As delivered Madam President, Members of the Security Council, We last briefed you in March – thank you for the opportunity to brief you on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine. As you have just...
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Civilians, aid workers and first responders helping war-affected civilians must be protected [EN/RU/UK]
HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE DENISE BROWN CONDEMNED THE ATTACKS IN KHARKIV AND ZAPORIZHZHIA Not a day passes by without strikes by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, crushing the...
Strikes in Dnipro Injure Civilians and Families Fleeing Violence [EN/UK/RU]
HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE DENISE BROWN DEPLORES AN ATTACK IN DNIPRO, IMPACTING CIVILIANS, INCLUDING CHILDREN AND DISPLACED PEOPLE This evening, a dozen civilians, including children, were...
Children must be protected: Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine Denise Brown strongly condemns attacks in populated cities killing and injuring civilians, including small children [EN/UK/RU]
I am shocked and appalled by the horrifying reports that civilians were killed and injured, including small children, as strikes by the Russian Armed Forces hit homes and a hospital in Kharkiv and...
Strikes on critical infrastructure disrupt access to electricity and water: Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine Denise Brown strongly condemns attacks impacting critical infrastructure across Ukraine [EN/UK/RU]
I am outraged by the magnitude of today’s attacks by the Russian Armed Forces on energy infrastructure across Ukraine. The strikes left people in large urban centres like Kharkiv, Kryvyi Rih,...
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Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths, 2024 European Humanitarian Forum: Keynote speech - 18 March 2024, Brussels
Congratulations, Excellency, thank you very much for inviting me to attend, participate, speak in this beautiful location. It's a pleasure and a privilege to be here, the third one. Gets bigger every...
All efforts must be taken to prevent further loss of civilian lives in Ukraine [EN/RU/UK]
HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE DENISE BROWN CONDEMNS ATTACKS IN ODESA THAT KILLED OR INJURED SCORES OF CIVILIANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS I am appalled by the horrible tragedy that struck Odesa...
Yet Another Ukrainian City Shaken by a Horrendous Attack - Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine Denise Brown Condemns a Strike on a Residential Apartment Building in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro Region, Causing Dozens of Civilian Casualties [EN/UK/RU]
About an hour ago, an attack struck the city of Kryvyi Rih in the Dnipro Region, central Ukraine, damaging a multi-storey building and burying residents under the rubble. Dozens of civilians,...
Ms. Lisa Doughten, OCHA Director of Financing and Partnerships, on behalf of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths, 8 March 2024
Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine 8 March 2024 As delivered Thank you, Mr. President. Two years and 13 days have now passed since the full-scale escalation of...
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths Remarks at event on Humanitarian demining in Ukraine and its consequences for food security, New York, 22 February 2024
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I want to thank Italy and Ukraine for convening this important meeting, which comes as we approach two years since the full-scale invasion, and 10 years of armed...
Ukraine: Establishing the Workflow for Multi-purpose Cash Assistance Payments [EN/UK]
The Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine (MoSP) has signed some Memoranda of Cooperation (MoC) with the international organizations to support the most vulnerable populations affected by the military...
Hospitals must remain a safe haven for people in need: Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine Denise Brown condemns strikes that killed and injured civilians and damaged a hospital and other civilian infrastructure in Selydove, Donetsk Region [EN/RU/UK]
I am deeply saddened and shocked by this morning’s news from Selydove Town in the Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine, where yet another overnight attack on this war-torn town took more civilian lives...
Ukrainians should live without fear of attacks disrupting their lives: Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine Denise Brown denounces attacks that damage critical civilian infrastructure across Ukraine [EN/RU/UK]
I am deeply disturbed again by a harrowing wave of attacks on Ukrainian cities and towns this morning. The attacks have led to a distressing number of civilian casualties and have massively disrupted...
The Relentless Violence Against Aid Workers Must Stop: Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine Denise Brown Condemns Attacks That Kill And Injure Aid Workers [EN/RU/UK]
I am profoundly distressed by the tragic news that two aid workers from the NGO HEKS/EPER were killed and others injured in an attack on 1 February in southern Ukraine. My thoughts are with their...
UN and partners provided vital aid to 11 million people in war-ravaged Ukraine in 2023 [EN/RU/UK]
(Kyiv, 30 January 2024) – The United Nations and partners provided approximately 11 million people in Ukraine with vital humanitarian assistance in 2023, informed today the Humanitarian Coordinator...
Those supporting Ukrainians whose lives have been torn apart by Russia’s invasion must be protected [EN/RU/UK]
HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE DENISE BROWN CONDEMNS AN ATTACK THAT INJURED A HUMANITARIAN WORKER IN CHASIV YAR TODAY I am outraged to know that a clearly marked vehicle of a Ukrainian...
Brutal and Indiscriminate Attacks Against Civilians Must Stop - Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine Denise Brown Condemns New Wave of Air Assaults on Ukrainian Populated Cities [EN/UK/RU]
I was having coffee at home this morning in Kyiv, my neighbours were getting ready for work, children preparing to go to school, when our homes started to shake because of a wave of airstrikes on the...
The War is Not Over. The Suffering is Not Over: Remarks by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, Denise Brown, at the Joint Launch of the Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan and Regional Refugee Response Plan for 2024 in Ukraine [EN/UK]
Geneva, 15 January 2024 As delivered I would like to take you to a place you have probably never heard of, a place which is called Hroza in the Kharkiv Region in eastern Ukraine. Hroza is a small...
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths - Remarks to the press at the launch of the 2024 Ukraine Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan & the Regional Refugee Response Plan [EN/RU/UK]
As delivered So right now it is good to be here with Filippo [Grandi] because we are launching, as you said, two response plans today to support the people of Ukraine through 2024. One is for those...
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With no let-up for war-affected Ukrainians, UN launches humanitarian and refugee plans to respond in 2024 [EN/RU/UK]
(Geneva, 15 January 2024): The United Nations and partners today asked donors for a combined US$4.2 billion to support war-affected communities in Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees and their host...