The United Nations: The attacks on civilians rising in Ukraine, and millions need help

Her speech came during a Security Council session held at the request of France and Panama – with the support of Denmark, Greece, Slovenia and the United Kingdom.

Last week, he witnessed a continuation of violence, as dozens of civilians were killed and hundreds were wounded in different regions of Ukraine. On March 21, a family of three individuals was killed in an attack by a drone in Zaburujia, and on March 24, about 100 civilians, including 20 children, were injured in an attack on Sumi.

Mswai explained that the attacks on energy infrastructure increase the suffering of civilians, and affect their access to basic services such as electricity, water and heating, especially in light of the continuation of cold weather. Joyce welcomed the advertisements for the ceasefire related to energy infrastructure, as well as negotiations to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea.

Protect civilians and infrastructure

She said that civilians in the societies on the front lines are facing continuous bombardment and forced to take impossible choices: either flee under serious circumstances, leaving behind everything they have, or staying and risking injury, death and limited access to basic services.

She expressed great concern about the human losses caused by the continuation of the fighting, not only throughout Ukraine – including the occupied areas – but also in parts of Russia.

It reminded all parties of the permanent caution to spare civilians and civilian notables, as it requires international humanitarian law. She stressed the need to protect the infrastructure necessary for civilians to survive, wherever they are.

The United Nations continues to help millions

Throughout Ukraine, nearly 13 million people need humanitarian assistance. More than 10 million Ukrainians were forced to flee their homes, including 3.7 million displaced people internally. This displacement is not impartial in women and girls, which increases their exposure to gender -based violence and impedes their access to support services.

In this regard, Al -Amin’s help warned that human financing discounts will affect the provision of vital services for about 640 thousand women and girls, asking the international community to provide the necessary funding to save lives and sustaining humanitarian operations.

She noted that the United Nations and its partners reached 1.7 million people with humanitarian aid, and they connected vital supplies to 20,000 civilians in the affected areas.

She expressed concern about 1.5 million civilians in the occupied areas, calling for facilitating the access of aid to them.

Three urgent requests

Joyce has submitted three requests to the international community The first Insist on compliance with international humanitarian law, to protect civilians and civilian notables, including humanitarian workers, and to ensure that humanitarian aid is arriving without obstacles to the needy.

secondly, Funding to save the largest possible number of lives and the sustainability of humanitarian operations in this complex and dangerous environment.

And third, Ending this war, and until then, has made continuous efforts to ensure that humanitarian needs are a pivotal part of discussions on stopping the fighting or a long -term agreement.