The number of humanitarian workers killed in the gas sector from October 7, 2023 reached 408 people. UN: Last year has become the most deadly in history for employees of humanitarian organizations The world and security ~ 60 > last year was the worst year in recent history in the number of humanitarian workers who died in the performance of official duties: in 20 countries 377 people were killed. This is almost 100 deaths than a year earlier. About this, speaking at a meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday, said Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary General of Humanitarian issues. 62 ~ the last two years were especially cruel, she emphasized. In Sudan, 84 humanitarian & nbsp; employee. ~ 60 > 60 > were killed in Sudan.“Just three days ago, on March 30, in the city of Rafach, in the south of the Gaza sector, the UN employees and the Palestinian red crescent were removed from the mass grave of the body of fifteen & nbsp; employees of humanitarian organizations and emergency care services,” continued Joyce Msuya. – They were killed a few days earlier than Israeli troops while trying to save human lives. Their cars with clear identification marks were found damaged and crushed. The UN Directorate for Coordination of Humanitarian issues also & nbsp; became a witness that civilians were shot during the flight. ” 60 > this tragedy, the assistant to the head of the UN noted, the employee was killed in eleven days after another deadly: on March 19 in Gaza was killed in gas The United Nations, and six more were injured. 60 ~ p > “As a result of these deaths, the number of humanitarian workers killed in the gas sector from October 7, 2023 reached & NBSP; 408 people,” said Joyce Msuya. – The gas remains the most dangerous place for humanitarian organizations in the history of the UN. ”According to the assistant Secretary General, there is no shortage of reliable international legal acts aimed at protecting humanitarian workers and UN employees, but there is not enough political will to fulfill them. 60 > “The work of our local colleagues deserves deep respect,” Joyce Msuya emphasized. – However, actions that harm humanitarian personnel rarely cause a reaction or fall into the news. The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies calculated that the murder of a local employee of a humanitarian organization is highlighted in the media 500 times less often than the death of an international employee. ” 60 > Among other things, she continued, employees of humanitarian organizations are increasingly faced with the criminalization of their work: more and more people of people They delete, interrogate and & nbsp; accused of supporting terrorism. & nbsp; in & nbsp; the Democratic Republic of the Conga of Disinformation, they undermined public confidence in the UN, they fuel excitement and exacerbate relations between local communities. & nbsp; in Sudan, there are liaison Applications led to the fact that humanitarian workers & nbsp; they are attacked on checkpoints and do not allow them to do their work. In Haiti, armed gangs are publicly threatened by humanities, many of them & nbsp; they were forced to suspend their activities. 62 ~ ~ ~ 60 > “It is necessary to take specific measures to ensure the safe work of our colleagues,” concluded Joyce Msuya. “We are in debt to people who risk their lives every day.”