Briefing on sexual crimes committed by Russian occupiers in Ukraine

Organizers: Media Center Ukraine - Ukrinform.

Speakers: Olha Stefanyshyna - Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine; Pramila Patten is the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Sexual Violence in Conflict.

Short. As reports of sexual violence continue to emerge in the context of the war in Ukraine, UN Under-Secretary-General Special Representative for the Prevention of Sexual Violence in Conflict Ms. Pramila Patten will pay an official mission to Ukraine, Poland, Moldova and Brussels to see how the Organization The United Nations can most effectively support national authorities and other actors in strengthening the documentation and investigation of allegations of sexual violence related to hostilities, as well as making multisectoral services targeted at victims and strengthening the fight against trafficking in the region.

Event format - offline (Hall 1) - online (Zoom)

Journalists will be able to ask questions offline (Hall 1) and online through ZOOM.

Journalists are asked to arrive half an hour before the event.

Accreditation of media representatives: ukraine.media.centre.kyiv@gmail.com Accreditation will last until 17:00 on May 3, to confirm you need to specify the name, surname, title of the publication, after which you will have access to the link to the event in Zoom.

The event will be broadcast on Ukrinform's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/UkrinformTV

Ukrinform address: Kyiv, 8/16 Bohdan Khmelnytsky Street.

Use of any materials from the official Ukrinform YouTube channel is possible only if the copyright established by the channel is respected. Demonstrating the video during the live broadcast, it is necessary to refer to the author - Ukrinform - to show its name on the screen and say it out loud.