Ukraine: UN warns of civilian casualties in ‘face to face’ fighting in country's east
Feb 15, 2017, at 06:03 pm
New York, Feb 15 (Just Earth News): Intensified fighting between Government and non-Government forces near densely populated areas in eastern Ukraine is endangering civilians, the senior United Nations humanitarian representative in the country told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday.
UN warns of escalating tension in eastern Ukraine as casualties hit highest since last August
Aug 04, 2016, at 03:45 am
New York, Aug 3 (Just Earth News): Civilian causalities in eastern Ukraine spiked in June and July, prompting the United Nations human rights chief to call on the parties to the conflict to make protection of civilians a priority and take urgent steps to de-escalate the increasingly tense situation at the contact line.
UNESCO chief condemns killing of journalist in Ukraine
Jul 23, 2016, at 03:49 am
New York, July 22 (Just Earth News): The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom on Friday denounced the killing of award-winning journalist Pavel Sheremet and urged the authorities to bring those responsible for the crime to justice.
UN report finds impunity for killings ‘remains rampant’ in Ukraine conflict
Jul 15, 2016, at 03:57 am
New York, July 14 (Just Earth News): A new report by the United Nations human rights office released on Thursday describes widespread killings that have taken place in Ukraine since January 2014, concluding that very limited accountability has taken place.
Situation in Ukraine remains ‘volatile,’ warns senior UN human rights official
Jun 30, 2016, at 12:05 pm
New York, June 30 (Just Earth News): Unless urgent action is taken in Ukraine to separate sides and remove heavy weaponry, wide spread hostilities in the country could re-escalate, a senior United Nations human rights official on Wednesday warned.
After two years of conflict, situation in eastern Ukraine remains ‘grim’ – UN report
Jun 04, 2016, at 02:57 pm
New York, June 4 (Just Earth News): A new report by the United Nations human rights office shows that, after two years of conflict, the situation in eastern Ukraine remains volatile and continues to have a severe impact on human rights, especially for those living near the contact line and in territories controlled by armed groups.
Citing obstruction, UN torture prevention panel suspends Ukraine visit
May 26, 2016, at 01:56 pm
New York, May 26 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has suspended its visit to Ukraine after being denied access to places in several parts of the country where it suspects people are being deprived of their liberty by the Security Service of Ukraine, the SBU.
Ukraine: Security Council meets on situation with sense of ‘urgency and hope’
Apr 29, 2016, at 01:46 pm
New York, Apr 29 (Just Earth News/IBNS): As the conflict in the eastern part of Ukraine enters its third year, the United Nations Security Council on Thursday met with both a sense of urgency and hope, as described by a senior UN political official.
Two years of conflict leaves 1.5 million people hungry in eastern Ukraine – UN agency
Apr 05, 2016, at 01:15 pm
New York, Apr 5 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The two-year long conflict in eastern Ukraine has left around 1.5 million people hungry, including almost 300,000 people who are severely food insecure and in need of immediate food assistance, the United Nations food relief agency said on Monday.
Ukraine: UN experts urge accountability for human rights violations by foreign fighters
Mar 23, 2016, at 12:55 pm
New York, Mar 23 (Just Earth News/IBNS):On Tuesday in Geneva, the United Nations Working Group on mercenaries called on the Government of Ukraine to ensure accountability for human rights violations committed by foreign armed actors during the conflict that has plagued the country since 2014.
Ukraine: UN calls on all parties to ensure access to safe drinking water in eastern region
Mar 18, 2016, at 02:35 pm
New York, Mar 18(Just Earth News/IBNS):Concerned about the continuing impact of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine on civilians, the United Nations on Thursday called on all parties to ensure access to safe water in Donetsk, after security concerns forced the evacuation of staff from a water treatment facility that serves thousands of people in the area.
Ukraine: UN official urges Government to keep checkpoints open for access to medicines, food
Feb 04, 2016, at 02:20 pm
New York, Feb 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS) A senior United Nations humanitarian official in Ukraine on Wednesday called on the Government to keep checkpoints open in conflict-affected areas in the country's east to prevent hardship for thousands of mostly elderly people seeking access to medicines, and food and other items.
Ukraine could again slip into cycle of calm giving way to savage fighting: UN official
Dec 12, 2015, at 03:08 pm
New York, Dec 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A senior United Nations human rights official warned on Friday that the fighting in Ukraine, which has recently decreased, could erupt again with a massive civilian toll in a conflict that has already left over 9,000 people dead and nearly 21,000 injured over the past two years.
Despite less fighting, eastern Ukraine still 'highly flammable,' UN reports
Dec 10, 2015, at 03:03 pm
New York, Dec 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Despite a significant reduction in hostilities in eastern Ukraine in the last few months in a conflict that has already left over 9,000 people dead and nearly 21,000 injured, serious human rights concerns persist, including killings, torture and impunity, the United Nations reported on Wednesday.
Farm families in eastern Ukraine forced into 'difficult choices' to survive: UN agency
Dec 08, 2015, at 04:19 pm
New York, Dec 8 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The absence of financial, physical, social and human resources has left some 700,000 farm households extremely vulnerable in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine, the results of a United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) household survey revealed on Monday, and also warned of food insecurity among those families due to "skyrocketing" commodity prices.
