<span style="color: #222222;">The UN Security Council is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting on Monday on the humanitarian crisis triggered in Ukraine as the Russian military operations intensifies.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The French and Mexican missions to the UN are seeking the Council's approval of a resolution calling for unhindered humanitarian access in Ukraine.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' According to media reports, the meeting will be followed by closed consultations on a draft resolution on the humanitarian plight in Ukraine.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''<br />''However, earlier the United Nations launched an emergency appeal for $1.7 billion to respond to soaring humanitarian needs of both people who fled Ukraine and who remain in the country. </span><br />