Over 55,000 people to flee their homes, further increasing their vulnerability because of violence in several parts of the country.
The UN official pointed out that armed combatants have increased their threats and attacks against CAR’s dedicated humanitarian actors, preventing hundreds of thousands of people in the west and center of the country from receiving urgent assistance, particularly surrounding health.
“I call on armed elements to immediately stop all attacks against humanitarian personnel and to abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law and to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure,” the Humanitarian Coordinator asserted.
Despite prevailing insecurity and access challenges, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that humanitarian partners continue to deliver critical life-saving assistance across the country, deploying emergency medical teams and airlifting indispensable health and nutritional supplies.
“Humanitarian actors continue to remain in the communities alongside the population, despite the violence, which must stop,” said the UN Humanitarian Coordinator.
Against the backdrop that 2.8 million people need assistance and protection, Ms. Brown also appealed to donors to scale up vital funding for CAR’s humanitarian response, including UN Humanitarian Air Services (UNHAS).
Managed by the World Food Programme (WFP), UNHAS offers safe, reliable, and cost-efficient transport for the wider humanitarian community to and from crisis and intervention areas. It is the only humanitarian air service that gives equal access to all aid entities.
