UN agency chiefs seek end to war rules violations in Middle East

GENEVA: UN agency chiefs on Saturday demanded an end to impunity for widespread international law violations in the Middle East, as casualties pile up six weeks into the war unleashed by US-Israeli strikes on Iran. In a joint statement, the heads of multiple United Nations agencies said they were “alarmed by the sustained violations of the rules of war and international humanitarian law” in the region. “Even wars have rules, and these rules must be respected,” the statement from the UN Inter-...

By none@none.com (AFP)