{"id":171051,"date":"2022-03-23T20:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T18:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=171051"},"modified":"2022-03-31T17:19:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T14:19:55","slug":"ukraine-in-flames-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/ukraine-in-flames-8","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine in Flames: \u201cGrave Concern\u201d to \u201cHands-On\u201d. Do international organizations accomplish enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Since the occupation of Donbas in 2014 multiple international organizations have been active in Ukraine. Their task was to help relieve the humanitarian crisis and facilitate dialogue between the Ukrainian and Russian sides. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SMM OSCE and the Red Cross were major international actors that were expected to build effective logistics, procedures and connections \u2018in the field\u2019 to secure implementation of these goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine\u2019s efforts to restore justice by bringing Russia into court and prosecuting individual criminals were assisted by the International Court of Justice, Interpol and International Criminal Court. Ukraine has been in reasonably effective working contact with the UN\u2019s specialized agencies, such as IOM, UNICEF and UNDP. Yet, as the full-fledged war with Russia started on February 24, 2022, the majority of international organizations that are usually there for countries in distress appeared to be ineffective, unresponsive or absent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SMM OSCE ceased operations in Ukraine and left the country by March 6. The International Committee of the Red Cross repeatedly fails to provide timely responses on humanitarian corridors to its Ukrainian counterparts. UN\u2019s diplomatic support, though unified, does not result in immediate help on the ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Institutions of international justice were the most responsive to Ukraine\u2019s appeals, but their decisions will have little effect on the severity of Russian aggression today. International organizations should be more inventive and proactive in responding to unprecedented violence against civilians in Ukraine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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