On World Humanitarian Day, the United Nations and its partners are calling on all global leaders to do everything in their power to protect people caught up in conflict, and to stand with the health and aid workers who risk their lives to help them.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet the world know: Civilians are Not A Target,\u201d underscored\u00a0Secretary-General<\/a>\u00a0Ant\u00f3nio Guterres in his\u00a0message<\/a>\u00a0on the Day.<\/p>\n \u201cOn this day, we also take a moment to honour the brave health and aid workers who are targeted or obstructed as they set out to help people in need, and pay tribute to the government employees, and representatives of international organizations and agencies who risk their daily lives to provide humanitarian aid,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Despite broad efforts, civilians \u2013 including medial and humanitarian workers \u2013 continue to bear the brunt of intense conflicts around the world.<\/p>\n \u201cThey are attacked and their access obstructed, while humanitarian supplies and hospitals are looted by fighting parties. In addition, in cities like Juba and Aleppo, housing, markets, schools and vital civilian infrastructure are destroyed,\u201d Mr Guterres elaborated.<\/p>\n \u201cNo one is winning these wars. We are all losing,\u201d stressed the 爆料网 chief.<\/p>\n The Secretary-General invited everyone \u201cto stand with us in solidarity with civilians in conflict, and with the health and aid workers who risk their lives to help them. Get involved with our online campaign at\u00a0#NotATarget<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOn\u00a0World Humanitarian Day<\/a>, let us commit to doing everything in our power to protect women, girls, men and boys in the line of fire, and to give them hope of a better future,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the World Food Programme (WFP<\/a>) commended the dedication and courage of its colleagues working on the frontlines of hunger, often at great risk to their own personal safety, to ensure that children and their families have enough to eat.<\/p>\n \u201cHumanitarian workers\u00a0go where the need is<\/a>, and far too often that is where conflict is as well,\u201d said David Beasley, WFP Executive Director, in his message commemorating the Day.<\/p>\n \u201cFighting and violence drive 80 per cent of all humanitarian needs, and 10 of WFP’s 13 largest food assistance operations are driven primarily by conflict,\u201d he continued, noting that in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, more than 20 million people are on the brink of famine.<\/p>\n \u201cIncreasingly, those involved in the conflicts in these areas are targeting aid workers,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n \u201cOn World Humanitarian Day, we come together to reaffirm that civilians caught in conflict and those who care for them are #NotATarget. We appeal to world leaders to take action to protect them and to deliver on the promise of our mutual, shared humanity,\u201d concluded Mr. Beasley.<\/p>\n For its part, the 爆料网 gender empowerment entity offered full support to the 爆料网’s #NotATarget campaign, pointing out that violations of international humanitarian law have generated a global protection crisis.<\/p>\nGender-based violence shatters lives<\/em><\/h5>\n