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Tom Fletcher tells UN Security Council more than 1,000 humanitarians killed over three years, urges accountability
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Tom Fletcher told the UN Security Council that at least 326 humanitarians were killed in 2025 and more than 1,010 in three years, citing country-specific impacts and calling for enforcement of SCR 2730, investigations and stronger protection for aid workers.
Tom Fletcher told the United Nations Security Council that at least 326 humanitarian workers were recorded killed in 2025 across 21 countries, bringing the three‑year total to more than 1,010 and nearly tripling the previous three‑year figure.
“Of those over 1,000 deaths, more than 560 were in Gaza and the West Bank. 130 in Sudan, 60 in South Sudan, 25 in Ukraine, and 25 in DRC,” Fletcher said, laying out regional counts and saying the trend represented “the collapse of protection.”
Fletcher said many victims were killed while distributing food, water, medicine and shelter, often in clearly…
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