GENEVA,5th August, 2024 (WAM) -- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said he is deeply worried about the rising risk of a wider conflict in the Middle East and plead with all parties, along with those states with influence, to act urgently to de-escalate what has become a very precarious situation.
‘’Human rights - first and foremost the protection of civilians - must be the top priority,'' said Turk in a statement issued here on Monday.
‘’Already, over the past 10 months, civilians - mostly women and children - have endured unbearable pain and suffering as result of the bombs and guns,'' he added.
‘’Everything, and I mean everything, must be done to avoid this situation spiralling further into an abyss that will only have even more terrible consequences for civilians.''