Now that the permits are already in hand, the NGO will send 200 tons of food. The UN welcomes all aid, but assures that “nothing can replace the arrival of aid and large-scale commercial land traffic.” Israel has reduced the flow of aid since the International Court of Justice’s request to guarantee it.
Then go Open arms has already prepared a ship in Cyprus 200 tons of food who can leave as soon as the ‘logistical’ problems have been solved and the weather permits.
As the founder of Open Arms told EITB Media Oscar Camps, The ship takes two days to reach the Gaza coastand begin distributing aid, opening the new maritime corridor for humanitarian aid, as announced by the United States and the European Union.
According to NGO sources, this is an initiative led by this entity and World Central Kitchen, an NGO founded by the famous Spanish chef José Andrés, which has been preparing the aid for months and has permission from the government of Cyprus, Israel and the Palestinian National Authority.
For the UN, there is no substitute for large-scale aid
The UN, While he welcomes any aid that could reach Gaza, he has distanced himself from the maritime aid corridor to Gaza that the United States and the European Union (EU) will open this weekend and made clear that nothing can replace the large-scale transportation of supplies by land.
“We are of course happy that aid will arrive in other ways, but nothing can replace the arrival of aid and large-scale commercial traffic via land routes,” said Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN Secretary-General.
Dujarric has also made it clear that the organization is not involved in the construction of a temporary port off the coast of Gaza, announced by the United States, precisely to channel the aid arriving from Cyprus via that maritime corridor, and that the organization does not is part of part at the “operational” level of the initiative.
The spokesperson could not confirm whether the ships using this humanitarian corridor will carry aid from UN agencies.
Israel reduces aid inflow
At the same time, the UN Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Michael Fakhri, has assured that Israel has reduced access to aid to the Gaza Strip since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) told the country it is obliged to do so by international law. to ensure humanitarian access and prevent any act of genocidal nature.
“What Israel decided after that statement – on January 26 – was to refuse humanitarian aid. If we compare: Aid entering Gaza in February was half that of Januarywhile there was not even a famine yet,” he said at a press conference as part of his intervention at the Human Rights Council.
Faced with the blatant non-compliance with the provisions of the International Court of Justice, it was considered that the international community could opt for arms embargo or economic sanctions against Israelalternatives that a group of UN human rights experts proposed a few days ago, “but which it seems no one has ever heard of.”
Source: EITB
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