GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned that halting funding to the UN Palestinian refugee agency would entail “catastrophic consequences” for people in war-torn Gaza
“Decisions by various countries to pause funds for UNRWA, the largest supplier of humanitarian aid in this crisis, will have catastrophic consequences for the people of Gaza,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
“No other entity has the capacity to deliver the scale and breadth of assistance that 2.2 million people in Gaza urgently need. We appeal for these announcements to be reconsidered.”
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WHO chief says defunding UNRWA will have ‘catastrophic’ consequences
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WHO chief says defunding UNRWA will have ‘catastrophic’ consequences
- WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: ‘Decisions by various countries to pause funds for UNRWA will have catastrophic consequences for the people of Gaza’
- Ghebreyesus: ‘No other entity has the capacity to deliver the scale and breadth of assistance that 2.2 million people in Gaza urgently need’
Syria army enters Al-Hol camp holding relatives of miltants
- Al-Hol houses around 24,000 people, including 15,000 Syrians and about 6,300 foreign women and children of 42 nationalities
AL-HOL CAMP, Syria: Syria’s army on Wednesday entered the country’s vast Al-Hol detention camp that houses relatives of suspected Daesh militants, from which Kurdish forces withdrew the day before, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.
The correspondent saw a large number of soldiers open the camp’s metal gate and enter. Al-Hol houses around 24,000 people, including 15,000 Syrians and about 6,300 foreign women and children of 42 nationalities.
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