Security Council | Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition

Ebola and War in the Democratic Republic of Congo Avoiding Failure and Thinking Ahead

Thursday, November 29, 2018

The Journal of the American Medical Association published recommendations to the US government regarding the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Ebola epidemic in the DRC is exceptionally dangerous, occurring within active armed conflict and geopolitical volatility, including a million displaced persons.The United States and international community should launch high-level political mobilization, with diplomatic, human, and economic resources. It is critical to recognize that future health crises will occur in fragile, insecure settings. To prepare, the international community needs long-term planning and enhanced capacities to improve the safety and effectiveness of epidemic response operations.

Name and shame countries that do not protect doctors in war, expert tells UN

Thursday, August 17, 2017

The United Nations should name and shame countries that fail to protect health workers in war zones, said aid expert Len Rubenstein (the chair of our coalition).

The UN Security Council Should Take Immediate Action to Protect Health Workers and Health Care in Conflict Around the World

Thursday, September 22, 2016

The coalition urges the United Nations Security Council in its upcoming briefing to take three immediate steps to implement Resolution 2286 and protect health workers and services in conflict.

Stephen O'Brien's Statement to the UN Security Council

Monday, August 22, 2016

"What is happening in Aleppo today and throughout Syria over the last five years is an outrage against every moral fiber in our being," said Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien, on August 22. He asked the Security Council to honor the health and humanitarian workers in Syria and around the world by "agreeing to stop the guns, the shells, the airstrikes, and the bombs."

Syria: Government Airstrikes Closing Down Hospitals

Thursday, August 11, 2016

Coalition member Human Rights Watch says the United Nations Security Council should ask the secretary-general to conduct an independent inquiry into the attacks on hospitals in Syria.

Attacks on Health Care in Syria Continue, Defying UN Resolutions

Friday, April 17, 2015

Deliberate attacks on hospitals and health care professionals in Syria persist despite three United Nations resolutions aimed at protecting civilians and new hopes of relief following recent international pledges of aid to Syrians in need, according to an online map of attacks on health Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) updated today.

U.N. Reports Improved Aid Access in Syria, But Outlook Bleak

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Humanitarian access in Syria has improved since the U.N. Security Council last month authorized the delivery of emergency aid across the Syrian border without the government's consent, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a new report. But he warned that designated terrorist groups continue to prevent aid workers from accessing some of the estimated 10.8 million people in Syria in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.