UN News Today 06 May 2025 |

A worker from an international NGO with a presence in Gaza illustrates this with a simile. There is an “old world” of humanitarian aid, with which UN agencies and NGOs have been operating for decades, based on principles such as impartiality and independence. And a “new world,” which Israel is preparing to resume the entry of food, water or medicine, after nine weeks of blockade that have made daily looting and caused flour or sugar to cost more…

Bond reaction to Israel's proposal to deliver humanitarian assistance through private companies

Following reports that the Israeli government has approved a plan to deliver humanitarian assistance in Gaza through private companies, Bond, the UK network for NGOs, has released the following statement: We are deeply concerned by Israel’s plan to shift the distribution of humanitarian assistance in Gaza from independent NGOs to private companies under military oversight. This approach is a complete breach of humanitarian principles of neutral…

The Israeli proposal to deliver humanitarian supplies through military-controlled centres would be a violation of the basic principles of neutrality, impartiality and independence in the delivery of aid, according to the United Nations. "It seems like a deliberate attempt to turn aid into a weapon and we have been warning about it for a long time. Aid must be provided according to the humanitarian needs of those who need it," said Jens Laerke, s…

UN News Today 06 May 2025 |

Gaza: UN aid teams reject Israel’s ‘deliberate attempt to weaponize aid’ The Israeli proposal to deliver aid supplies through hubs controlled by the military would be a breach of core humanitarian principles of neutrality, impartiality and independence, the UN said on Tuesday. In Geneva, Jens Laerke from the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, noted that a […]