A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Iryna Vereshchuk to discuss issues related to prisoners of war, civilian hostages and missing persons, as well as their families.
The event was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Defense, the General Staff, the Armed Forces, the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, the Coordination Headquarters for Prisoners of War, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Joint Center for the Coordination of Search and Release of Prisoners of War under the Security Service of Ukraine, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Veterans, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Reintegration, the National Information Bureau, and others.
The meeting discussed the following issues:
– Implementation of CMU Resolution No. 257, in particular, the activities of the Coordination Headquarters Council, regional offices, negotiation team and Public Council;
– implementation of an integrated data management system and the work of forensic medical examiners in the issue of repatriation of the bodies of the victims;
– Increasing the efficiency of the Institute of Psychiatry and its branches in providing assistance to those released from captivity;
– conducting rehabilitation and adaptation measures for persons who have been deprived of their personal liberty as a result of armed aggression against Ukraine.
The participants of the meeting agreed to further coordinate actions to address the issues raised, as well as to direct joint efforts to support Ukraine’s defenders, missing persons, prisoners of war, civilian hostages and their families.
