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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Edith M. Lederer

UN: Over 1,000 aid workers have been killed in the past 3 years, nearly triple the previous 3 years

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More than 1,000 humanitarian workers have been killed across the globe in the past three years, nearly triple the death count in the previous three years, the U.N. said Wednesday.

“This is not an accidental escalation — it is the collapse of protection,” U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher told the U.N. Security Council.

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