International Committee Activities Highlights of the Red Cross (ICRC) Ukraine crisis in Ukraine January-June 2016
74 over 19,000 health facilities received people bene ted from ICRC di erent medical consumables, distribution of construction and antitetanus vaccines, roo ng materials and tools, immunoglobulins, disposables including over 30,000 pcs of for haemodialysis and di erent bricks, 40 tons of cement, over 6 19,000 primary healthcare drugs. 12,000 pcs of shifer. health facilities received hemodialysis sessions roo ng and construction were supported by the ICRC materials. donation of di erent necessary consumables. over 400,000 over 100,000 people bene ted from ICRC blood samples can be tested donation of 95 tons of chlorine, on HIV/hepatitis/syphilis 77 tons of activated carbon, 124 thanks to ICRC donation of tons of aluminium sulphate and di erent test systems to blood Sumska other chemical reagents to W banks in Eastern Ukraine. a Popasna Water Board. re te a r C a h n over Î t d over 66,000 l 360,000
a S e a cartridges and acons of n people bene ted from H Luhanska i insulin were donated to t ICRC assistance to Sievierodonetsk a Sloviansk t health facilities located in i rehabilitate damaged
o
NGCA. n water infrastructure in Lugansk Donetsk oblast.
Donetsk 58 Donetska 22 medical specialists were schools/kindergartens introduced to internationally received support from the ICRC, RUSSIAN FEDERATION recognised treatment schemes of which 13 schools received for trauma patients in 3 Mariupol 3M lm or sand bags for Emergency Room Trauma improving passive security. Courses. E conomic Security over 203,000 over 17,000 food rations were people in social insitutions distributed to 109,312 bene ted from the people. distribution of bulk hygiene items, while over 8,000 over 201,000 over 13,000 people bene ted from hygiene parcels were people have been receiving distribution of bulk food. distributed to 108,558 over 90 cash assistance each month. people. tons of potato seeds and In total about 39 mln. UAH seedings were distributed to were donated. more than 8,500 people.
over 4,300 metric tons of humanitarian aid were delivered to people in the Since 2014, the ICRC assists and protects con ict-a ected people in eastern Ukraine. With 7 con ict a ected area. o ces in Ukraine (Kyiv, Donetsk, Lugansk, Mariupol, Sloviansk, Sievierodonetsk and Odesa) with more than 400 employees it provides relief assistance, facilitates access to medical care 290 and other essential services, and restores family links. The ICRC seeks access to all persons deprived of freedom and promotes IHL. The ICRC supports the URCS. trucks 20 MT capacity were used to deliver cargo to the ICRC warehouses in the eastern Ukraine.
Acronyms: NGCA - Non-government Control Areas, GCA - Government Control Areas, MT - metric tons.
©ICRC 2016 The boundaries and names shown and the designation used on this infographic do not imply o cial endorsement or accepted by the ICRC KYI1600144 Source: ICRC [email protected] International Committee Activities Highlights of the Red Cross (ICRC) Ukraine crisis in Ukraine January-June 2016 Detention Family Links 26 152 places of detention were oral messages between visited. detainees and their families were transmitted by the ICRC. 450 333 24 101 cases are traced through detainees were visited by detainees were transferred new tracing request were the ICRC by relatives who the ICRC delegates. during 3 transfers/ex- opened. consider them as changes between GCA and unaccounted for. NGCA with ICRC participa- tion. Caring for the dead Mine Risk 226 2,444 2,523 experts, volunteers and mine signs were installed lea ets, 260 posters and members of UAF along the contact line. 30 mine/ERW awareness sensitized/trained in IHL billboards distributed along obligations towards the the contact line. dead, in professional management of human remains and Forensic Human Identi cation in workshops 15 and seminars. bodies were recovered 6 3,672 11 during 5 exhumation morgues and Body search people living in locations additional latrines were procedures with and recovery teams were along the frontline installed along the road in the assistance of the ICRC. assisted with more than 900 participated in 60 Mine bu er zone between body bags, materials and Risk Education sessions. Berezove and Olenovka specialized equipment, Checkpoints. while 2 morgues have been repaired. Ensuring respect for IHL Cooperation with URCS 239 50 200 28 o cers and Training Sta journalists participated to employees (visiting nurses, URCS volunteers from of UAF were trained in 11 IHL workshops in Kyiv and heads of branches, etc.) of Donetsk region participated IHL seminars and received Mariupol. URCS received salary in two First Aid trainings, knowledge about the ICRC`s support from ICRC. supported by the ICRC. mandate and activities. 30 8 51 10 IHL IHL academics from students participating in bicycle donated to Home laptops, and other IT Ukraine participated in an Pictet competition Evian Visiting Nurses Service of equipment were donated IHL seminar on Urban (France)/ ICC Moot Court the URCS branches in the to the Local Red Cross in Warfare organised in Competition in The Hague East of Ukraine. Donetsk and Lugansk cooperation with the Rule of (Netherlands) were oblasts and to the URCS HQ. Law Centre of the Catholic supported. University of Lviv.
Acronyms: NGCA - Non-government Control Areas, GCA - Government Control Areas, IHL - International Humanitarian Law, UAF - Ukrainian Armed Forces, URCS - Ukrainian Red Cross Society, HQ - Headquarter, ERW - Explosive Remnants of War, ICC - International Criminal Court,
©ICRC 2016 The boundaries and names shown and the designation used on this infographic do not imply o cial endorsement or accepted by the ICRC KYI1600144 Source: ICRC [email protected]