A/HRC/40/CRP.3 Conflict-related civilian casualties during the entire conflict period, per year Killed Injured Total 2018 55 224 279 2017 117 487 604 2016 112 476 588 2015 954 >2,000 >3,000 2014 23 >4,000 >6,000 3,320 >7,000 >10,000 2,082 Total 27. The reporting period was marked by the fourth anniversary of the Package of Measures for the implementation of the Minsk Agreements, which was signed on 12 February 2015. The ceasefire and disengagement measures stipulated by the Package, though never implemented fully, have over time resulted in a dramatic decrease in conflict-related civilian casualties. The first ten months of the conflict (mid-April 2014 to midFebruary 2015) accounted for 81.9 per cent of all civilian deaths (2,713), while the four years after the adoption of the Package accounted for 18.1 per cent of civilian deaths (608). D. Economic and social rights of conflict-affected persons We appreciate all the assistance, but nothing brings us joy when there is shelling. I will not survive another escalation. If someone tells you they are not afraid, don’t believe them. It is terrifying. - A retired coal-miner from the government-controlled village of Zhovanka. 28. About 5,2 million conflict-affected persons,24 including over 1.3 million registered IDPs and persons living in isolated communities along the contact line continue to suffer due to the lack of access to basic services, such as water and heating, the lack of adequate housing, healthcare, and the absence of mechanisms for remedy and reparations. Displaced persons and those residing in territory controlled by ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ and ‘Luhansk people’s republic’ face difficulties in accessing their pensions and social benefits. In December 2018, as reported by the Pension Fund, only 562,000 pensioners with residence registration in territory controlled by ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ and ‘Luhansk people’s republic’ continued to receive pensions. Notably, this is less than a half of the pensioners registered in those territories as of August 2014.25 29. Due to restrictions on freedom of movement, which result, in particular, in long waiting lines at entry-exit checkpoints on the contact line, civilians continue to face 23 24 25 10 Including 298 on board of MH17 flight on 17 July 2014. See Multi-Year Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) 2019-2020. 1,278,200 pensioners were registered as of August 2014. UN Briefing Note, Pensions for IDPs and persons living in the areas not controlled by the Government in the east of Ukraine, February 2019.