Reports

Kyiv, 18 November 2019 – Concluding a four-day visit to Ukraine, including visits to UNDP projects in the eastern part of the country, the Regional Director of UNDP in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Mirjana Spoljaric…

PROTECTION CONCERNS Civilian casualties: The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine recorded 12 conflict-related casualties (2 persons killed and 10 persons injured). A 9 year-old boy was injured by an explosion of a hand grenade in…

Japan will continue to support the most vulnerable people affected by the conflict in Ukraine 14 Nov 2019 On 12-13 November 2019, the delegation of the Japanese Embassy in Ukraine headed by Takashi Kurai, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador…

Introduction In line with the Grand Bargain commitment of progressing towards a ‘collaborative humanitarian multi-year planning and funding’, in 2017 UNHCR has globally launched a Multi-Year, Multi-Partner (MYMP) approach to strategic planning for protection and solutions in…

In September, the Ukrainian Government reorganized the Ministry for Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons (MinTOT) by joining it with the Ministry for Veterans Affairs. UNHCR has already established contacts with the new Ministry and…

The UN Refugee Agency has been working in Ukraine since 1994 and established a country office the following year. A host country agreement was signed in September 1996. Ukraine acceded to the 1951 Convention relating to the…

Since 2014, persisting armed conflict between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk provinces (oblasts) in eastern Ukraine has caused over 3,000 civilian deaths, some 9,000 casualties, and internally displaced about 1.3 million…

HIGHLIGHTS The invisible plight of people living in collective centres in Ukraine Central Emergency Response Fund helps almost 1,000 families restore livelihoods US$52 million urgently needed to address most acute and time-critical humanitarian needs ahead of winter More than half…

On 11 October, with support by UNHCR and UNICEF, six children from refugee families had a chance to accompany football players to the field during the Ukraine-Lithuania UEFA game in Kharkiv. UNHCR is grateful to the…

PROTECTION CONCERNS Civilian casualties: The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine recorded 21 conflict-related casualties (two persons were killed and 19 persons were injured). Security: The number of ceasefire violations significantly increased and during 26 August –…