Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine - Security Council, 9404th meeting

Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine.

• Video Length: 02:43:31
• Production Date: 24 August 2023
• Asset Language: Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Original; Russian; Spanish
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS - ICRC; OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR; UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION - UNESCO
• Subject Topical: CHILDREN; CIVILIAN PROTECTION; VIOLENCE; WAR
• Geographic Subject: RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE
• MAMS Id: 3083336
• Parent Id: 3082487

Description

Deportation, treatment of Ukraine’s children by Russian Federations takes centre stage by many delegates at Security Council briefing.
Delegate questions Moscow’s position in international community once conflict ends.
The United Nations remains committed to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity amidst indefensible attacks on civilians and infrastructure, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today, as speakers took stock of the war’s impact on Ukraine’s children on the thirty-second anniversary of that country’s independence.
Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, noting that today marks 18 months since the Russian Federation launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, said that “the numbers alone tell a horrific story”. Citing confirmed numbers of at least 9,444 civilians killed — including 545 children — and nearly 17,000 injured, she added that “the real figures are likely much higher”. And, since Moscow’s 17 July withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, the fighting has only escalated.
Detailing Russian Federation attacks against Ukraine’s ports, cultural heritage and civilian infrastructure, she expressed regret that the UN still does not have the necessary access to verify allegations of violations against children in the territory of Ukraine under Moscow’s control or in the Russian Federation itself. Attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure are “indefensible”, she stressed, underlining the UN’s “unwavering” commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders.