17:55 12.12.2017

UN mission recommends Ukraine ensure equal access for citizens to pensions, abolish restrictions for IDPs

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UN mission recommends Ukraine ensure equal access for citizens to pensions, abolish restrictions for IDPs

The UN Monitoring Mission for Human Rights in Ukraine recommends that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada and other government agencies ensure equal access of citizens to pensions and abolish restrictions for internally displaced persons.

"Government, Parliament and other relevant State bodies to eliminate obstacles which prevent Ukrainian citizens from having equal access to pensions regardless of place of residence or IDP registration," the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said in its 20th report on the human rights situation in Ukraine presented in Kyiv on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Social Policy should ensure that the protection and support to IDPs extends to all persons who meet the IDP definition, without any discrimination including based on the list of settlements affected by the armed conflict, the report says.

The mission also recommends the Ministry of Social Policy should establish effective cooperation and information exchange processes with all relevant actors engaged in conducting verification and identification procedures in relation to pensions, as well as in home delivery of payments for IDPs receiving pensions and social benefits, to avoid double-verification or any additional burden on vulnerable people;

The mission called on the Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons, Ministry of Social Policy and other relevant state bodies to ensure that IDPs with disabilities are provided with adequate accommodations, access to in-home and other services, and means for inclusion in the community.

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