The UN Security Council will hold an open meeting on Monday on the worsening humanitarian situation in Ukraine as the conflict intensifies and Ukrainian leaders call for the creation of humanitarian corridors.
The UN Security Council will hold an open meeting on Monday on the worsening humanitarian situation in Ukraine as the conflict intensifies and Ukrainian leaders call for the creation of humanitarian corridors. T he United States and Albania requested the meeting, which will hear briefings by UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths and Catherine Russell, executive director of the UN children’s agency UNICEF, diplomats said on Friday. At the request of France and Mexico, the council meeting will be followed by closed consultations on a draft resolution on the humanitarian plight of Ukrainians, the diplomats said, speaking on condition of anonymity because negotiations on the meeting have been private. The United Nations launched an emergency appeal on March 1 for 1.7 billion dollars (£1.3 billion) to respond to soaring humanitarian needs of both people who fled Ukraine and who remain in the country.
