Ukrainian war may cause Palestinian food shortages - US warns UNSC
"Food insecurity could worsen even further in the coming weeks, both in Gaza and the West Bank," said a US representative.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF
Published: APRIL 26, 2022
The war in Ukraine may cause food shortages for Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, US Deputy Ambassador Richard M. Mills told the UN Security Council, weeks after British NGO Oxfam warned of a wheat shortage there. “Due to President Putin’s unprovoked aggression against Ukraine, food insecurity could worsen even further in the coming weeks, both in Gaza and the West Bank as prices of food, fuel and other commodities rise,” Mills told the UNSC during its monthly meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He spoke days after the UNRWA Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, spoke of the financial straits his organization faces in its efforts to deliver services to 5.6 million Palestinian refugees in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem.
Tor Wennesland, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, also warned the session of the looming food shortage. “Following the outbreak of conflict in Ukraine, rising prices and market disruptions – which are taking place across the Middle East – threaten food security levels of vulnerable [Palestinian] families,” he said.
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"Food insecurity could worsen even further in the coming weeks, both in Gaza and the West Bank," said a US representative.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF
Published: APRIL 26, 2022
The war in Ukraine may cause food shortages for Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, US Deputy Ambassador Richard M. Mills told the UN Security Council, weeks after British NGO Oxfam warned of a wheat shortage there. “Due to President Putin’s unprovoked aggression against Ukraine, food insecurity could worsen even further in the coming weeks, both in Gaza and the West Bank as prices of food, fuel and other commodities rise,” Mills told the UNSC during its monthly meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He spoke days after the UNRWA Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, spoke of the financial straits his organization faces in its efforts to deliver services to 5.6 million Palestinian refugees in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem.
Tor Wennesland, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, also warned the session of the looming food shortage. “Following the outbreak of conflict in Ukraine, rising prices and market disruptions – which are taking place across the Middle East – threaten food security levels of vulnerable [Palestinian] families,” he said.
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