South Sudan: 'Sanctity of Life Paramount,' UN Relief Chief Says in South Sudan, Spotlighting Need to Protect Civilians

23 July 2015

Mid-way through a four-day visit to assess the humanitarian situation in South Sudan, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator reviewed aid operations in the warn-torn country today, stressing that "everything" should be done to protect civilians from violence.

"It is very important that we carry a message that the one thing that matters above all else is that the sanctity of life should be paramount and that we should be doing everything we can to protect civilians, innocent civilians from the terrible risk and the fear of death from all the violence that is taking place," said Stephen O'Brien, who is also the UN Under Secretary-General for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

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