On 19 March 2024, the Acting Head of the Ternopil Regional Military Administration Volodymyr Vazhynskyi met with the newly appointed Head of the UNHCR Field Office in Lviv, mr. Omead Hussameldin Aiyoub, at the Ternopil Regional Military Administration.

During the meeting, the parties discussed the expansion of bilateral cooperation in assisting internally displaced persons under the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ternopil Regional Military Administration and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Ukraine.

"Work continues on the construction and repair of social housing for IDPs, which is an extremely important element of integration. The regional military administration has compiled a list of 47 temporary accommodation facilities for IDPs in Ternopil region. In 2024, these facilities will be redeveloped, adapted, overhauled and repaired to ensure quality conditions for temporary residence of internally displaced persons," said Volodymyr Vazhynskyi.

The participants of the meeting agreed to continue cooperation to meet the needs of the most vulnerable.

The meeting was organized within the framework of the Regional Office for International Cooperation in Ternopil Oblast.

Regional Office for International Cooperation is an initiative of the Congress of local and regional authorities under the President of Ukraine, which aims to develop the interaction of local and regional authorities with international partners who seek to cooperate at the level of the region and territorial community.