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U.N. panel's major powers urged to seek accountability for aid attacks

Officials updated the 2024 death toll for humanitarian workers to 377 people across 20 countries, the worst year on record.

Humanitarian aid workers help clean up the streets in Gaza.
Humanitarian aid workers help clean up the streets in Gaza. (AN/UNRWA)

Two senior U.N. officials told the world body's most powerful panel that 2024 was the deadliest year on record for aid workers – and the panel's members must lead by "pushing for accountability" to stop the killings.

At a United Nations Security Council debate on Wednesday, Joyce Msuya and Gilles Michaud called on its 15 member nations to insist that attacks on aid workers end and the perpetrators of the attacks be held to account.

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