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The conflict, now in its seventh month, has also sparked a global food, energy and finance crisis that is pushing more people into extreme poverty and hunger, and growing fears of potential nuclear disaster.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAs I have said from the start, this senseless war has unlimited potential to do terrible harm<\/strong> \u2013 in Ukraine, and around the world,\u201d the UN chief recalled. \u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cThere is only one way to end the suffering in Ukraine \u2013 and that is by ending the war.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Welcome development\u00a0<\/h2>\n
The Secretary-General described yesterday\u2019s news that more than 250 prisoners of war were exchanged between Ukraine and Russia as a welcome development. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI commend the efforts of both parties and hope that they will build on this with further exchanges<\/strong> aiming at an \u2018all for all\u2019 formula,\u201d he said, thanking T\u00fcrkiye and Saudi Arabia for their role in securing the agreement.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u2018Unspeakable suffering and devastation\u2019\u00a0<\/h2>\n
The meeting was held on the margins of the annual debate in the UN General Assembly and brought together Foreign Ministers from countries serving on the 15-member Council, Ukraine, the European Union, and other nations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mr. Guterres said the war has caused \u201cunspeakable suffering and devastation\u201d in Ukraine, and latest developments – including the potential for nuclear catastrophe – will only lead to \u201can endless cycle of horror and bloodshed.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nThousands of civilians have been killed or injured, hundreds of them children, while some 14 million people have been forced to flee. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery day, an average of five children are killed or injured<\/strong>. Almost every child in Ukraine has been scarred by the nightmare of war, from violence to family separation,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u2018Catalogue of cruelty\u2019\u00a0<\/h2>\n
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has also documented reports of \u201ca catalogue of cruelty\u201d, including summary executions, sexual violence, torture and other inhumane and degrading treatment against civilians and prisoners of war. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Latest accounts of burial sites in the city of Izyum are \u201cextremely disturbing\u201d, he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Fact-Finding Mission into the deadly blast at a detention facility in Olenivka in July has been established, and members are ready to deploy \u201cas soon as all necessary assurances are received\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Responding to needs<\/h2>\n
Meanwhile, the UN continues to work to alleviate the suffering, including through the Secretary-General\u2019s direct engagement with the Russian and Ukrainian Presidents. \u00a0<\/p>\n
The Organization and aid partners have so far delivered humanitarian aid to nearly 13 million people<\/strong>. \u00a0<\/p>\nWith support from T\u00fcrkiye, the UN also brokered a landmark deal in July to resume food and fertilizer exports from three Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Since then, more than 4.3 million metric tonnes of food have been transported to nearly 30 countries. \u00a0This includes supplies for World Food Programme (WFP) operations in Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa and Yemen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is vital that these food shipments continue and increase, so commodity markets further stabilize,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
ICC investigation<\/h2>\n
The Council also heard from Karim Khan, Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC), which investigates genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The ICC opened an investigation into the situation in Ukraine just weeks after the war began. \u00a0Staff are continuing their forensic work and have maintained a presence in the country since May.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough this work, a picture will emerge. And the picture that I’ve seen so far is troubling indeed,\u201d said Mr. Khan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI have been to Ukraine three times, and one has seen a variety of destruction, of suffering and harm that fortifies my determination, and my previous finding, that there are reasonable grounds to believe the crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court have been committed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
More to follow.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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