UN Resolution 2286 10-Year Failure

The event marks the 10th anniversary of the International — United Nations Security Council's unanimous adoption of Resolution 2286, which aimed to protect healthcare in armed conflicts. However, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the World Health Organization, and Médecins Sans Frontières are issuing an urgent call for action, stating that the situation has worsened and the resolution has failed to prevent violence against medical facilities, transport, and personnel. They urge states to implement measures such as translating commitments into action, integrating healthcare protection into military doctrine, strengthening domestic laws, allocating resources, influencing other parties to conflict, conducting investigations, and transparently reporting on implementation. The organizations emphasize that the ongoing violence is a failure of political will, not of law, and call on world leaders to end the violence.