Dec 23, 2024 · Families are packed into tents or damaged buildings with no electricity in winter. Photo: OCHA. Statement by Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, on the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Jan 23, 2025 · The Security Council met on Thursday afternoon in New York to discuss the life-threatening dangers faced by Palestinian children – thousands of whom have been killed during the war in Gaza. UN relief chief Tom Fletcher said a whole generation had been traumatised, but the ceasefire has "significantly improved" humanitarian aid operations.

Jan 6, 2025 · Since the Hamas attacks of 7 October 2023, over 45,000 Palestinians and 1,200 Israelis have been killed. The population of Gaza has endured more than 14 months of displacement, trauma, destruction of schools, hospitals and civilian infrastructure, and starvation.

Dec 23, 2024 · In January 2024, the International Court of Justice issued the first set of provisional orders, in the case on the application of the Genocide Convention in the Gaza Strip. Less than a year...

Jan 23, 2025 · Meeting a week after a ceasefire paused the war in Gaza, after it raged for almost ... “A generation has been traumatized,” Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, told the Council, pointing to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) finding that 1 million children need mental ...

Jan 23, 2025 · In a rare moment of cautious optimism, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher addressed the Security Council on the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza on Thursday, emphasizing the plight of children who have borne the brunt of the conflict.

Jan 6, 2025 · Our humanitarian effort in Gaza, already struggling, faces mounting obstacles. Just three examples from the last couple of days alone. An Israeli strike seriously injured three people at a known...

Mr. Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Briefing for the Security Council session: “On the plight of children in the Gaza Strip, given the gravity of the humanitarian situation in Gaza, which particularly hits the most vulnerable”

Jan 19, 2025 · In a separate statement, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher highlighted the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza following the ceasefire. “As the ceasefire entered into force today, humanitarian aid moved into Gaza as part of a prepared surge to increase our support to survivors.

Jan 6, 2025 · Our effort to save lives of survivors in Gaza is at breaking point – Statement by Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, on the...