{"id":114282,"date":"2023-05-16T09:20:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T06:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/ukraine-imperative-to-explore-all-options-to-reach-civilians-un-relief-chief\/"},"modified":"2023-05-16T09:20:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T06:20:58","slug":"ukraine-imperative-to-explore-all-options-to-reach-civilians-un-relief-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/ukraine-imperative-to-explore-all-options-to-reach-civilians-un-relief-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine: Imperative to \u2018explore all options\u2019 to reach civilians \u2013 UN relief chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114282\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nCivilians who are caught up in the crossfire in Ukraine need and deserve humanitarian relief, \u201cwherever the are\u201d, said the UN Humanitarian Affairs chief on Monday, briefing the Security Council, calling for aid workers to be allowed full access, in line with international law. Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said that it was \u201cimperative that we explore all options to reach civilians\u201d, stressing that all parties to the fighting must allow and facilitate the \u201crapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that many communities along Ukraine\u2019s northeastern border with Russia and the frontline of fighting, were encircled, without access to water, food and medical care. \u201cOnly last week in Kherson, residential buildings, a school, an outpatient hospital, and an elderly care facility were reportedly damaged, leaving scores of civilians needing shelter and healthcare. And missile strikes in Odesa hit a humanitarian storage warehouse. A Ukrainian Red Cross mobile hospital in Mykolaiv was also hit. Humanitarian supplies and vital medical equipment were destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said no staff or volunteers were injured but the threats persist. Civilians must not be target, he insisted, or the homes, schools, hospitals and buildings, where they live and work. He stressed again, the need for a political solution, and importance of peace for Ukraine, with civilian casualties during Russia\u2019s continued occupation of parts of the south and east, \u201crising to their highest levels in months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UN human rights office, OHCHR, \u201chas now verified a staggering 23,600 civilian casualties since 24 February 2022; we all know the actual toll is likely to be much higher\u201d, said Mr. Griffiths. Despite the constant dangers, the \u201csheer bravery of humanitarian workers, particularly local workers\u201d, for the UN and other NGOs, means life-saving assistance continues to be delivered nationwide. He said nearly 3.6 million people received humanitarian assistance in Ukraine in the first quarter of 2023 with around 43 inter-agency convoys delivering food and vital supplies to some 278,000 people in frontline areas so far this year, \u201cwith local partners conducting last-mile delivery and distribution.\u201d But he said more is needed \u201cto take our efforts to scale. The biggest challenge remains the impediments to reaching all areas in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia currently under the military control of the Russian Federation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Food exported under the Black Sea Initiative, together with food and fertilizer exports from Russia, continue to make a crucial contribution to global food security, he told ambassadors. More than 30 million metric tons of cargo have now been safely exported from Ukrainian ports, of which over 55 per cent has gone to developing countries and close to six per cent, directly to Least Developed Countries. This includes just under 600,000 metric tons of wheat transported by the World Food Programme (WFP), in direct support of humanitarian operations in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Yemen. Despite the progress and falling food prices since last summer\u2019s highs, \u201cmuch more remains to be done\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past month, there\u2019s been a major reduction in exports moving through Ukraine\u2019s Black Sea ports, due to what the UN relief chief called \u201cincreasingly challenging dynamics\u201d within the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC), run by Russia, Ukraine, the UN and T\u00fcrkiye, \u201cand a related slowdown in operations.\u201d He assured that intensive talks \u201cto secure agreement on its extension and the improvements needed for it to operate effectively and predictably\u201d, would continue in the next few days, with UN support continuing for the \u201cMemorandum of Understanding on the facilitation of Russian food and fertilizer exports.\u201d He ended telling the Council it was clear that neither the people of Ukraine, or millions around the world who have suffered as a result of the economic chaos and supply chain issues, \u201ccan ill afford a continuation of this war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2023\/05\/1136657\">The UN<\/a> <\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/ukraine-imperative-to-explore-all-options-to-reach-civilians-un-relief-chief\/\">Ukraine: Imperative to \u2018explore all options\u2019 to reach civilians \u2013 UN relief chief<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[9990,559,606,607,608,589],"class_list":["post-114282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-civillian","tag-ukraine","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien","tag-war"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}