Joint call by the President of the ICRC, the Director-General of WHO and the International President of MSF

AI Summary

The leaders of the ICRC, WHO, and MSF have issued a joint call for action, highlighting the deteriorating situation of healthcare in conflict zones. The statement marks a failure of resolution efforts to protect medical facilities and personnel over the last decade.

Ten years ago, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2286 on health care in armed conflicts. The situation is even worse compared to 10 years ago. Today, we mark not an achievement – we mark a failure. As violence affecting medical facilities, transport and personnel continues unabated, the harm this resolution sought to prevent has not diminished. It has continued and, in many contexts, intensified. As the heads of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the World Health Organization (WHO), and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), we join others in the international community in issuing an urgent call for action.