“Rarely before have we witnessed so many people on the move,
so much instability, so much suffering," said Peter Maurer, president of
the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). "In armed conflicts
in Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria, South Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and elsewhere,
combatants are defying humanity’s most fundamental norms. Every day, we hear of
civilians being killed and wounded in violation of the basic rules of
international humanitarian law, and with total impunity. Instability is
spreading. Suffering is growing. No country can remain untouched."
In a rare joint call, heads of both UN and International Red
Cross say human conflict is reaching unprecedented proportions. Citing figures
that are the highest they've been since the Second World War, the two agencies
said that sixty million people around the world have now been displaced from
their homes because of conflict and violence. What's more, they say, today's
conflicts have become more protracted, meaning that many displaced people face
years away from their homes, communities and livelihoods.
Humanity must free itself from the shackles of slavery -
both wage slavery and mental slavery.
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