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United Nations agencies staff demonstrated on Place des Nations in Geneva on Thursday 18 September 2025 to denounce the killing of their colleagues in Gaza.
UN staff held banners saying "Peace for Gaza", "Not a Target" and "Stop killing UN staff". They laid over 370 white roses: one rose for each UN aid worker killed in almost two years of war in the Gaza Strip.
- Various shots of the demonstration on Place des Nations
- UN Staff holding banners saying “Not a Target”
- Medium shot of UN Staff listening to Nathalie Meynet
- Soundbite (English) Nathalie Meynet, Coordinating Committee of International Staff Unions and Associations addressing the UN Staff demonstrating: "This mobilization is our tribute to those who have lost our message of solidarity to those who continue to serve, and our call to hold to account those who kill our staff."
- More shots of the protest. Banner saying "In memory of our 370 UN colleagues killed in Gaza".
- Soundbite (English) Séverine Deboos, President of ILO Staff Union addressing the UN Staff demonstrating: "More than 370 UN staff have lost their lives, families are being torn apart, communities have been shattered. And the world watches in shock and in disbelief, overwhelmed by feelings of deep sadness, anger and grief."
- Various of demo
- Soundbite (English) Séverine Deboos, President of ILO Staff Union addressing the UN Staff demonstrating: "Our 370 UN colleagues who have lost their lives were workers who risked everything and paid the ultimate price performing their duties, providing lifesaving aid to their communities, delivering water and food to the hungry and those facing famine, offering medical care to the injured, providing shelter to those whose homes have been destroyed and ensuring emergency care for children and the elderly."
- Various shots of the demonstration on Place des Nations
- UN staff holding banners saying 'Not a Target'
- Soundbite (English) Séverine Deboos, President of ILO Staff Union addressing the UN Staff demonstrating (audio only over video of the protest): "This death toll of more than 370 UN staff represents the highest number ever recorded in the history of the United Nations."
- Wide shot of UN staff gathered at the foot of the giant "Broken Chair"
- Pan of UN Staff observing a minute of silence
12. UN Staff laying over white roses to pay tribute to the 370 of their colleagues killed in Gaza.
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