During its first three months of operation, the new DNA laboratory in Ukraine has helped identify nearly 200 people who went missing during the war. The laboratory was established with support from the Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine (PFRU), for which Finland is contributing a total of EUR 8.8 million in 2022–2027 as part of its bilateral development cooperation with Ukraine. Other donors to the fund are Estonia, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Canada.

Finland is providing EUR 200,000 to a UN Women initiative aimed at promoting women’s participation in mediation and peace processes. Finland is strongly committed to promoting human rights and gender equality through its foreign policy and has long supported the United Nations’ Women, Peace and Security agenda.