Rosemary DiCarlo (DPPA) on maintenance of peace and Security in Ukraine - Security Council

Also addressing Security Council, Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, said that civilians are paying a heavy price in this war. During the past 181 days the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has recorded 13,560 civilian casualties: 5,614 killed and 7,946 injured. These figures are based on verified incidents; actual numbers are considerably higher. She also said that human rights violations are continuously reported. According to DiCarlo, the arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance of civilians, including local authorities, journalists, civil society activists, and other civilians, continues. At least 17.7 million people, or 40 percent of the Ukrainian population, need humanitarian assistance and protection, including 3.3 million children. DiCarlo said that the human and material toll of the war is “tragic, colossal, and evident. First and foremost, for Ukraine and its people. The economic consequences for the rest of the world are ominous and growing.” The conflict is also having an impact that, “although less tangible, is just as perilous,” she noted. “In deepening global divisions and exacerbating mistrust in our institutions, the war is weakening the foundations of our international system. The consequences of a breakdown in how the world manages questions of peace and security are frightening to contemplate. This war is not only senseless, but exceedingly dangerous, and it touches all of us. It must end,” she concluded. Credit UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe