UN / UKRAINE FACT-FINDING MISSION

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The Secretary-General has decided to disband his Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) regarding the 29 July 2022 Incident at Olenivka in Ukraine “in the absence of conditions required for the deployment of the Mission to the site,” a UN Spokesperson said. UNIFEED

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DATELINE: 05 JANUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

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3.SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The Secretary-General has decided to disband his Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) regarding the 29 July 2022 Incident at Olenivka in Ukraine in the absence of conditions required for the deployment of the Mission to the site. The establishment of the FFM as you know has been announced on 3 August 2022 following the requests from the Governments of Ukraine and the Russian Federation. The Secretary-General is very grateful to Lt. Gen. dos Santos Cruz of Brazil, Ms. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir of Iceland, and Mr. Issoufou Yacouba of Niger for their availability to undertake the task. The Secretary-General reiterates his call for full respect of international humanitarian and human rights law, including the protection and treatment of prisoners of war.”
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5.SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“On the humanitarian front, our humanitarian colleagues are telling us that today two inter-agency convoys, facilitated by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, delivered aid to two towns in the southern Khersonska oblast. The aid was from the International Organization for Migration, the UN Refugee Agency, the UN Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization. It included medicine, emergency shelter kits, blankets, sleeping bags, hygiene kits and solar lamps. The aid is intended for 5,000 residents of the towns of Novoraisk and Mylove, which had been heavily affected by fighting. The Government of Ukraine as you recall regained control of these towns late last year. Several civilian casualties were also reported on both sides of the front lines in the eastern Donetsk region, where shelling continues to damage homes and infrastructure.”
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STORYLINE:

The Secretary-General has decided to disband his Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) regarding the 29 July 2022 Incident at Olenivka in Ukraine “in the absence of conditions required for the deployment of the Mission to the site,” a UN Spokesperson said.

On 3 August 2022, the Secretary-General announced his decision to launch a Fact-Finding Mission regarding the 29 July 2022 Incident at Olenivka, Ukraine, following requests from the Governments of Ukraine and the Russian Federation. The Mission aimed to ascertain the facts of the incident and report to the Secretary-General upon completion of its work.

Speaking to reporters today (05 Jan) in New York, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said, “The Secretary-General is very grateful to Lt. Gen. dos Santos Cruz of Brazil, Ms. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir of Iceland, and Mr. Issoufou Yacouba of Niger for their availability to undertake the task.”

The Secretary-General reiterated his call for “full respect of international humanitarian and human rights law, including the protection and treatment of prisoners of war.”

On the humanitarian front in Ukraine, Dujarric said, “two inter-agency convoys, facilitated by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, delivered aid to two towns in the southern Khersonska oblast.”

He continued, “The aid was from the International Organization for Migration, the UN Refugee Agency, the UN Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization,” adding that it included medicine, emergency shelter kits, blankets, sleeping bags, hygiene kits and solar lamps.

Dujarric further explained, “The aid is intended for 5,000 residents of the towns of Novoraisk and Mylove, which had been heavily affected by fighting.”

The Government of Ukraine regained control of these towns late last year.

The UN Spokesperson added, “Several civilian casualties were also reported on both sides of the front lines in the eastern Donetsk region, where shelling continues to damage homes and infrastructure.”
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