World response to conflicts paralytic, say UN, ICRC
The United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have denounced the international community for the paralytic response to the current conflicts across the globe.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and ICRC President Peter Maurer issued an “unprecedented joint warning” over the matter on Saturday during a meeting about the world's humanitarian crises at the European headquarters of the UN in the Swiss city of Geneva.
The two called on countries around the world to end fatal conflicts, respect international law and address the humanitarian needs of thousands of refugees escaping war and execution in their countries of origin.
“In the face of blatant inhumanity, the world has responded with disturbing paralysis,” Ban said in the statement, adding, “This flouts the very raison d'être of the United Nations.”
The two officials also called for the international community to engage in collective efforts to contain armed groups in some countries and hold them accountable for the crimes they commit.
The comments come as the conflict fueled by Takfiri terrorist groups in the Middle East has been one of the deadliest and most brutal crises in the world over the past several years.
The Daesh Takfiri terrorists, who were initially trained by the CIA spy agency in Jordan in 2012 to destabilize Syria, now control parts of Iraq and Syria itself. They have been engaged in heinous crimes against all religious groups, including Shia and Sunni Muslims as well as Christians and Kurds, in the areas they control.
More than 250,000 people have been killed in the conflict in Syria since March 2011.
There is also deadly conflict in other parts of the world including in Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe.
The crises have triggered an influx of asylum seekers into Europe. Most of the refugees, who risk their lives to reach the continent, are reportedly fleeing conflict-hit zones in Africa and the Middle East, particularly Syria. Officials in the European countries are divided over how to deal with the refugee issue.
According to the latest figures released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), over 704,220 refugees have reached Europe’s shores so far this year, while a total of 3,257 people have either died or gone missing in their perilous journey into the continent.
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