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Delegates and rights experts call for urgent humanitarian aid and disability-inclusive response in Gaza, Ukraine and other conflict zones
Summary
Multiple speakers at COSP warned that persons with disabilities in conflict zones face acute deprivation and called for disability-inclusive humanitarian responses, restoration of services and reconstruction plans for persons with disabilities injured in conflicts.
Delegates, rights experts and civil society speakers at the Conference of State Parties called for urgent humanitarian assistance and disability-inclusive responses in conflict zones, highlighting Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and other areas where war has increased disability and left people without basic supports.
Several speakers described the scale and severity of need. Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed noted that armed conflict is producing "countless civilians with sustained permanent injuries and deep psychological trauma." She added that "Gaza alone has the highest number of child amputees in modern…
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