Bogotá, Aug. 18 (EFE). The UN reports that so far this year there have been 230 events in Colombia that have impeded access to the organization’s humanitarian workers, including threats, direct attacks or restrictions on the provision of assistance and services to populations affected by conflict.
On the occasion of World Humanitarian Day, which is celebrated on Saturday, August 19, the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned that “2023 will be another year with a high number of casualties among humanitarian workers.”
So far this year, at least 62 humanitarian workers have lost their lives while carrying out their work in crises caused by conflict or disasters exacerbated by climate change, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported today from its office in Colombia, which noted that they This year they also met two decades ago. The attack on the United Nations headquarters in Iraq, where 22 people were killed.
said the UN Resident Coordinator in Colombia, Mireya Villar, who also coordinates the Country Humanitarian Action Team (EHP), which brings together hundreds of local and international organizations and the United Nations.
EHP has launched the #EstamosAquíParaAyudar campaign to educate residents about “why it is now more important than ever to respect our work and our lives.”
In Colombia, Humanitarian Country Team #EstamosAquíParaAyudar organizations women, girls, boys, people with disabilities, youth, men, ethnic groups and rural communities most affected by conflict and disaster.
The 230 incidents recorded in the country of restrictions on UN humanitarian workers add to the 124 attacks reported by the International Committee of the Red Cross a week ago against medical and health missions in the first six months of World War II. year. EFE
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