🔗 Doctors Without Borders urgent update on #Gaza to UN Security Council
Christopher Lock, the organization's representative, discusses the ongoing crisis in Gaza, where over one million people are trapped and living in fear of a ground invasion.
He shares a personal account of a recent attack on an MSF-marked building housing MSF staff and their families, resulting in fatalities and injuries. The speaker condemns the pattern of attacks against humanitarian workers and infrastructure, such as hospitals, which is either intentional or indicative of reckless incompetence.
The situation in Gaza has led to the systematic destruction of a health system that Doctors Without Borders have supported for decades. The humanitarian response is inadequate, with limited space, medicine, food, water, and safety available.
Lock urges the UN Security Council to take effective action to address the conflict in Gaza, adopt a ceasefire resolution, and uphold international law principles of proportionality and precaution.
Finally, he demands action from the UN Security Council to ensure the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure.