Madrid: The United Nations World Tourism Organisation confirmed on Wednesday that Russia has withdrawn from the UNWTO.
The announcement came ahead of the vote to suspend Russia’s membership in the organization.
The announcement was confirmed with a tweet that said, “Russia has announced its intention to withdraw from UNWTO”. The tweet further adds that Russia’s suspension from UNWTO is “effective immediately”.
However, the UNWTO earlier in March raised the issue of the suspension of Russia over its recent invasion of Ukraine. The voting for the same got underway on Wednesday in Madrid. The motion will pass if one-third of the member nations agree with it.
According to the report, the voting will take place just to confirm the response of the member nations to the motion
Zurab Pololikashvili, secretary-general of the World Tourism Organisation in a tweet said that “Our statues are clear: promotion of tourism for peace & universal respect for human rights. Only Members that abide by this can be part of UNWTO.”