March 17, 2025 12:04 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Union minister Aswini Vaishnaw calls Tamil a ‘sweet language’ amid Tamil Nadu’s Hindi imposition row | Bengal's Birbhum witnesses violent clashes over Holi; internet suspended, heavy security deployed | Haryana BJP leader shot dead by neighbour over land dispute, incident caught on camera | Airbag blocked my view, claims 20-year-old law student whose car crashed into vehicles killing 1 in Vadodara | Mark Carney takes oath as new Canada Prime Minister | Man attacks people with iron rod inside Golden Temple in Amritsar, leaves 5 injured | Not disrespectful: Tamilian who designed rupee symbol reacts to Stalin govt's currency move | In a setback for Donald Trump, US judge orders federal agencies to rehire fired workers: Report | 'We will thwart conspiracies hatched by Centre': Revanth Reddy on delimitation exercise | Chennai doctor, his wife along with two sons die by suicide due to huge debt: Cops

Ukraine: UN and partners seek $187 million amid humanitarian crisis that is ‘worse than it’s ever been’

| | Dec 08, 2017, at 09:55 am

 

New York, Dec 8(Just Earth News): The humanitarian situation in war-torn eastern Ukraine is worse than ever, and people are at breaking point, the senior-most United Nations aid official in the country said on Thursday, as he launched a response plan.

 

“From my perspective, the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine is worse than it’s ever been since the onset of conflict in 2014,” said Neal Walker, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, in Geneva.

He urged UN Member States to support the country’s 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP ), which calls for $187 million to help 2.3 million people in the country’s east.

“On Thursday , I call on the Member States to show their solidarity by supporting this important appeal,” said Walker, stressing that “lasting peace is the only humanitarian solution for millions of people affected.”

Amid a spike in needs and ongoing clashes in the east between government forces and separatists, Walker noted Ukraine as being among “the most forgotten” conflict.

Entering its fourth year, many of the affected people have exhausted their savings and ability to cope, and are now forced to choose between food, medicine, shelter or their children’s education. Millions risk daily shelling, intensive fighting and other hostilities.

At the same time, through only five operational checkpoints along a 457-kilometre ‘contact line,’ up to one million people cross every month to access basic services, social benefits and maintain family networks.

“The people of eastern Ukraine continue to pay the highest price for the conflict,” maintained Walker.

Of the 4.4 million affected people, some 3.4 million require humanitarian assistance and protection – 2.3 of whom are considered to be the most vulnerable, including the elderly, women and children.

“While Ukraine may no longer be front page news, millions of men, women and children urgently require our help,” he underscored.

The HRP outlines the key humanitarian relief and protection activities required by 32 international and 16 national organisations in 2018, including throughout the harsh winter months.

Photo: OCHA/Tomas Vlach (file)

Source: www.justearthnews.com

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
Close menu