The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy states that UNESCO is stepping up its support and will actively monitor the situation in Ukraine.
“Recently, at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, during its 219th session, UNESCO has decided on actions and an emergency assistance program for Ukraine. From now on, the Director-General of UNESCO will actively monitor the situation in Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders in order to ensure UNESCO’s direct participation in the restoration of Ukraine within the framework of the Organization’s mandate,” the Ministry’s press service said.
It is noted that the decision provides for the Director-General of UNESCO to actively monitor the situation after the Russian Federation blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, and the monitoring should result in the preparation of an action plan to overcome the negative environmental consequences of this ecocide.
In addition, at the session, the Director of Strategic Planning of the UNESCO Secretariat presented a report by the Director-General of UNESCO on the measures taken to implement the UNESCO Program of Action and Emergency Assistance to Ukraine.
According to the document, UNESCO has mobilized over $66 million to help Ukraine.
“The delegations reaffirmed their readiness to continue financial support for UNESCO’s programs for Ukraine in certain areas, in particular for the protection of cultural heritage sites in Odesa, Kyiv, Lviv and other cities, and called on UNESCO to continue to mobilize resources to restore the Organization’s mandate in Ukraine. The statement of the Group of Friends of Ukraine at UNESCO in support of Ukraine with a strong condemnation of Russian aggression was announced by the UK delegation on behalf of 44 states,” the statement reads.
