WRMC Honorary Chair HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal and WRMC Chair the Hon. Lloyd Axworthy call for recognition of UNRWA as a vital lifeline for Palestinian refugees.
Canada can help establish an international protective force in Gaza
The killing of aid workers in Gaza highlights the need to protect the supply and distribution of humanitarian assistance. Supplying aid is one thing, but making sure it reaches the people in need is a separate challenge. We believe that Canada can make a meaningful difference in meeting that challenge, write Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock.
Restore UNRWA funding, create Protective Mission to address humanitarian crisis in Gaza
To address the dire humanitarian crisis facing more than 2 million people who have been displaced in Gaza, the WRMC calls for funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to be restored immediately. The Council also calls for the creation of a Protective Mission to protect aid workers accompanied by a new Humanitarian and Reconstruction Contact Group for Gaza.
The UN can play a big role in what comes next in Gaza – and Canada is well-placed to help
Lloyd Axworthy and Michael Manukau write that Canada has an opportunity to step up its diplomatic efforts to achieve a solution to what is presently an intractable crisis in Gaza.
UNHCR’s Filippo Grandi on Gaza: Humanitarian Ceasefire Needed to ‘Stop this Spiral of Death’
UN High Commissoner for Refugees Filippo Grandi called on the UN Security Council to demand a humanitarian ceasefire coupled with humanitarian aid inside Gaza.