The Ukrainian delegation of women MPs in new York appealed to the UN with a request to increase humanitarian aid to Ukraine, informs the Ukrainian Parliament on Wednesday.

"During the meeting with the first Secretary General of the United Nations on humanitarian problems Ivan Shimonovich new York women MPs called for more humanitarian aid to Ukraine ", - said in the report.

It is noted that the MPs are asked to increase aid, for example, to overcome the effects of the fighting in the Donbass and to address issues of immigrants. In addition, the MPs stressed the need to strengthen monitoring and humanitarian missions, which will record human rights violations, such as women and children in the Donbass.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people. The resolution of the Ukrainian fall under negotiation in different formats, for example, during meetings of the contact group in Minsk with the mediation of the Russian Federation and the OSCE.

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