Logo Assembly Logo Hemicycle

An urgent call to Europe and its partners: envisioning immediate and long-term policy solutions in support of the displaced people of Ukraine

Amendment No. 2 | Doc. 16002 | 26 June 2024

Signatories:
Mr Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ, Switzerland, SOC ; Ms Larysa BILOZIR, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Cerni ESCALÉ, Andorra, SOC ; Mr Christophe LACROIX, Belgium, SOC ; Mr Simon MOUTQUIN, Belgium, SOC
Origin
2024 - Third part-session
In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 13 with the following paragraph:

"Long-term support programmes for IDPs who are living in Ukraine should include financial assistance to enable access to housing, including social housing, as well as loans for rebuilding private housing, and other support for durable housing solutions, including through the sustainable reintegration into the rental market. IDPs and returnees should be supported in having their housing, land and property rights restored. Moreover, those IDPs wishing to start businesses in their new location need financial support, including microfinancing or low interest rates’ credit lines. Long-term support should also encompass mental health and psychosocial support services given the trauma the Ukrainian people have suffered. Long-term support programmes should give specific attention to the most vulnerable among the displaced and war-affected people, notably older people or persons with disabilities. The Assembly welcomes Ukraine’s accession, in July 2023, to the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), which enables the CEB to provide grant funds for emergency assistance and the long-term integration of Ukrainian refugees in host communities, as well as specific actions for IDPs in Ukraine."