About 1,500 UN staff to stay working in Ukraine
February 22, 2022, 8:57 am

About 1,500 UN staff to stay working in Ukraine

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The Xinhua reported, a UN spokesman said on Monday that despite the tension in Ukraine, the United Nations is committed to staying, with about 1,500 staff, some 100 of them in the the country's east.

Stephane Dujarric, the chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said: "As a result of the evolving situation on the ground, we've allowed for temporary relocation of some nonessential staff and some dependents," adding that "At the same time, we have more staff coming in ... to support our operations."

Dujarric said: "We are continuing to be committed to staying and delivering in Ukraine, especially in Eastern Ukraine.

"Our operations continue to be fully operational."

Overall, he said, the global body has about 2,696 staff and their dependents in Ukraine, approximately 1,510 staff and some 100 in the Donbass region.

Llviv city in Ukraine (File photo: Pixabay)

The spokesman further broke down the numbers to say that 149 of the 1,510 are international staff members, and 1,361 are national staff members.

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However, the spokesman emphasized that the number of staff fluctuates, "as we are moving more people in and a few, because of personal family reasons... will be leaving temporarily."

Source: xinhua

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