According to UN data, 1.11 million people, about half of Gaza’s population, are suffering from “catastrophic” famine.
He Dead Sea This Tuesday, Jordan will host an international conference, organized by the Hashemite Kingdom, Egypt and the United Nations, to appeal to the international community and organize an urgent plan for the humanitarian response in Gaza.
The conference will include working group sessions in the morning, which will “examine the operational and financial implications needed to maintain aid channels and create conditions conducive to the safe delivery of aid and the protection of civilians.”
Then the various speeches of the protagonists of this meeting and a high-level meeting will take place, ending with a joint press conference of the organizers.
The Jordanian king Abdullah II; the UN Secretary, Antonio Guterresand the Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisiwill host this conference to deliver speeches, with the participation of heads of state and government representatives from up to 75 countries, including Spain, Colombia and Mexicoamong other things.
The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sanchezis among the politicians who have confirmed their participation in this conference, which will be held in the United States King Hussein bin Talal Convention Centerin the Dead Sea, which the Spanish politician will attend a few days after his country recognizes the Palestinian state.
According to the event organizers, the conference will “identify ways to strengthen the international community’s response to the crisis.” humanitarian catastrophe“, as well as the operational and logistical needs and the types of support required in this regard.
The main objective of this high-level meeting is to reach “a consensus on practical measures to respond to immediate needs on the ground” regarding the humanitarian crisis.
Famine
According to UN data, 1.11 million people, about half of Gaza’s population, are suffering from “catastrophic” famine.
According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, at least 37 Gazans have died from malnutrition and severe dehydration since October 7, most of them infants in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
In eight months of continuous Israeli attack, only two of Gaza’s seven border crossings have remained open, with long interruptions: Kerem Shalom and the Rafah border crossingIn the south.
20 humanitarian organizationsincluding Oxfam and Doctors of the World, have recently denounced attempts to increase the flow of aid, such as the floating dock installed by the US, dropping food or opening new entries in the north , ‘have had little success’. influence”.
According to the conference organizers, a “paradigm change is now needed to ensure an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages, the unhindered delivery of sufficient humanitarian aid and the fulfillment of obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law’.
Organizers also recalled that the humanitarian response in Gaza has been under “great pressure” as the “vital operations” of the UN Refugee Agency (UNRWA) They have put themselves “in serious danger” because of the various accusations made against the organization by the Israeli government, without providing evidence.
Source: EITB
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