STATEMENT BY THE RESIDENT AND HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE, MATTHIAS SCHMALE, ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE

Russia’s conflict towards Ukraine, which began in 2014 and escalated to a full-scale invasion in February 2022, continues to inflict untold struggling on the lives of Ukrainians. Relentless, systematic assaults, destroyed hospitals and colleges, hours of energy cuts, hundreds of useless and injured civilians – it is a stark reminder that on this Worldwide Day of Peace, there’s no peace in Ukraine… once more…

Allow us to take this present day, and each single day, to consider the Ukrainian kids who by no means skilled peace. How a lot they need to go to high school, however the college is destroyed, how a lot they need to spend time in nature, however woods and fields are mined, how a lot they need to play within the playground, however the air alarm is on. 

Russia has violated the territorial integrity of Ukraine and the conflict has resulted in unacceptable violations of human rights and worldwide humanitarian regulation. 

As we method the Summit of the Future and the Common Meeting’s high-level week, UN Secretary-Common says: “We will’t create a future match for our grandchildren with methods constructed for our grandparents”.

For world leaders, subsequent week is one other likelihood to finish human struggling around the globe together with Ukraine.  So many kids in Ukraine hope for a greater and peaceable future!