Red Cross/Red Crescent head calls for end to attacks on humanitarian workers
The CEO of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on Saturday called for an end to attacks on humanitarian workers worldwide, mentioning in particular the problems in getting aid to the embattled Gaza Strip.
“We have asked, really, that … killings of the humanitarian workers must stop everywhere in the world,” he said, adding that “fundamental principles and international emergency law must be respected.”
“In the world now, we have multiple crises happening, multiple disasters happening, multiple conflict happening,” Jagan explained.
“One of the tragedies” is the lack of political solutions to crises, he said, meaning that they start, but “never end, and new crises keep on coming.”
“So you have crisis after crisis, crisis after crisis. This is not a sustainable situation,” Jagan said, adding: “The only way we can start turning the tide is through diplomacy, through engagement.”