Imogen Folks

Tamar Gabelnik, director of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the international campaign to ban landmines, says using mines doesn't even make sense militarily.

Tamar Gabelnik, director of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the international campaign to ban landmines, says using mines doesn't even make sense militarily.

Since the mine ban came into force, the use of landmines has fallen dramatically and huge areas of land have been cleared, allowing people to plant crops, return to work or go to school. Even countries which didn't sign up to the treaty, among them the U.S. and Russia, stopped using them until recently. But now Russia has laid mines in Ukraine. The U.S. has supplied mines to Kiev to fight back.

Since the mine ban came into force, the use of landmines has fallen dramatically and huge areas of land have been cleared, allowing people to plant crops, return to work or go to school. Even countries which didn't sign up to the treaty, among them the U.S. and Russia, stopped using them until recently. But now Russia has laid mines in Ukraine. The U.S. has supplied mines to Kiev to fight back.

Imogen, folks.

Imogen, folks.

What UNICEF says, it estimates, as you said, some of the figures are coming from officials from the health ministry in Gaza, that around 1,000 children, 100 a day, have been killed or maimed in the last decade. Now, some of these children were reportedly already in hospital. Al Nasser Hospital was hit on March 23rd. So it's basically kind of what UNICEF has been saying for a very long time.

What UNICEF says, it estimates, as you said, some of the figures are coming from officials from the health ministry in Gaza, that around 1,000 children, 100 a day, have been killed or maimed in the last decade. Now, some of these children were reportedly already in hospital. Al Nasser Hospital was hit on March 23rd. So it's basically kind of what UNICEF has been saying for a very long time.

There is just nowhere safe. In Gaza, for children or indeed for anyone, UN compounds have been hit. The International Committee of the Red Cross also. And now, just in the last couple of days, we've learned of these shocking killings of 15 aid workers, the Red Crescent UN Civil Defence Committee.

There is just nowhere safe. In Gaza, for children or indeed for anyone, UN compounds have been hit. The International Committee of the Red Cross also. And now, just in the last couple of days, we've learned of these shocking killings of 15 aid workers, the Red Crescent UN Civil Defence Committee.

And today, one aid worker who spent a lot of time in Gaza said, you're just seeing daily multiple violations of international law. And there's a real frustration among aid agencies. Part of their job is to kind of uphold international law, that this just keeps on happening and that their own colleagues are being killed. Hundreds of aid workers have been killed in Gaza, as we know.

And today, one aid worker who spent a lot of time in Gaza said, you're just seeing daily multiple violations of international law. And there's a real frustration among aid agencies. Part of their job is to kind of uphold international law, that this just keeps on happening and that their own colleagues are being killed. Hundreds of aid workers have been killed in Gaza, as we know.

Very limited. They are still there and trying to work, although we do know the UN has reduced its footprint because since the first week of March, there has been a complete blockade on supplies or aid workers. getting in and out. So food and medicines are getting very low. Half of the ambulances now cannot work because there's fuel shortages or they have been damaged in the conflict.

Very limited. They are still there and trying to work, although we do know the UN has reduced its footprint because since the first week of March, there has been a complete blockade on supplies or aid workers. getting in and out. So food and medicines are getting very low. Half of the ambulances now cannot work because there's fuel shortages or they have been damaged in the conflict.

So it's really worse than challenging for the population.

So it's really worse than challenging for the population.

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