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Spokesperson declines to comment on leaked U.S. document and says U.N. has no specific information on reported arrests in Ukraine
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Reporters asked about a leaked U.S. document suggesting budget cuts and about reported arrests of a researcher and his lawyer in Odessa; the U.N. spokesperson declined to comment on leaked internal material and said the U.N. had no specific information on the Ukrainian arrests.
A reporter asked what the U.N. is doing in response to a leaked U.S. State Department document suggesting deep cuts to U.S. funding to the United Nations. The spokesperson said the U.N. would not comment on a purported leaked memo and that, irrespective of internal deliberations, humanitarian appeals and operations continue.
Separately, a reporter raised the arrest of a researcher in Odesa and the subsequent arrest of his lawyer, reporting concerns about rule-of-law violations. The spokesperson said she did not have specific information about those arrests and offered no further details at the briefing.
On the question of whether the secretary-general had directly contacted U.S. leadership on the alleged cuts, Tremblay said: "There is as Stephane has said when there's something to report on this we will let you know. I don't have any more comments."
