UN conducts third evacuation of civilians in Ukraine
Volunteers assist residents from Mariupol at a center for evacuees in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, May 3. (Photo: AP)
On May 5, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the United Nations had evacuated 500 civilians and was conducting a evacuate civilians third out of the city of Mariupol. The relevant details will be announced after the work is completed.
Speaking to the United Nations Security Council, Mr. Guterres said that the United Nations had coordinated with the International Committee of the Red Cross to complete two previous evacuations, the first on May 3 brought 101 evacuations. civilians out of the Azovstal steel plant in the port city of Mariupol and a second wave on May 4, removing 320 civilians from Mariupol and its vicinity.
“We have completed the second phase of evacuating civilians from the port city of Mariupol,” said acting Executive Director of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Ghada Eltahir Mudawi. neighboring areas. Chief Russia and Ukraine announced the opening of humanitarian corridors for a short time so that we can evacuate people. Now, we are starting the third evacuation. We hope the evacuation will continue and we can assist people to move out of the fighting areas to safe places.”
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. (Photo: AP)
UN Secretary-General Guterres hopes that, following his separate meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Zelensky at the end of April, the two countries will continue to cooperate and assist in the UN evacuation. get more people out of dangerous war zones, as well as timely provide relief goods to people in need.
The head of the United Nations had separate meetings with the President of Russia and the President of Ukraine at the end of April to ask the leaders of the two countries to cooperate with the United Nations to open a humanitarian corridor for evacuation and relief of people. people out of war zones, especially in Mariupol.
According to Guterres, the United Nations is ready to facilitate negotiations to resume the supply of Ukrainian agricultural products and Russian food and fertilizers to the world market. Russia-Ukraine conflict caused food and energy prices to rise, causing great shock to many countries, especially developing countries.
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