United Nations: UN Urges Protection of Civilians in Conflict Zones

Larry Freund
New York
22 November 2010
VOA News

The United Nations Security Council on Monday called for the protection of civilians threatened by conflict.

The 15-member Security Council adopted a statement expressing deep regret that civilians continue to account for the vast majority of casualties in armed conflicts.  The statement demands that all relevant parties put an end to such practices and recognizes that nations bear the primary responsibility to ensure the human rights of all individuals within their borders.

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SOMALIA: WHO Report: Women and Children Bear Brunt of Conflict Injuries

Source: World Health Organization

The October 9-15 report from the World Health Organization on Somalia indicates that statistically women children bear the brunt of weapon-caused injuries in conflict in Mogadishu.

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SOMALIA: Hundreds of Somalis continue to flee into Kenya

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Date: 29 Oct 2010

UNHCR is alarmed by a fast deteriorating humanitarian situation at the northern part of the Kenya-Somali border. This week we have seen hundreds of Somalis continuing to flee clashes between Al-Shabaab and Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamaa, a militia group allied to the transitional Somali Government, in the Somali border town of Beled Hawo.

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AFGHANISTAN: Official Calls for Sensitivity to Afghan Demands

By Kirk Semple
The New York Times

KABUL – In unusually blunt remarks, the chief of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan warned in an interview this weekend that unless Afghanistan’s international partners conducted their military operations with more care and cultural sensitivity, redoubled their work to minimize civilian casualties and accelerated their reconstruction programs, they risked jeopardizing their efforts to stabilize and rebuild the country.

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SOMALIA: Shelling kills at least 15 in Somalia’s capital

Reporting by Abdi Sheikh and Abdi Guled; editing by David Clarke
Reuters

MOGADISHU  – At least 15 people died on Friday when shells hit an insurgent stronghold in the north of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, witnesses said.

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