United Nations published this video item, entitled “Ukraine, Middle Easy & other topics – Daily Press Briefing (11 April 2022)” – below is their description.
Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
– Ukraine
– Security Council/Ukraine
– Yemen
– Middle East
– Myanmar
– Democratic Republic of the Congo
– Bolivia
– Hybrid Briefing Tomorrow
– Financial Contribution
UKRAINE
We and our humanitarian partners are deeply concerned about the plight of civilians following the intensification of hostilities in the eastern Donbas region and the Khersonska, Kharkivska and Dnipropetrovska oblasts.
In Luhanska Oblast, heavy fighting and airstrikes have reportedly impacted residential areas in both government and non-government-controlled areas, particularly between Pervomaisk and Zolote. Critical water, electricity and gas infrastructure and health facilities have been destroyed, leaving civilians without access to life-sustaining services and supplies.
From Sieverodonetsk, we have received reports of residential areas and educational facilities being impacted by the fighting.
In Donetska, we have received disturbing reports of civilians being killed in areas experiencing increasing hostilities, including people who had previously fled from the besieged city of Mariupol. Access challenges have prevented the UN from verifying these reports.
We continue to call on all parties to the conflict to enable the safe delivery of assistance and facilitate the safe passage of civilians evacuating areas where hostilities are increasing, in line with the discussions held by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, during his visits to Moscow and Kyiv.
The High Commissioner for Human Rights has recorded 4,335 civilian casualties across Ukraine since 24 February, including at least 1,842 people who have been killed. The actual civilian death toll is likely much higher, as these figures do not include people killed in areas experiencing intense and sustained hostilities.
Between 24 March and 7 April, we and our humanitarian partners have more than doubled the reported number of people reached with humanitarian supplies and protection services, from 890,000 to 2.1 million people. This includes two million people reached with food assistance and more than 956,000 people who have received healthcare support.
The UN is also gradually returning to the capital, to Kyiv, starting with a presence of senior officials. We will provide more details once security considerations permit it.
SECURITY COUNCIL/UKRAINE
The Security Council is wrapping up a meeting on Ukraine, particularly on the impact of war on women and girls.
The Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahous, said she just returned from Moldova, where she said the consequences of the senseless war in Ukraine were stark. Moldova has opened its borders and homes, hosting an estimated 95,000 Ukrainians.
Ms. Bahous noted that this war has starkly illustrated gender-based differences, pointing to how women are largely absent from any current negotiating efforts.
Women’s involvement is both a right and an opportunity for better outcomes, she stressed.
Also speaking today was UNICEF’s Emergency Programmes Director Manuel Fontaine.
Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=11%20April%202022
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