UN Security Council Should Take Immediate Action to Protect Health Workers and Health Care in Conflict

The Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition, of which IntraHealth is the secretariat, asks the United Nations Security Council to take three urgent steps to implement Resolution 2286 and protect health workers and services in conflict areas around the world.Today the United Nations Security Council held a briefing onResolution 2286, which it passed in May 2016 to condemn attacks on health care. Yet despite the resolution such attacks continue at an alarming rate, includingairstrikes earlier today in Aleppo, Syria, that destroyed the two largest remaining hospitals. IntraHealth serves as the secretariat for Safeguarding Health in Conflict, a coalition of more than 30 organizations that promotes the security of health workers and services threatened by war or civil unrest. The group has raised awareness of global attacks on health and pressed UN agencies for greater global action to protect the security of health care. Last week the coalition sent a letter to members of the Security Council outlining recommendations it should immediately take to implement the resolution. The Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition issued the following statement based on its letter to the Security Council:The coalition welcomed passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2286 in May 2016, which condemns attacks on health and calls for Member States to adhere to international human rights law, develop strategies to prevent attacks, and bring perpet...
Source: IntraHealth International - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news