Yesterday (Monday), United Nations employees stood a minute of silence for more than 100 of their colleagues who were killed in Gaza since the outbreak of war between “Israel” and “Hamas” last month.
United Nations employees stood in the Geneva offices with their heads bowed, while candles were lit in mourning for the 101 employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) who were killed in the Israeli attack on Gaza.
The Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva, Tatiana Valovaya, said: “This is the largest number of aid workers killed in the history of our organization in such a short time,” according to “Agence France-Presse.”
She added: “We are gathered here today, united in this very symbolic location, to pay respect to our brave colleagues who sacrificed their lives while serving under the banner of the United Nations.”
She continued: “I would like to say that we are indeed facing very difficult times for multilateralism in the world, but the United Nations has become more important than ever.”
UNRWA had announced that some of its employees died while standing in line to get bread, while others died with their families in their homes in the aerial bombardment and ground incursion launched by Israel into Gaza, in response to the Hamas attack on October 7.
