An employee of the UN Humanitarian Agency reassures a woman after a hospital shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine. (archive) World Humanitarian Assistance Day: the scale of attacks on humanitarian workers beat the next record Humanitarian assistance in 2024 383 humanitarian workers were killed. The new tragic record should become a call to protect all civilians and the fight against impunity during conflicts and crises. This was announced today, on World Humanitarian Assistance, in the UN Office for the coordination of humanitarian issues (VSGV). most of the killed humanitarian workers were local employees who worked in their communities. They died in the performance of official duties or in their homes. Another 308 humanitarian workers were injured, 125 – stolen and 45 – detained last year. “The norms of international law are extremely clear: humanitarian workers must be respected and protected. They should never be attacked. This rule is not subject to discussion and must for all aspects of the conflict, always and everywhere. However, the “red lines” are intersecting with impunity, ”said the UN Secretary General Antoniu Gutherrish in his message on World Humanitarian Assistance Day. & Amp; nbsp; ~ 60 > UN head called to protect all humanitarian workers and invest in ensuring their security. He also announced the need to bring those responsible for violence and suppress the supply of weapons to the parties to conflicts that violate international law. & Amp; nbsp; 60 ~/iframe > 62 ~ impunity and inaction “Even one attack on a humanitarian employee is an attack on all of us and the people we serve,” said Tom Fletcher, Deputy Secretary General for Humanitarian issues and the UN Extraordinator. – attacks of this scale, with complete impunity, are a shameful confirmation of the inaction and apathy of the international community. As a humanitarian community, we again demand that those who have power and influence act in the name of humanity, protect civilians and humanitarian workers and hold the perpetrators accountable. ” 62 >The number of deaths increased by 31 percent compared to 2023. This is due, in particular, with the ongoing conflicts in Gaza, where 181 a humanitarian worker died, and in Sudan, where 60 employees of humanitarian organizations were killed. In 2024, compared with the previous year, the scale of violence against humanitarian workers increased in 21 countries, and most often it was made by state entities. ~ 60 > 60 > put an end to violence in the first eight months of 2025, the situation is the situation It has not improved: according to the preliminary information of the database on the security of humanitarian workers, as of August 14, 265 people were killed. ~ 60 > attacks on humanitarian workers and humanitarian objects violate international humanitarian law and undermine the most important work that supports millions of people who find themselves in a spoon of wars of wars and natural disasters. ~ 60 > in May 2024 the UN Security Council adopted a resolution of 2730, in which he confirmed the obligation of the parties to the conflict and member states to protect humanitarian personnel and called for independent investigations of violations. Nevertheless, impunity is still a widespread phenomenon. ~ 60 > on World Humanitarian Assistance Humanitarian workers honor the memory of the dead colleagues and require the protection of civilians and humanitarian operations. 62 ~~ 60 > 62 ~ passes again within the day The global campaign #acting is a world -dominance, which is designed to attract the attention of the international community to the need to support humanitarian workers and maintain vital channels of assistance. “violence against humanitarian workers is not inevitability. He needs to put an end, ”Fletcher emphasized.