Official communiqué of the 7131st (closed) meeting of the Security Council Held in private at Headquarters, New York, on Monday, 10 March 2014, at 3 p.m.

In accordance with rule 55 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council, the following communiqué was issued through the Secretary-General in place of a verbatim record:

“At its 7131st meeting, held in private on 10 March 2014, the Security Council considered the item entitled ‘Letter dated 28 February 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2014/136)’.

“The President invited the representative of Ukraine to participate in the meeting in accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure.

“The President invited Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, to participate in the meeting in accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure.

“The Security Council heard a briefing by Mr. Feltman.

“The Security Council heard a statement by the representative of Ukraine.

“Statements were made by the representatives of the United Kingdom, the United States, Lithuania, France, the Republic of Korea, Australia, China, Chile, Argentina, Chad, the Russian Federation, Rwanda, Nigeria and Luxembourg.”