According
to
media
reports,
Stephane
Dujarric,
the
spokesperson
for
Secretary-General
Antonio
Guterres
said
in
a
meeting
that
the
UNICEF
ambassadors
cannot
be
retained
from
having
a
personal
opinion.
However,
when
they
talk
on
behalf
of
UNICEF,
they
have
to
adhere
to
UNICEF's
evidence-based
impartial
positions,
he
said.
He
said,
"When
UNICEF
ambassadors
speak
in
their
personal
capacity,
they
retain
the
right
to
speak
about
issues
that
interest
or
concern
them."
During
a
daily
briefing
on
Thursday,
he
was
asked
about
his
take
on
issues
surrounding
Priyanka
Chopra's
tweets.
"Their
personal
views
or
actions
do
not
necessarily
reflect
those
of
UNICEF.
But
when
they
speak
on
behalf
of
the
UNICEF,
we
expect
them
to
adhere
to
UNICEF's
evidence-based
impartial
positions,"
he
added.
Actor
Priyanka
Chopra
was
slammed
earlier
by
Pakistan's
Human
Rights
Minister
Shireen
Mazari
and
Pakistani
actor
Armeena
Khan
for
a
tweet,
which
they
claimed
to
be
'encouraging
war'.
They
wrote
to
UNICEF,
seeking
the
actor's
removal
as
an
ambassador.
When
a
Pakistani
girl
questioned
Priyanka
about
the
same
during
a
meeting
in
Los
Angeles,
she
said,
that
she
did
not
mean
to
hurt
anyone
but
was
only
feeling
patriotic.
The
actor
also
added
that
she
was
not
looking
forward
to
war.
For
the
unversed,
Priyanka
Chopra
had
earlier
put
out
a
tweet
that
read
Jai
Hind
with
#IndianArmedForces
after
the
Indian
Army's
alleged
surgical
strikes
on
Pakistani's
terror
camps
during
the
Pulwama
attacks.
Notably,
Priyanka's
father
was
a
doctor
with
the
armed
forces.