American visas to representatives of some countries and called on the United States to intensify work to facilitate the participation of all its members in UN meetings.
The adopted document also notes that if it is impossible to resolve these issues between the UN and the United States, the dispute will be resolved in arbitration.
In late November, this resolution was adopted at a meeting of the sixth UNGA committee.
In the fall of 2019, the United States did not issue visas to 18 Russian diplomats to participate in the work of the UN General Assembly.
Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee Andrei Klimov, in an interview with Vzglyad, called the situation around the denial of American visas to Russian delegates a serious challenge for the UN.