Occupied Palestinian territory, Haiti, Burundi & other topics - Daily Press Briefing (22 May 2024)
Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
-Occupied Palestinian territory
-Haiti
-Burundi
-Central African Republic
-Biological diversity
-Guest tomorrow
OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
I’ll start with an update on Gaza. Our colleagues from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) say that civilians displaced by escalating hostilities and evacuation orders in Gaza lack shelter, they lack food, they lack water and other supplies and services essential for human survival.
This comes amid reports of the ongoing Israeli bombardment, as well as heavy fighting and ground incursions, particularly in eastern Rafah in the south and Jabalya in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
Since 6 May, nearly 815,000 people have been displaced from Rafah, with about 100,000 others displaced in the north.
Over the past 10 days, nearly 150,000 people have registered with UNRWA (UN Relief and Works Agency) in Khan Younis - they’ve registered to receive services from UNRWA - with a 36 per cent increase in the number of people at UNRWA facilities there.
The agency says that families are living among rubble in damaged schools, and they lack tents, essential services as well as vital supplies.
Yesterday, supply shortages and insecurity forced UNRWA to suspend food distribution in Rafah.
Every effort is being made to establish additional kitchens in Khan Younis, in Deir al Balah and Gaza City and scale up the distribution of hot meals. However, our partners working to get food to people in need warn that supplies for hot meals might soon be exhausted. Persistent shortages - including of cooking gas, which is essential - are hindering efforts to keep community kitchens and bakeries running.
UNRWA says the agency is working with communities in Khan Younis to provide water, sanitation and waste collection support. However, the challenges are immense, including scarce water, fuel and sanitary resources.
Meanwhile, as hostilities continue in northern Gaza, the World Health Organization says Kamal Adwan hospital - the largest partially functional hospital in the north - was reportedly hit four times yesterday. In a social media post, the Director-General of WHO, Dr. Tedros, noted that efforts were underway to evacuate 20 health staff and more than a dozen patients who were still inside the facility.
And turning in the West Bank, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that 16 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since 14 May, including nine in Jenin and four in Tulkarm governorate.
HAITI
Coming back to this hemisphere, in Haiti, our humanitarian colleagues say that violence continues to affect the health sector, further limiting people’s access to life-saving care in and around the capital, Port-au-Prince.
According to our health partners, only 20 per cent of health facilities in Port-au-Prince are fully operational. The fact that 80 per cent of them are not fully operational is due to attacks and looting by armed groups.
The resumption of some commercial flights at the Port-au-Prince International Airport at the beginning of the week is a positive development.
Our humanitarian colleagues say it is critical for the airport to be fully operational but we also need the seaport to reopen to bring in a larger volume of supplies.
A lot of the seaport is crucial to ensure the entry of medicine and medical supplies into the country to replenish dwindling stocks.
Since late February, the International Organization for Migration and its partners have supported the delivery of healthcare services to more than 21,000 displaced men, women and children, that is in Port-au-Prince and that is being done through mobile clinics.
Meanwhile, UNICEF said yesterday that it facilitated the delivery of 38 tons of supplies, including health and cholera kits and other essential medical commodities.
The delivery was made possible via an airbridge from Panama into Cap-Haïtien, and that is being supported by the European Union Aid Office and operationalized by the World Food Programme, who as you know deal with logistics among other things.
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Can we also recognize when we recognize the crimes in the atrocity of war of the Palestine and Israel? Can we recognize the crimes Russia in Fleix upon Ukraine? Can we also condemn Russia’s actions and crimes in Ukraine? Isn’t it the same?
@Internetdev
26 күн бұрын
Let ask to Israël to do what South Africa did (to save civilians illegitemitly tagreted) Why the other countries wich are now discovering double standart as you do, doesn't make as South Africa bravely did, but against Poutine or China, or others who doesn't respect internationnal law ?
Hello from Memphis, Tennessee, USA!
Where are the GAZA doctors kidnapped in the Al-Shifa Hospital and Nasser Hospital in GAZA and sent to Israel's prisons? Dr. Al-Bursh, chief of Orthopedics at Al-Shifa hospital and kidnapped by the IDF died by torture in the Ofer prison on April 19th, after 4 months of Israeli unlawful detention. WHERE are the others? Can the UN INVESTIGATE and seek immediate responses from the Israeli government?
@alexmost166
26 күн бұрын
Where do you get your information from?
@rosymylene1878
26 күн бұрын
@@alexmost166 Widely available, if you do even cursory research. The death of doctor Al-Bursh in the Israeli Ofer prison is widely reported.
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@USMC-Sniper-0137
26 күн бұрын
KEEP STRONG
Ive been hearing about starvation in gaza for 3 months now. I haven't seen 1 documented , confirmed case of starvation
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Why they built if isn't providing food/ help..?
Oct.7 massacre has consequences, right Sec'y General?
Die Zusammenhang zwischen (Fuel) und [WFP]als Grundsätzlich, und unter welchen Paragraph bzw Protokoll...? UNHCR UNRWA...?
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It is time to decide on who is responsible of the Lake of Birds otherwise the international community must take over.
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Unionaional
Just a tip for all the police officers going to Haiti. You can't all sleep at once because we don't know when the gangs r going to strike. Take turns sleeping. Some sleep while some keep watch. Rotate as you go along. May God 🙏 ✨️ 🙌 have mercy on the police officers and may God have mercy on the people of Haiti.
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Why is the UN avoiding saying out loud certain things?
How zionist is the United Nations?
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@KingDavid1979
26 күн бұрын
Palestine is no longer available, because now is Israel 🇮🇱 Kingdom of Jérusalem don’t want Palestine name anymore . Free the ostage? And stop crying