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UN speaker warns attacks and funding cuts are straining humanitarian aid in Ukraine
Summary
Ms. Joyce Mesuier told the council continued attacks across Ukraine, damage to energy and health infrastructure, and shortfalls in funding have reduced the capacity to deliver lifesaving assistance to millions of civilians and displaced people.
Ms. Joyce Mesuier, speaker, told the council that continued attacks across Ukraine since March have reduced the capacity of humanitarian actors to provide lifesaving aid and that donors have provided only 17% of a $2.6 billion appeal.
Mesuier said attacks since March 1 have repeatedly harmed civilians, citing strikes on March 7 that killed 21 people and a March 24 assault in Sumy that injured nearly 100 civilians, including more than 20 children. "I must remind all parties to take constant care to spare civilians and civilian objects as international humanitarian law demands," she said.
Why it matters: Mesuier gave figures showing large-scale need and displacement: nearly 13,000,000 people in Ukraine need humanitarian assistance; more than 10,000,000 have fled their homes and…
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