US EditionSecurity Council to vote on resolution decrying attacks on UN and aid workers, demanding protection
- The United Nations Security Council will vote on a resolution condemning attacks on humanitarian workers and UN personnel, demanding combatants protect them according to international law.
- The resolution, sponsored by Switzerland, highlights the increased attacks and violations of international humanitarian law by combatants, especially during the seven-month war in Gaza.
- The draft resolution urges all countries to abide by international law to protect humanitarian and UN personnel and ensure unhindered humanitarian access to civilians in need.
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The United Nations Security Council today voted 14-1 to approve a resolution on the protection of humanitarian workers and UN personnel, proposed by Switzerland. On this occasion, Slovenian representative Ondina Blokar Drobič warned about the unacceptably high number of killed humanitarian workers.
While the number of humanitarians killed is increasing in Gaza, Ukraine or Sudan, Swiss diplomacy has obtained consensus at the UN to condemn the attacks. Previous resolutions on the subject have remained a dead letterThe observation is “worrying”, in the words of the Swiss ambassador to the United Nations in New York Pascale Baeriswyl. “The increase in violence and attacks against humanitarians and UN personnel is not only putting their lives a…
UN Security Council calls for protection of aid workers globally
The United Nations Security Council on Friday called on all countries to respect and protect aid workers and U.N. personnel, and strongly condemned all violence against them and "the unlawful denial of humanitarian access."
UN Security Council calls for protection of aid workers globally
NEW YORK - The United Nations Security Council on Friday called on all countries to respect and protect aid workers and U.N. personnel, and strongly condemned all violence against them and \"the unlawful denial of humanitarian access.\" Read more at straitstimes.com.
Resolução aprovada pela ONU demonstra grande preocupação com a segurança dos seus trabalhadores e salienta desrespeito do direito humanitário internacional. Rússia absteve-se.
The resolution does not mention any specific conflict, but is being voted on while wars are taking place in the Gaza Strip, Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar and in many other critical areas around the world.
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