{"id":6056,"date":"2020-08-19T11:12:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T11:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=6056"},"modified":"2020-10-08T11:01:21","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T11:01:21","slug":"somali-government-un-call-for-protection-of-aid-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2020\/08\/19\/somali-government-un-call-for-protection-of-aid-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Somali government, UN call for protection of aid workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MOGADISHU &#8212; <\/strong>The Somali government and the UN Office of Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Wednesday called for the protection of aid workers providing life-saving assistance in Somalia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOn the occasion of World Humanitarian Day, the Federal Government of Somalia and the United Nations in Somalia are calling for the protection of aid workers who provide life-saving assistance to vulnerable children, women, and men in the country. These workers are #RealLifeHeroes,\u201d the UN office in Somalia said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The operating environment in Somalia is particularly challenging for humanitarian workers due to widespread insecurity and poor infrastructure which hampers the delivery of assistance to people in need, according to the UN.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAccess constraints surged during the first half of 2020, with 141 incidents reported against humanitarian operations by the end of July, compared to 151 in all of 2019. Eleven humanitarian workers were killed, 11 wounded and 23 kidnapped, including seven who were kidnapped and murdered in a single incident,\u201d said a joint statement by the Somali government and the UN.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI want to express my heartfelt gratitude to Somali aid workers, for their continued and unwavering service to humanity in one of the world\u2019s most dangerous operating environments,\u201d said Hamza Said Hamza, the Somali humanitarian affairs and disaster management affairs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year, World Humanitarian Day has come at a critical time when the triple threat of COVID-19, floods, and desert locusts has aggravated Somalia\u2019s complex and protracted humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe humanitarian community estimated that 5.2 million people would need assistance and protection in 2020, but the situation is worsening. Without sustained assistance, 3.5 million people will fail to meet their minimum food needs by September. In addition, we must shift the paradigm to sustainable solutions that help build resilience and lift people out of poverty,\u201d said UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Adam Abdelmoula.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Somalia is one of the dangerous places for humanitarian aid workers. Last May, seven humanitarian workers were kidnapped and killed by unknown gunmen in the vicinity of Gololey, 30 kilometers (18 miles) north of the capital Mogadishu.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Source: AA\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Origin: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/africa\/somali-govt-un-call-for-protection-of-aid-workers\/1946745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored ugc noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">View original<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOGADISHU &#8212; The Somali government and the UN Office of Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Wednesday called for the protection of aid workers providing life-saving assistance in Somalia. \u201cOn the occasion of World Humanitarian Day, the Federal Government of Somalia and the United Nations in Somalia are calling for the protection of aid workers &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,15,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","category-press-releases","category-protection-cluster"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6056"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6069,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056\/revisions\/6069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}