Security Council debates Gaza as WHO announces polio pauses for lifesaving vaccination campaign
Many Gazans are living in temporary shelters due to the conflict.
29 August 2024
Peace and Security
The UN Security Council met in emergency session in New York on the continuing crisis in Gaza and the occupied West Bank on Thursday. Earlier, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced agreement had been reached with Israel to allow a mass polio vaccination campaign to get underway through a series of humanitarian pauses beginning on Sunday. UN News app users can follow coverage here.
The Security Council held an emergency meeting in New York to discuss the latest developments in the Middle East, at the request of the United Kingdom. The acting head of UN humanitarian wing OCHA, Joyce Msuya, told ambassadors humanitarians are working "relentlessly" to stop the spread of polio through the enclave, after the first case in 25 years was detected last week.
WHO's Mike Ryan told the Council the polio campaign needed to "mark a significant change" to the whole process of aid delivery in Gaza, which must come at "much large scale, at a much faster pace and without any hindrance."
The meeting comes on the heels of escalating settler violence in the West Bank alongside an attack against a World Food Programme (WFP) team in Gaza, which prompted the agency to halt its operations in the war-torn enclave until further notice.
Meanwhile, the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) continues to coordinate with other UN agencies to deliver much-needed polio vaccines after the once-eradicated disease reappeared in Gaza
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