14.06.2012
International Pressure Mounts Over Gaza Blockade
#EndGazaBlockade
Fifty international charities and United Nations Agencies have unanimously called for the lifting of the blockade of Gaza. The organizations have published a simple three line statement to mark the fifth anniversary of the tightening of the blockade of the Strip. It reads:
For over five years in Gaza, more than 1.6 million people have been under blockade in violation of international law. More than half of these people are children. We the undersigned say with one voice: “end the blockade now.”
The government of Israel is facing mounting international criticism for the Gaza blockade and this unanimous statement from some of the most world’s most respected international organizations is likely to increase pressure for the blockade to be lifted.
The signatories include:
- Action Contre la Faim (ACH)
- Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (Acted)
- American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
- Amnesty International
- Broederlijk Delen
- CARE International
- CCFD-Terre Solidaire
- Christian Aid
- Christian Peacemaker Team
- Cordaid
- Danchurchaid
- Diakonia
- A Different Jewish Voice (Een Ander Joods Geluid)
- Emergency Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (EWASH)
- Gruppo di Volontariato Civile (GVC)
- Handicap International
- Help Age International
- United Nations Humanitarian/Resident Coordinator, occupied Palestinian territory
- International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)
- IKV Pax Christi
- International Learning Center
- Life for Relief and Development
- Medicos del Mundo - España (MDM Spain)
- Médecins du Monde France (MdM France)
- Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)
- Medico International
- Movement for Peace (MPDL)
- Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA)
- Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
- Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
- Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
- Oxfam
- Palestine Solidarity Association of Sweden
- Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH)
- Première Urgence - Aide Médicale Internationale
- Save the Children
- Secours Islamique France
- Swedish Organization for Individual Relief
- Terre des Hommes Italy (TdH Italy)
- Terre des Hommes Lausanne (TdH Suisse)
- Terre des Homme
- Trócaire
- The Carter Center
- United Nations Association International Service (UNAIS)
- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
- United Nations Women
- War Child
- World Health Organization (WHO)