Over 1,000 humanitarians have been killed in three years, Security Council hears

(UN News) At least 326 humanitarians were killed in the line of duty across 21 countries during 2025, bringing the total killed over three years to over 1,010. The International Red Cross warned the Security Council on Wednesday that “we are losing our humanity in war.”. Of that total, more than 560 died in Gaza and the West Bank, 130 in Sudan, 60 in South Sudan, 25 in Ukraine and 25 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the UN’s top aid coordinator, Tom Fletcher. “This is not an accidental escalation. It is the collapse of protection,” he told ambassadors in New York, clarifying that they were killed in service – distributing food, water, shelter and medicine, some travelling in clearly marked convoys. Humanitarians are not just being killed but “our action is being restricted, penalized, delegitimised,” said Mr. Fletcher, who leads the UN’s aid coordination agency, OCHA. “We are told where not to go, whom not to help. We are harassed or arrested for doing our job. We are lied about and those lies have consequences,” he added. – Over 1,000 humanitarians have been killed in three years, Security Council hears | UN News