The United Nations is 'not an official policy', according to reports that some UN bureaus have instructed officials to refrain from the expressions 'war' and 'aggression' regarding the situation in Ukraine.



The Irish Times reported that the

United Nations Global Communications Agency had instructed staff not to use words such as 'invasion' and 'war' when discussing Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In response, the United Nations acknowledged the instructions and stated that it was not an official policy.

United Nations advises staff against using'war' or'invasion' regarding Ukraine
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/united-nations-advises-staff-against-using-war-or-invasion-regarding-ukraine-1.4821438

Did UN Ban the Word'War' Regarding Russia's Invasion of Ukraine? | Snopes.com
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/un-ban-word-war-russia-ukraine/

The Irish Times said on March 8, 2022, 'The United Nations Global Communications Agency sent an e-mail with the subject' Communication Guidelines on the Ukrainian Crisis 'to its staff on March 7, and did not describe this situation as a war. , Instructed not to put the Ukrainian flag on individuals and official SNS accounts and sites. ' I reported that I understood.

The notice allegedly exemplifies 'war' and 'invasion' as 'words not currently used for the situation in Ukraine', and it is resolved to use these words. Until then, it was informed that it should be described as 'conflict' or 'military offensive'.



The Russian government has positioned this invasion of Ukraine as a special operation aimed at maintaining peace in the country, and reports and SNS posts saying that it is a war with Ukraine or an invasion of Ukraine will be

cracked down as fake news. We have set out a policy of.

'We have no objection to the legitimacy of the email, but it is not considered an official policy for UN staff,' UN spokeswoman Stéphane Dujarric told The Irish Times. After acknowledging the facts sent, he denied the view that it was the policy of the United Nations as a whole.

The fact-checking site Snopes described the results of inquiries to Dujarric and the UN Under-Secretary-General for Politics and Peacebuilding, Rosemary A. Dicarlo, as 'this war' for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Initially, the report of The Irish Times was regarded as a false alarm because of the fact that it was there.



In response to these suspicions, The Irish Times reporter Naomi O'Leary contacted Snopes and disclosed the full text of the email in question.



In addition to the above paraphrases reported by The Irish Times, the email allegedly sent to staff by Sherri Aldis, director of the United Nations Department of Global Communications Regional Information Center, provides examples of the following wording: ..
・ When referring to Ukraine, use 'Ukraine' instead of 'the Ukraine'.
・ When describing the capital of the country in English, spell 'Kyiv' instead of 'Kiev'.
-The surname of President Volodymyr Zelensky of the country should be 'Zelenskyy' instead of 'Zelensky'.



According to William Taylor, who was the US Ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to 2009, 'Ukraine' is a usage that assumes that Ukraine is a single country, while 'the Ukraine' is Russia during the Soviet era. It is the name used by people.

Also, 'Kiev' is spelled according to the Russian pronunciation, while 'Kyiv' is a notation based on the Ukrainian pronunciation. Similarly, the surname of President Zelensky is that 'Zelensky' is close to Russian and ' Zelenskyy ' is close to Ukrainian. The English version of Wikipedia unifies the capital and chief of Ukraine with the Ukrainian notation ' Kyiv ' and ' Zelenskyy '.

With this in mind, the email sent by UN Director Aldis to the staff is fairly close to the official view of the Russian government regarding the treatment of the invasion of Ukraine, but otherwise it is close to the expression of the Ukrainian side. From this, it can be seen that the instructions were given with the neutrality between the two countries in mind as a whole.

A UN spokeswoman, Dujarric, said of Aldis's email: 'Emails have been sent to all staff to arouse the responsibility of international organizations as civil servants for what they send on social media. Not only is it a regular email sent to staff every time a global crisis occurs. '

Ultimately, Snopes 'has an important element of both truth and falsehood,' the Irish Times report that 'the United Nations has instructed its staff not to use the words war and aggression.' I judged.

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