Briefing by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - Security Council, 9641st meeting

Global Refugee Crisis Growing Worse, with Aid Workers near Breaking Point, Little Respect for Basic Rules of War, High Commissioner Warns Security Council

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 02:07:01
• Production Date: 30 May 2024
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: FILIPPO GRANDI
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL; UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGUEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; REFUGEES; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS; DISPLACED PERSONS; WAR; FOOD SECURITY; INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES
• MAMS Id: 3214197
• Parent Id: 3211906

Description

As Violent Conflict Rages in Gaza, Sudan, Elsewhere, Speakers Voice Concern over Underfunded Humanitarian Programmes Stressing the grave and unprecedented challenges to peace and security, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees told the Security Council in a briefing today that 2024 is even worse than last year in terms of the number of refugees and internally displaced people worldwide. Filippo Grandi, the High Commissioner for Refugees, reported that last year, 114 million people were displaced by war, violence and persecution. “Next month we will update this figure. It will be higher,” he said, adding that humanitarians are near a breaking point and that respect for the basic rules of war is almost non-existent. Among the many haunting images from the conflict in Gaza is that of desperate people trapped and often killed inside a war zone. “Their safety should be our — your — paramount concern,” he said, adding that under international law, an occupying Power must not force a civilian population to flee the territory it occupies. 

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