OCHA Dennounce the Death of Several Humanitarian Workers in 2023
Heads of the Main Aid Agencies Arround the World, Aug 2024 Photo:@UNOCHA
August 20, 2024 Hour: 10:08 pm
In 2023,289 humanitarian workers lost their lives in 33 countries, making it the deadliest year, according to the UN office.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) of the United Nations (UN) reported that in 2023 there was a record number of humanitarian workers killed in conflicts around the world; More than half of them after Israel’s aggression on the Gaza Strip.
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The OCHA Geneva Director and representative, Ramesh Rajasingham, detailed that “last year 289 humanitarian workers lost their lives in 33 countries, making it the deadliest year on record for the entire global humanitarian community”.
He added that this figure is more than double the number in 2022, when there were 118 deaths and twice as many deaths as the annual average for the last 20 years.
OCHA said that 2024 “may be on the way to an even more deadly outcome”, when 172 humanitarian workers are recorded as martyred by 7 August.
In Gaza, at least 289 humanitarian workers were killed, mainly by Israeli air strikes.
“Extreme levels of violence in Sudan and South Sudan have also contributed to the rise of deaths,» according to the agency.
“In the Sudan and many other places, humanitarian workers are attacked, killed, wounded and abducted. We demand an end to impunity so that perpetrators can face justice”, he said.
The UN’s Acting Humanitarian Chief, Joyce Msuya, said that “normalization of violence against aid workers and lack of accountability are unacceptable”.
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Fuente: EFE-Africanews
