Ukraine: rapport de l'Office des Nations unies pour les affaires humanitaires

UKRAINE Situation report No.21 as of 12 December 2014 This report is produced by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It covers 29 November–12 December 2014, unless otherwise noted. The next report will be published on 26 December. Highlights  The humanitarian community remains deeply concerned by the Government of Ukraine announcement calling for the closure and withdrawal of all governmental services and personnel from areas controlled by armed groups by 1 December (Decree 875/2014). The National Bank of Ukraine has also closed locations and services, complicating access to cash and liquidity for conflictaffected people living in these areas. The human rights and humanitarian implications of this move are serious and will deepen the vulnerability of those populations most in need of assistance, particularly as winter deepens making these essential services more lifesaving in nature.  A‘Day of Silence’agreed by all parties to the conflict began at 10:00 am on 9 December and continued throughout the week. No civilian casualties were reported throughout this period–anoteworthy ‘success’.  Assistant SecretaryGeneralfor Human Rights, Ivan Šimonović, is on mission to Ukraine from 11  15 December to monitor and assess the human rights situation incountry and visit key eastern locations.