Irish Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n The\u00a0United Nations\u00a0has emailed staff advising them not to refer to the situation in\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0as a \u201cwar\u201d or \u201cinvasion\u201d, in a move to balance political sensitivities as powerful member state\u00a0Russia\u00a0cracks down domestically on those who use the words.<\/p>\n Instead, UN staff have been instructed to use the terms \u201cconflict\u201d or \u201cmilitary offensive\u201d to describe Russia\u2019s invasion of its neighbour, which has killed hundreds of civilians and forced two million people to flee the country.<\/p>\n In an email to staff on Monday, the UN communications department instructed employees not to describe the situation as a war and not to add the Ukrainian flag to personal or official social media accounts or websites.<\/p>\n \u201cSome specific examples of language to use\/not use at the moment,\u201d read the email which has been seen by the Irish Times.<\/p>\n \u201c[USE] \u2018conflict\u2019 or \u2018military offensive\u2019 and NOT \u2018war\u2019 or \u2018invasion\u2019 when referring to the situation in Ukraine\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Irish Times: The\u00a0United Nations\u00a0has emailed staff advising them not to refer to the situation in\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0as a \u201cwar\u201d or \u201cinvasion\u201d, in a move to balance political sensitivities as powerful member state\u00a0Russia\u00a0cracks down domestically on those who use the words. Instead, UN … Weiterlesen \n