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“We express our condolences to the families of the victims and wish the injured a speedy recovery,” the Kabul-based UN mission (UNAMA) is said in a statement.
Women and children are victims
Women and children were among the victims, and the current toll is provisional and may rise as hospitals continue to treat the injured, the mission added.
According to UNAMA, Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting confirmed that Pakistani security forces had carried out attacks in the three provinces.
More than 20 people died
On Sunday evening, at around 23.30 local time, in Paktya province, Chamkani district, air strikes killed at least 22 civilians and injured at least 47 others.
At about the same time, in Paktika province, Gyan district, further airstrikes killed six civilians; a third airstrike, in Kunar province, Marawara district, injured two children.
UNAMA continues its verification efforts into these incidents, and reiterates its call to respect the international humanitarian law principles of prudence, distinction and proportionality to protect civilians from harm.
Guterres called for diplomacy
“We continue to call on all parties to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law and continue to emphasize that civilians and civilian infrastructure must be protected at all times,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters on Monday.
Guterres expressed his condolences to the families of the victims and stated that the latest attacks had reportedly triggered displacement.
Civilians face human rights violations in Congo
Switch to Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), investigators of the North Kivu and South Kivu Commission of Inquiry found that civilians face sexual violence, extrajudicial killings and human rights violations against children in the war-torn eastern region of the country.
In an update to Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Commission said it had received testimony regarding conflict-related sexual violence, sexual slavery, forced recruitment of young people into armed groups and other serious human rights violations.
The commission’s updates are part of its ongoing mandate from Human Rights Council to establish the facts and causes of violations in eastern Congo. This includes potential war crimes related to the latest escalation involving M23 fighters taking control of Goma, a major trading city on the border with Rwanda.
“The suffering that concerns us requires more than just concern,” said lead investigator Arnauld Akodjenou. “This requires continued attention, rigorous investigation and determined international engagement.”
He also noted that Ebola The outbreak has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis in Congo and calls on combatants to allow humanitarian workers to travel safely to help communities affected by the outbreak.
Call for accountability
In his speech, Mr Akodjenou emphasized that all parties must provide humanitarian workers with safe and rapid access to people in need, including women, children and people with disabilities.
No victim or witness of abuse should face intimidation or retaliation for engaging with the UN, including independent investigators, Akodjenou stressed.
Girl killed in Gaza amid ceasefire
Switch to Occupied Palestinian Territoriesa teenage girl was reportedly killed in Gaza by shrapnel, despite a ceasefire agreement between Hamas fighters and the Israeli military.
United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEFsaid children in the Gaza Strip are still trapped in an endless cycle of displacement, hunger, fear, disease and death.
“Just one day in this reality would be considered inhumane, but children have been living day after day, month after month for more than two and a half years,” said UNICEF spokesperson Louise Wateridge. UN News.
More families are fleeing
In Deir al Balah Governorate, Israel has pushed the so-called “Yellow Line” of demarcation further into Gaza, expanding territory that is otherwise off-limits to all Palestinians, according to the UN aid coordination office. Ocha.
More than 20 families were displaced in the eastern region of Deir al Balah, and more than a dozen families were displaced in the eastern part of Gaza City, OCHA said.
Newly displaced people told UN humanitarian partners that they were ordered to leave as Israeli troops advanced towards their residential areas while dropping explosive munitions from the air.
The UN and its partners are supporting new refugee families through rapid joint distribution mechanisms, Dujarric said.
Humanitarian efforts are hampered
On Tuesday, Israel expanded the area over which the UN and its humanitarian partners must coordinate with the Israeli government by about 800 square meters.
The area now covers about 65 percent of Gaza’s land area, OCHA said.
“Having to coordinate every move with Israeli authorities in most of Gaza undermines our service provision,” Dujarric said.
Coordination requirements increase the operational costs of humanitarian assistance, causing delays and cutting off access to critical facilities such as waste dumps.
Forces affiliated with the de facto authorities in Gaza also hampered humanitarian efforts by stopping convoys for inspections and entering UN warehouses and facilities. which is illegal.
Because Palestinians live in only 40 percent of the enclave, UNICEF insists that life-saving services must be protected from disruption.
