Mustafa Jemiliev’s address to the UN Security Council that made Russians so angry

Mustafa Jemiliev’s address to the UN Security Council that made Russians so angry.

Voices of Ukraine

04.01.2014 Argument.ua
Translated and edited by Voices of Ukraine
Source: http://argumentua.com/novosti/tekst-vystupleniya-mustafy-dzhemileva-v-sovbeze-oon-kotorym-zhutko-razozlil-rossiyan

On March 31, the UN Security Council held an informal meeting on the Crimean crisis by the initiative of Lithuania. Mustafa Jemiliev, one of the leaders of the Crimean Tatar people, spoke at the meeting. According to New Region, his speech has literally angered Russian representatives at the UN, and they made a scandalous statement declaring him “an odious figure,” and the session itself a “low-brow event.”

We are publishing the full text of Mustafa Jemiliev’s address, which has been made public on the Mejlis website, so that the readers could understand it themselves and draw their own conclusions.

Dear ladies and gentlemen!

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