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UN delegate condemns attacks on civilians in Ukraine, urges support for $2.6 billion 2025 humanitarian plan
Summary
Rosemarie DeCampo told a United Nations meeting that civilian casualties and attacks on infrastructure in Ukraine rose in 2024, and urged backing for a $2.6 billion humanitarian plan to assist about 12.7 million people in 2025.
Rosemarie DeCampo, a delegate, told a United Nations session that civilians in Ukraine have endured three years of devastation since Russia’s full-scale invasion and that humanitarian needs remain acute, with an estimated 12,700,000 people requiring assistance in 2025 and $2,600,000,000 needed to meet urgent needs.
DeCampo said the invasion was “launched in brazen violation of the UN Charter and international law” and warned that civilian harm increased in 2024. Citing the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), she said the total number of civilians killed and injured in 2024 was about 30% higher than the year before and that “more children were killed or injured in the first 3 quarters of 2024 than in all of 2023.”
The delegate recited OHCHR figures for the full period from February 2022 through Dec. 31, 2024: at least 12,456 civilians killed, including 669 children, and 28,382 civilians injured, including 1,833 children. She said verified…
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