Last year, more humanitarian workers died than ever recorded before, the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Monday. In 2023, 280 aid workers were killed in 33 countries, a 137% increase compared to 2022, when 118 were killed, the OCHA said. “Worse still is that 2024 may be on track to be even deadlier,” the OCHA added. As of August 7, 172 aid workers had been killed, it said, citing the provisional count from the Aid Worker Security Database. UN Secretary General António Guterres wrote on Monday on X, “We demand an end to impunity so that perpetrators face …