UN to allocate 20 mln USD from CERF to meet urgent needs in Ukraine

“At this time I’m saying that we’ll instantly allocate 20 million US {dollars} from the Central Emergency Response Fund to satisfy pressing wants,” the UN chief advised reporters on the UN headquarters in New York.

“We and our humanitarian companions are dedicated to staying and delivering, to help folks in Ukraine of their time of want,” stated the secretary-general.

He stated that UN employees are engaged on each side of the contact line, “all the time guided by the humanitarian rules of neutrality, impartiality, humanity and independence.”

“We’re offering lifesaving humanitarian aid to folks in want, no matter who or the place they’re,” he stated.

“The safety of civilians should be precedence primary,” famous the highest UN official. “Worldwide humanitarian and human rights regulation should be upheld.”