A petition launched by the non-governmental organization "Avaaz" to support a United Nations appeal for a ceasefire in all conflict areas in the world to better combat the new Corona epidemic (Covid-19) better collected about one million signatures as of yesterday, while there was no decline in Fighting in these countries.

In his daily meeting with the journalists, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric expressed his satisfaction with the initiative of Avaaz.

"We are very pleased with the number that this petition can attract," he said, stressing the need to "pressure the belligerents."

The petition was posted on the Internet last March 30, after the appeal launched by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the 23rd of the same month.

For its part, armed groups or belligerents in some countries (the Philippines, Cameroon, Yemen, Colombia ...) declared their willingness to stop the hostilities, but none of that has been applied so far.

"Unfortunately, the fighting continues in most of the areas we are in," said Leticia Courtois, the French Press Agency, at the United Nations.

She added that "the battles are continuing and the wounded are still arriving at the hospitals we support, for example in southern Sudan," referring to information she received from her organization's teams in combat areas.

She added that a ceasefire throughout the world is "necessary", explaining that "it is important at the same time to indicate the urgent need for humanitarian workers to continue their work to the best of their abilities, so that they can influence the situation" which has become more difficult with the spread of the epidemic.

The ICRC employs 20,000 people in the world, especially in countries in conflict or crisis.