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STORY: OHCHR / UKRAINE HUMAN RIGHTS
TRT: 02:34
SOURCE: OHCHR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 24 FEBRUARY 2023, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Various shots, exteriors Palais Wilson
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“As we mark one year since Russia’s war against Ukraine began, I deplore the terrible human cost of this senseless conflict. At least 8,006 civilians have died and 13,287 have been injured in the past 12 months. This is in addition to the numerous lives previously lost in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The civilian casualty figures verified by my Office in Ukraine lay bare the loss and suffering that has been inflicted on people. I saw this suffering myself when I visited Ukraine in December. The toll on civilians is unbearable. Nearly 18 million people are in dire need of humanitarian assistance. Some 14 million people have been displaced from their homes. The very young to the very old have been affected. Students have seen their education halted or disrupted by attacks on schools and college. Older people and people with disabilities face huge challenges, unable in some cases to get to the relative safety of bomb shelters. Most of those who have remained in conflict-affected areas are older people, who are often reluctant or not able to leave. Efforts to establish accountability and justice for violations of international law must intensify and deepen. It is equally vital that victims can access reparations and the practical assistance they desperately need, without first having to wait for the outcomes of formal legal proceedings. This senseless war has reverberated across the world. Higher costs of food and fuel as a result have deepened misery on a global scale. This war is a blatant affront to the UN Charter and the whole body of international law built to protect human beings everywhere. It must end now.”
3. Various shots, exteriors Palais Wilson
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said,“As we mark one year since Russia’s war against Ukraine began, I deplore the terrible human cost of this senseless conflict.”
Türk said, “at least 8,006 civilians have died and 13,287 have been injured in the past 12 months. This is in addition to the numerous lives previously lost in the conflict in eastern Ukraine.”
The civilian casualty figures verified by his Office in Ukraine “lay bare the loss and suffering inflicted on people. I saw this suffering myself when I visited Ukraine in December,” the High Commissioner said.
He continued, “The toll on civilians is unbearable. Nearly 18 million people are in dire need of humanitarian assistance. Some 14 million people have been displaced from their homes.”
Türk added, “The very young to the very old have been affected. Students have seen their education halted or disrupted by attacks on schools and college.”
“Older people and people with disabilities face huge challenges, unable in some cases to get to the relative safety of bomb shelters. Most of those who have remained in conflict-affected areas are older people, who are often reluctant or not able to leave,” he added.
The High Commissioner also said, “Efforts to establish accountability and justice for violations of international law must intensify and deepen. It is equally vital that victims can access reparations and the practical assistance they desperately need, without first having to wait for the outcomes of formal legal proceedings.”
He reiterated, “This senseless war has reverberated across the world. Higher costs of food and fuel as a result have deepened misery on a global scale.”
The High Commissioner said, “This war is a blatant affront to the UN Charter and the whole body of international law built to protect human beings everywhere. It must end now.”
