UNITED NATIONS, August 21 (RIA Novosti) – United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, is expected to visit Ukraine later this week, planning also to make a stop in the country’s eastern regions to evaluate the humanitarian situation, a UN representative said Thursday.
“Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, will travel to Ukraine between 21 and 24 August 2014. Ms. Amos is also expected to visit eastern Ukraine to see firsthand the humanitarian situation for people in the areas affected by fighting,” Amanda Pitt, a spokeswoman for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.
According to the statement, in Kiev, Amos is expected to meet “senior Government officials, members of the diplomatic community, civil society representatives and United Nations colleagues.”
