Ukraine, Ukraine gate- March 31, 2022- The head of the United Nations human rights office, Michelle Bachelet, stated that Russia had used cluster bombs during its brutal invasion of Ukraine 24 times, which led to massive damage to the country.
Bachelet expressed the suffering of the Ukrainian people, who have been suffering for more than a month because of the destruction done by the Russian aggression, the destruction of civilian homes, the loss of lives, and the forcing of the population to leave their shelter and resort to basements, and some of them left their homeland completely to resort to the protection of another country instead of the horror they are experiencing. in his homeland.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees stated that the aggression forced more than four million people to leave Ukraine and move to neighboring countries in search of safety and to defeat the terror in their hearts. The Ukrainian civilians were distributed among European countries as follows:
- 2.3 million in Poland
- 608 thousand in Romania
- Hundreds of thousands in Moldova, Hungary and Slovakia.
As well as the two million children who abandoned their innocent dreams and hopes in their countries against their will.
As for medical facilities, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said that the Russian bombing had destroyed medical facilities, including 50 hospitals.
Bachelet once again called on the UN Secretary-General to end hostilities, and insisted that the Russian leadership listen to clear and decisive calls from the UN General Assembly and take immediate action to withdraw its forces from Ukraine.
The President of the United Nations Human Rights Council Federico Villegas also announced the formation of a commission to investigate war crimes and other violations committed by Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.
The committee is composed of three people – Erica Messi from Norway (chair), Jasmineka Dzumhur from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Pablo de Gref from Colombia.
