Mongolia asks United Nations to take action against Verstappen and Red Bull
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The Mongolian Government have sent a letter to the FIA in which they said they were far from happy with Max Verstappen's statements during the Portuguese Grand Prix. A second letter was added this week, and this time it has even been sent to the United Nations. Mongolia is still publicly demanding apologies from Verstappen.
At the Portimao circuit, the Red Bull Racing driver used derogatory words when he crashed in free practice with Lance Stroll.
Verstappen would not have learned
The Minister for Foreign Affairs therefore wrote a letter to Verstappen and Red Bull, but the response was not the desired one. According to Lundeg Purevsuren, Mongolia's global ambassador and respesentative to the UN it is a 'serious matter'. "In both cases he refused to apologise publicly for using… words based on the term ‘mongol’ (and) respect the Mongolian nation and community."
Purevsuren continued as quoted by Racefans.net: "It is (obvious) that him and the Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Team did not learn the lesson in 2017, insisting that it was not his problem if anyone (was) offended by his language. Unfortunately, (the) lack of proper response from the Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Team management and their attempts to stop the driver’s unacceptable behaviour as ’emotional outburst’ have a negative effect on their image.”
UN gets involved
The Mongolian governor has asked the United Nations to support Mongolia's complaint to Red Bull. The letter is addressed to Li Yanduan (Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination) and E. Tendayi Achiume, responsible within the UN for contemporary forms of racism. FIA President Jean Todt received a copy.
“Recalling the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination adopted in 1965 and the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, endorsed in 2011, in (particular) its articles 11 to 15, I urge for your support to take actions against Max Verstappen and the Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Team and their sponsors for his unacceptable behaviour of repeatedly using racist and derogatory language against any ethnic groups in order to prevent the recurrence of such unethical behaviour in sports.”