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UN Security Council speaker urges action after record aid-worker deaths
Summary
Madame Joyce Suya told the Security Council that 2024 was the deadliest year on record for humanitarian workers, called for protection measures, stronger legal accountability and a survivor-centered response, and cited attacks across Gaza, Sudan, Haiti, Yemen and the DRC.
Madame Joyce Suya, Representative, addressing the United Nations Security Council, urged immediate action and accountability after what she said was a record number of humanitarian workers killed in 2024 and widespread threats to aid operations.
Suya said the killings and attacks are gravely undermining lifesaving relief and disproportionately affect locally hired staff. "Humanitarian workers are being killed in unprecedented numbers," she said, and called for perpetrators to be held to account.
According to Suya's statement to the council, available data show 377 aid workers were killed across 20 countries in 2024, an increase she described as almost 100 more fatalities than in 2023 and a 137 percent rise from 2022. She said many more were injured, kidnapped, attacked and arbitrarily detained.
The speaker cited specific incidents witnessed or…
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