United Nations as a Humanitarian Organisation: to be or not to be? : policy brief
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Date
2022
Authors
Osypchuk, Anna
Suslov, Anton
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Abstract
The news of the International Committee of the Red Cross opening an office in
Rostov-on-Don (Russia) has caused a vigorous discussion within Ukrainian
society on the role of international organisations in coping with the
humanitarian challenges generated by the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine
on 24 February 2022. Already, there are voices questioning the effectiveness
and adequacy of such a response, particularly regarding the United Nations’
humanitarian organisations1.
Within the UN as an umbrella institution, several humanitarian institutions such
as OCHA, WHO, IOM, UNICEF, etc. are presumed to aid in humanitarian crises.
Many of them launched their programs after Russia had occupied part of
Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts and Crimea in 2014. So, where are they now and
what is their response?
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United Nations, humanitarian organisation, ssecurity issues, temporally occupied territories, policy brief
Citation
Osypchuk A. United Nations as a Humanitarian Organisation: to be or not to be? : policy brief / Anna Osypchuk, Anton Suslov ; School for Policy Analysis NaUKMA. - Kyiv : [s. n.], 2022. - 4 p.