Global conflicts killed three times as many children and twice as many women in 2023 than in the previous year, as overall civilian fatalities swelled 72 percent, the UN said Tuesday.
\nWarring parties were increasingly \u201cpushing beyond boundaries of what is acceptable – and legal,\u201d United Nations rights chief Volker Turk told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
\nThey are showing \u201cutter contempt for the other, trampling human rights at their core,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The UN rights chief said his office had gathered data indicating that last year, \u201cthe number of civilian deaths in armed conflict soared by 72 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHorrifyingly, the data indicates that the proportion of women killed in 2023 doubled and that of children tripled, compared to the year prior,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Turk also pointed to a range of other conflicts, including in Ukraine, the Democratic republic of Congo and Syria.
\nAnd in Sudan, in the grips of a more than year-long civil war, he warned the country \u201cis being destroyed in front of our eyes by two warring parties and affiliated groups… (who have) flagrantly cast aside the rights of their own people.\u201d
\nSuch devastation comes as funding to help the growing numbers of people in need is dwindling.
\n\u201cAs of the end of May 2024, the gap between humanitarian funding requirements and available resources stands at $40.8 billion,\u201d Turk said.
\n\u201cAppeals are funded at an average of 16.1 per cent only,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cContrast this with the almost $2.5 trillion in global military expenditure in 2023, a 6.8 percent increase in real terms from 2022,\u201d Turk said, stressing that \u201cthis was the steepest year-on-year increase since 2009.\u201d
\n\u201cIn addition to inflicting unbearable human suffering, war comes with a hefty price tag,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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