Calling for a ceasefire, release of hostages, and an “all-out effort” to get humanitarian assistance to Gaza, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday (June 26, 2025) said “it is heartbreaking” to know that people who need humanitarian assistance risk their lives to get food or material assistance.
Mr. Türk made the remarks in a media conference in Colombo, where he delivered a statement at the conclusion of his mission to Sri Lanka from June 23 to 26. “As of 25th of June, we have 598 reportedly killed in total as a result of them trying to access aid, at distribution points installed within Gaza. I have to say it is really, extremely distressing to see that militarised humanitarian assistance schemes have emerged, they are not a response,” he said.
