The
United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a
resolution Tuesday calling for civilians to be protected during conflicts,
allowing them access to water, food and health care to ensure the survival of
populations caught in war zones.
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The text was written by
Vietnam, which holds the rotating
presidency of the council for April.
It “strongly condemns attacks in situations of armed
conflicts directed against civilians... resulting in the deprivation of the
civilian population of objects indispensable to their survival.”
And the resolution “strongly condemns the use of starvation
of civilians as a method of warfare” and “the unlawful denial of humanitarian
access.”
Examples of such violations against civilians abound, said
UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock, ranging from
Yemen to Syria, Tigray, South Sudan, Ukraine and Nigeria.
“Any attacks on food supplies and food infrastructure are
unacceptable,” he said during the virtual Security Council session.
Even a slight change in water supply can have “enormous
consequences,” he warned.
Peter Maurer, president of the
International Committee of the Red Cross, joined the call for better humanitarian protection in conflict
zones.
“There is often no safe water to drink, no electricity to
power homes or health services to treat the wounded and sick,” he said.
“We urge the adoption of measures so that health care and
interconnected services such as water, sanitation and electricity are protected
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