Ukraine: UN humanitarian agencies step up aid deliveries as bitter winter takes hold
Nov 26, 2015, at 01:38 pm
New York, Nov 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations agencies are stepping up aid deliveries to non-Government-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine where more than 100,000 people, cut off from assistance for months, are now facing added hardship with the approach of the bitter east European winter.
Ukraine: UN warns 700,000 children at risk due to severely damaged heating systems
Nov 14, 2015, at 04:46 pm
New York, Nov 14 (Just Earth News/IBNS) : About 700,000 children in Donetsk and Luhansk in Eastern Ukraine are in danger of the potential failure of the heating systems during the winter months, said United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday adding that conflict in the region has heavily damaged the interlinked water, heating and electricity service.
Ukrainian President says country suffering 'brutal violation' of UN Charter
Sep 30, 2015, at 02:22 pm
New York, Sept 30 (IBNS): Ukraine is suffering from a brutal violation of the fundamental norms and principles of the United Nations Charter, President Petro Poroshenko told world leaders on Tuesday at the annual General Assembly debate.
Lives in Ukraine being lost in accountability vacuum, warns UN rights expert
Sep 19, 2015, at 02:49 pm
New York, Sept 19 (IBNS) The Ukrainian Government and the armed groups operating in the country must implement a proper system of accountability to end the violence, an independent United Nations human rights expert warned on Friday.
Close to 8,000 people killed in eastern Ukraine: UN report
Sep 09, 2015, at 03:21 pm
New York, Sep 9 (IBNS): Close to 8,000 people have lost their lives in eastern Ukraine since mid-April 2014, according to the latest report by the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country which was released on Tuesday.
Alarmed by escalation of conflict in Ukraine, Ban calls on parties to resume dialogue
Aug 18, 2015, at 08:03 pm
New York, Aug 18 (IBNS): Seriously alarmed by the recent escalation of violence in eastern Ukraine, which has reportedly resulted in the death of civilians on both sides of the contact line, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called all parties to end hostilities and resume talks.
Ukraine: UN agency begins cash assistance programme to meet food needs in crisis-torn eastern areas
Aug 14, 2015, at 03:12 pm
New York, Aug 14 (IBNS) Responding to the recurring food shortages created by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun cash distributions to some 60,000 people – mostly internally displaced – in Government-controlled areas of the Lugansk and Donetsk region.
UN relief agencies in Ukraine urge full access to affected populations in country’s east
Jan 31, 2015, at 08:27 pm
New York, Jan 31 (IBNS) The United Nations in Ukraine is alarmed over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the eastern part of the country, where heavy fighting has intensified in recent days, and is calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities to allow aid to reach civilians.
As shelling batters Ukraine's cities, country's children increasingly in danger-UN
Jan 28, 2015, at 07:05 pm
New York, Jan 28 (IBNS) The continued shelling of Ukraine's urban centres serves as a shocking reminder of the price being paid by the country's children and families, a UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) official said today as she warned that the intensifying violence in the Eastern European country was increasingly putting children's lives in danger.
Ukraine: UN kicks-off campaign to reach displaced persons with humanitarian aid
Jan 01, 2015, at 08:20 pm
New York, Jan 1 (IBNS) Amid continuing fighting and a deteriorating humanitarian situation in Ukraine, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Wednesday announced it is launching an initiative aimed at ferrying aid to the country’s internally displaced persons (IDPs), as well as other vulnerable citizens trapped by the ongoing hostilities.
As challenges mount for displaced in eastern Ukraine, UN agency ramps up food voucher plan
Nov 22, 2014, at 05:55 pm
New York, Nov 22 (IBNS) Key steps have been taken recently to deliver food vouchers to some 10,000 internally displaced people in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Friday, while underscoring that ensuring access to food in the country's crisis-gripped eastern region remains a "priority concern."
Ceasefire in Ukraine under 'continuous, serious strain,' UN official warns
Nov 13, 2014, at 09:33 pm
New York, Nov 13 ( IBNS): Prevailing hostilities in Ukraine in recent days are putting the ceasefire agreed to in September under “continuous and serious strain,†a senior United Nations political official told the Security Council today, warning against the possibility of a return to full-scale fighting despite prospects of hope offered by recent parliamentary elections.
Ukraine: Ban deplores planned holding of November 'elections' by rebel groups
Oct 30, 2014, at 06:03 pm
New York, Oct 30 (IBNS) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday deplored the planned holding by armed rebel groups in eastern Ukraine of their own "elections" on 2 November, calling the potential polls a "breach of the constitution and national law."
Ukraine: UN chief 'disturbed' by death of aid worker, dangerous surge in fighting
Oct 04, 2014, at 08:09 pm
New York, Oct 4 (IBNS) The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is "saddened and disturbed" to learn of the death of an international humanitarian aid worker, killed when a shell landed near the International Committee of the Red Cross Headquarters in eastern Ukraine on Thursday.
7 Ukrainian soldiers killed in rebel attack
Sep 29, 2014, at 09:12 pm
Kiev, Sept 29 (IBNS): Seven Ukrainian soldiers have died in a rebel attack in the midst of cease-fire on Sunday night near the Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine, media reported.