Sudanese civil war , Gaza war The United Nations reports that a record 383 aid workers were killed in the 2024 calendar year, up by 31% from 2023, including 181 who...

In 2024, 383 aid workers were killed globally, more than a third of them in Gaza. It is a 31% increase on the previous year. Meanwhile, a key Qatari mediator stressed the urgency of brokering a ceasefire in Gaza.

In 2024, 383 aid workers were killed globally, more than a third of them in Gaza.

Meanwhile, a key Qatari mediator stressed the urgency of brokering a ceasefire in Gaza.

A record number of aid workers were killed in 2024, the United Nations said Tuesday, with the "relentless conflicts" in Gaza and Sudan driving up the figure.

On World Humanitarian Day, the UN said 383 aid workers were killed in the previous calendar year, up by 31% on 2023.

The UN statement described the figures and lack of accountability as a "shameful indictment" of international apathy.

The UN said 181 humanitarian workers were killed in Gaza, and in Sudan, 60 aid workers were killed.

So far this year, up to August 14, 265 aid workers have been killed, according to provisional data from the Aid Worker Security Database.

The database is a US-funded platform that compiles reports on major security incidents affecting aid workers.

"Attacks on this scale, with zero accountability, are a shameful indictment of international inaction and apathy," said Tom Fletcher, UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs in the statement.

Meanwhile, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.

"This rule is non-negotiable and is binding on all parties to conflict, always and everywhere.

World Humanitarian Day marks the day in 2003 when UN rights chief Sergio Vieira de Mello and 21 other humanitarians were killed in the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad.

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For India and other large public systems, such updates are useful when they connect global or national figures with practical questions of access, affordability, prevention, district readiness and communication to vulnerable groups.