Security Council Calls for Protection of Civilians in Fallujah from Potential Retaliatory Attacks

UN Security Council urged Iraqi government to protect civilians fleeing Fallujah from potential retaliatory attacks.

    Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations Francois Delattre, who is also President of the Security Council for the month of June, said that it is crucial that the Iraqi state makes sure that no exaction nor retaliation be committed against civilian population by paramilitary groups.

    The members of the Council have welcomed the successful counteroffensive against ISIS achieved by the Iraqi forces with the help of the coalition, he said, adding that ISIS has lost 45% of the territory it used to control at the peak of its expansion. "We the members of the Council expressed our concern regarding the humanitarian situation in Fallujah and in the region, in particular the situation of the tens of thousands of people displaced because of the fighting," he said. 

    The members of the Council have called on all the parties to respect their obligations regarding international humanitarian law. So these were the few elements that I personally draw as President of the Council from the constructive meeting that we had on Fallujah at the request of the American delegation.

Source : QNA