The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has delivered a scathing rebuke of the international community's silence in the face of escalating atrocities in Gaza and beyond. In a stark address to the UN Security Council, Grandi accused world powers of abandoning their legal and moral obligations, allowing violence—not diplomacy—to become the "dominant currency" of our time.

As Gaza’s humanitarian disaster deepens, Grandi’s words ring with urgency. He lamented the Council’s failure to maintain peace and uphold international humanitarian law, echoing Pope Francis’s condemnation of war as a “shameful surrender.” Despite not being directly involved in Gaza’s humanitarian response, Grandi could not ignore the unbearable suffering of civilians, whose lives are hanging by a thread under an ongoing blockade and relentless bombardment.

With over 120 conflicts burning worldwide, Grandi warned of a global system stretched to the brink—highlighting the displacement of millions from Sudan, Syria, and Myanmar. Bureaucracy and political divisions, he said, are suffocating humanitarian action. Civilians are no longer collateral damage; they are deliberate targets.

Speaking for the two million forcibly displaced, Grandi insisted that hope remains—but only if the international community reclaims its responsibility. His message was clear: Gaza cannot wait for unity, and diplomacy must rise above apathy before the cost becomes unbearable.