{"id":132696,"date":"2024-07-30T09:15:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T06:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/un-official-describes-gaza-situation-as-absolutely-catastrophic-amid-severe-shortages\/"},"modified":"2024-07-30T09:15:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T06:15:23","slug":"un-official-describes-gaza-situation-as-absolutely-catastrophic-amid-severe-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/un-official-describes-gaza-situation-as-absolutely-catastrophic-amid-severe-shortages\/","title":{"rendered":"UN official describes Gaza situation as \u2018absolutely catastrophic\u2019 amid severe shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132696\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>The top UN humanitarian official for Gaza said on Monday that the situation in the war-ravaged enclave remains \u201cabsolutely catastrophic\u201d, with Palestinian civilians enduring a \u201chorrendous maelstrom of human misery.\u201d Recently returned from the Gaza Strip, Sigrid Kaag, the UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza was speaking to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York via <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/webtv.un.org\/en\/asset\/k1g\/k1g34h31ik?_gl=1*vtjucy*_ga*OTk4NDA1ODQ2LjE3MDg1NDg0ODk.*_ga_TK9BQL5X7Z*MTcyMjMxODcyOS43OC4wLjE3MjIzMTg3MjkuMC4wLjA.*_ga_S5EKZKSB78*MTcyMjMxODcyOS43Ny4wLjE3MjIzMTg3MzAuNTkuMC4w\">video link<\/a> from Jordan. She said that UN teams and partners are working to address the severe shortages of waste management and sanitation facilities, amid the risk of outbreaks of communicable diseases.<\/p>\n<p>While in Gaza, she also visited a mobile maternity ward, run by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the non-profit International Medical Corps. \u201cThere are truly brave women doctors, nurses, working to ensure safe deliveries as well as a high number of C-sections, but under horrendous circumstances,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd normally babies, of course, bring only joy and a momentary sense of relief to the families. But we also know that many of the mothers are deeply worried about the future and the world they are bringing their children into,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Kaag also noted that doctors have reported a rise in the rate of miscarriages in the first and second trimesters, though the reasons are not clear, and that this will be studied further by the experts. The senior UN humanitarian also stated that the hospitals she visited also had children suffering severe, often chronic, medical conditions that required medical evacuation (medevac) for treatment. \u201cA number of these children have been displaced four or five times within Gaza, each time in pursuit of safety and medical shelter. I think it is quite difficult for us to even imagine,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Kaag also outlined key necessities for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on the ground, especially safety and security for humanitarians as well as for the civilians they are seeking to assist. She also urged greater support for Palestinian NGOs, who despite heavy losses, continue their efforts to help those in need.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Kaag also referred to the mechanism for accelerating humanitarian consignments to Gaza, which she is tasked with under Security Council resolution 2720. \u201cIt is working, it is capturing aid supplies from Jordan, Cyprus, West Bank into Gaza,\u201d she said, noting that negotiations are being finalized with Egypt and that the monitors are ready to be deployed inside Gaza. \u201cBut what we need is an immediate and full ceasefire, the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, and, of course, continued access to start to meet the needs,\u201d she stressed.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2024\/07\/1152611\">The UN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vauen\/un-official-describes-gaza-situation-as-absolutely-catastrophic-amid-severe-shortages\/\">UN official describes Gaza situation as \u2018absolutely catastrophic\u2019 amid severe shortages<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[3444,402,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-132696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-gaza","tag-un","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}