{"id":4148,"date":"2017-05-02T08:36:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T08:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4148-un-urges-protection-of-civilians-as-casualties-remain-high-in-first-quarter\/"},"modified":"2017-05-02T08:36:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T08:36:09","slug":"un-urges-protection-of-civilians-as-casualties-remain-high-in-first-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4148-un-urges-protection-of-civilians-as-casualties-remain-high-in-first-quarter\/","title":{"rendered":"UN urges protection of civilians as casualties remain high in first quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations mission in Afghanistan urged all parties to the conflict to take immediate and concrete measures to better protect civilians from harm, as the latest data for 2017 shows continued high numbers of civilian casualties.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>The United Nations mission in Afghanistan urged all parties to the conflict to take immediate and concrete measures to better protect civilians from harm, as the latest data for 2017 shows continued high numbers of civilian casualties.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cIt is civilians, with increasing numbers of women and children, who far too often bear the brunt of the conflict,\u201d said Tadamichi Yamamoto, the Secretary-General&#8217;s Special Representative and the head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in a press release. \u201cWith the so-called fighting season imminent, I appeal to all parties to take every measure possible to prevent unnecessary and unacceptable harm to Afghan civilians.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4>In the first quarter of 2017, UNAMA documented 2,181 civilian casualties \u2013 715 dead and 1,466 injured, a four per cent decrease compared to the same period in 2016. 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