Russia’s temporary suspension will prevent him from exercising his rights and benefiting from the privileges granted by membership, including participation in the organization’s meetings, the Spanish ministry said.
However, the approved resolution contemplates, according to article 34 of the UNWTO Statutes, that this suspension be lifted when the assembly perceives “a change in the policy of the Russian Federation”.
In such a case, the procedure for that country to regain its UNWTO membership status will be the same as for suspension.
The regulations indicate that, if the assembly notices that any of its members persists in pursuing a policy contrary to the fundamental objective of the organization, they may be suspended by means of a resolution adopted by a two-thirds majority.
The resolution for the temporary suspension of Russia was presented by Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Malta, North Macedonia, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania and Ukraine.
And the executive council of the UNWTO convened an extraordinary assembly on March 8, when it met at the request of countries such as Colombia, Slovenia, Guatemala, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine, amid global concern and condemnation that the unilateral actions undertaken by Russia.