Iraqi violence killed more than 2,400 people in June by UNITED NATIONS on 08-07-2014 BRussells Tribunal The UN says that June was the deadliest month in the country since 2007. An Iraqi woman displaced by conflict in Anbar rests on a pile of UNHCR mattresses. The aid seen here was distributed shortly afterwards. Photo: UNHCR 1 July 2014 – Iraq’s violent insurgency has claimed some 2,400 lives – more than half of them civilians – a “staggering number”, declared the top United Nations envoy there, as he called on all Iraqi leaders to work together to foil attempts to rip apart the country’s social fabric. “The staggering number of civilian casualties in one month points to the urgent need for all to ensure that civilians are protected,” said Mr. Ban’s Special Representative for Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov. The UN says that June was the deadliest month in the country since 2007. In a statement from the UN Assistance Mission (UNAMI), which he heads, Mr. Mladenov urged officials to start forming a new Government which could unite the country, after today’s first session of the Council or Representatives ended without a quorum: “As large parts of the country remain under the bladalarb.blogspot/2014/07/iraqi-violence-killed-more-than-2400.html
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