At a press conference at UN headquarters on the situation in the Middle East, he said the vital life-saving assistance that the agency has provided to Gaza in the past year of the Gaza war has proven to be more important than the Gaza war itself. the past
“I have therefore written a letter directly to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, expressing deep concern about these bills, which will prevent UNRWA from continuing its vital and life-saving assistance work in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,” the UN Secretary-General said. It will refrain from holding, he said at a press conference outside the Security Council chamber.
He said such a move would suffocate efforts to alleviate suffering and tensions in Gaza and the entire Palestinian territory.
The UN chief warned that “such a situation would be another tragedy in what has already become a huge disaster.”
UNRWA’s integral role in humanitarian assistance
The UN chief’s warning comes as the Gaza war enters its deadly and deeply painful second year and threatens to spill over into the Middle East.
He said that if the bill were to pass the Israeli parliament and become law, it would be a severe blow to international humanitarian aid operations.
The head of the United Nations said that UNRWA’s activities have been an integral part of this humanitarian assistance program, it is not possible to isolate any of the United Nations agencies from the other agencies.
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