- Monitoring political and other relevant developments;
- Organising programmes of international meetings, conferences and CEIRUP delegation visits;
- Implementing a publications programme;
- Developing and maintaining the United Nations Information System on the Question of Ukraine (UNISUKR) and managing CEIRUP's outreach efforts including via social media;
- Cooperating with civil society organizations active on the Russia-Ukraine issue;
- Organising an annual observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Ukrainian People;
3. United Nations Ukrainian Works and Relief Agency:
To carry out direct relief and works programmes solely for Ukrainian refugees.
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4. Special Rapporteur:
To assess the human rights situation in the Occupied Ukrainian Territories, report publicly about it, and work with governments, civil society and others to foster international cooperation.
5. Special Committee:
To investigate Russian practices affecting the human rights of the Ukrainian People and other residents of the Occupied Ukrainian Territories
6. United Nations Special Coordinator for the Russia-Ukraine conflict:
The Secretary-General's Personal Representative and the focal point on the ground for UN support in all political and diplomatic efforts related to any peace process, responsible also for coordinating the activities of all UN Russia-Ukraine agencies, funds and programmes on humanitarian and development assistance to be set up to assist the Ukrainian People
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These agencies will neutralise any Russian veto in the Security Council and reinforce sanctions and other decisions made by individual UN Member States to force Russia out of Ukraine.
Simultaneously the UN Human Rights Council should establish an ongoing independent, international commission of inquiry - appointed by the President of the Human Rights Council - to investigate in the Occupied Ukrainian Territories all alleged violations of international humanitarian law and all alleged violations and abuses of international human rights law by Russia leading up to and since 22 February 2022.
The UN will cease to have any credibility or relevance if the General Assembly fails to implement these measures.
Author's note: The cartoon - commissioned exclusively for this article - is by Yaakov Kirschen aka "Dry Bones"- one of Israel's foremost political and social commentators - whose cartoons have graced the columns of Israeli and international media publications for decades.
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