Results of the National Information Bureau for the first year

Precisely one year ago, on March 17, 2022, the Government decided to establish the National Information Bureau (NIB).

The key purpose of this agency is to maintain registers of prisoners of war, civilian hostages and deported persons.

Trough the year of work, the NIB took part in 39 prisoner exchanges, by which 1,993 Ukrainians were released from captivity.

Also, the National Information Bureau has established:
- Register of defenders of Ukraine in captivity,
- Register of enemy prisoners of war,
- Register of political prisoners,
Additionally NIB took part in the creation of the "Children of War" online platform, where data on children who suffered as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation are being collected.

In cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross, the NIB provides correspondence between Ukrainian prisoners and their relatives.

To receive appeals from citizens, the National Information Bureau launched a 24-hour hotline 16-48 as well as alternative channels of communication.
Over the year, operators received almost 225,000 calls. More than 56,000 appeals were sent to the NIB via Telegram and Viber chat bots, more than 19,000 via the online form on the NIB website, and over 37,000 to the nib.uncp.info@gmail.com e-mail box.

It is worth recalling that the State enterprise "Ukrainian National Center for Peacebuilding" performs the functions of the NIB. It belongs to the sphere of administration of the Ministry of Reintegration of Ukraine.
 

You can find out more about the results of the National Information Bureau first year of operation in the video.