In recent years, violence against humanitarian workers has reached an unprecedented level.

Omissions

• 2025 deaths (326) were slightly below the 2024 record (383), though still far above any pre-2023 year; the 'unprecedented' framing is most precisely anchored in the cumulative 2023-2025 toll of over 1,000 killed.
• The UN News article of April 2026 (confirming 326 killed in 2025 and the 1,000+ three-year figure) was published after the session date of 2026-07-09, but it describes data for 2025, a period the MEP could have known; earlier sources (OCHA August 2025, AP/PBS on 2024) were available before the session.
• Figures vary slightly by source and cut-off date (e.g., UN OCHA preliminary count of 281 for 2024 in November 2024 was later revised upward to 383 for the full year; INSO cites at least 390 for 2024).

Sources

• PrimaryUN News (United Nations)Over 1,000 humanitarians have been killed in three years; 'At least 326 humanitarians were killed in the line of duty across 21 countries' in 2025, as warned to the Security Council. This follows 2024, the deadliest year on record.
• PrimaryUN OCHA (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs)Attacks on aid workers hit another record: 'The first eight months of 2025 show no sign of a reversal of the disturbing trend: 265 aid workers have been killed as of 14 August' — on track to surpass 2024, the previous record year.
• PrimaryUN News (United Nations)2024 was declared the 'deadliest on record' for humanitarian workers, with 281 killed globally by November 2024 (later revised upward to 383 for the full year).
• SecondaryPBS NewsHour (AP wire report)'A record 383 aid workers were killed in global hotspots in 2024, nearly half of them in Gaza during the war,' according to the UN.
• SecondarySave the Children UK'Last year was already the deadliest on record, with 383 aid workers killed – 172 by this time in 2024' while 265 were killed by the same point in 2025, making 2025 set to be the deadliest year on record.