UN rapporteur calls for move as food deliveries are attacked and starvation becomes a weapon of war in Gaza and Sudan UN peacekeepers should be routinely deployed to protect aid convoys from attack in places such as Gaza and Sudan, a senior United Nations expert has proposed. With starvation increasingly used as a weapon of war, Michael Fakhri said armed UN troops were now required to ensure that food reached vulnerable populations.
Send in armed UN troops to protect aid convoys or risk 'dystopia', says expert
The Guardian - 16 Jun 2025 07:00
UN rapporteur calls for move as food deliveries are attacked and starvation becomes a weapon of war in Gaza and Sudan UN peacekeepers should be routinely deployed to protect aid convoys from attack in places such as Gaza and Sudan, a senior United Nations expert has proposed. With starvation increasingly used as a weapon of war, Michael Fakhri said armed UN troops were now required to ensure that food reached vulnerable populations.
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