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Rein Paulsen

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2021-04-22
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2021-04-22
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  1. “As of today, only 22 per cent of the $417 million requested for the United Nations plan to respond to all humanitarian needs has been secured, leaving significant gaps across most sectors. I would also like to welcome the resumption of United States support, including to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Those funds will help sustain essential services to millions of Palestine refugees, respond to the deteriorating humanitarian situation and support COVID-19 national response plans, including vaccinations. I would like to echo the call of the Secretary-General for Member States to provide the necessary resources for UNRWA. Funding the United Nations response is the fastest and most efficient way to address urgent needs in the occupied Palestinian territory.”

    2021-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/404 (2021) · source

  2. “Perpetrators, believed to be Palestinians, stoned Israeli-plated vehicles travelling on West Bank roads, damaging 14 vehicles, according to Israeli sources. The combined impact of acts of violence, demolitions and threat of evictions, alongside other measures, have made Palestinians feel unsafe, even in their homes. That has placed pressure on many families to leave their communities. In conclusion, I would like to thank Member States that continue to support humanitarian programming in the occupied Palestinian territory. Despite the constrained funding, in 2020, humanitarian partners reached 1.2 million Palestinians with critical assistance in the areas of food, livelihoods, health, protection, education and shelter. In 2021, humanitarian partners are targeting 1.8 million Palestinians.”

    2021-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/404 (2021) · source

  3. “Nearly all of those structures were demolished on the grounds of a lack of Israeli-issued building permits, which Palestinians can almost never obtain under the planning regime applied in the West Bank. Some 970 Palestinians are at risk of eviction in East Jerusalem due to cases brought before Israeli courts, primarily by settler groups. Concerns are high for four Palestine refugee families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood who have been ordered to vacate the homes that they have lived in since the 1950s, which could be as early 2 May. Also, during the reporting period, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs recorded 19 incidents where people known, or believed, to be Israeli settlers injured Palestinians or reportedly damaged their property.”

    2021-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/404 (2021) · source

  4. “In the Gaza Strip, COVID-19 containment measures have further isolated its 2 million inhabitants. The prolonged closures and severe economic and movement restrictions, which, in effect, amount to a blockade, make it even more challenging to reduce needs and aid dependency in Gaza. As the Secretary-General has noted, the lifting of the closures, in line with resolution 1860 (2009), is essential to addressing the needs of the population. Turning to the West Bank, during the reporting period, the Israeli authorities demolished, seized or forced owners to demolish 25 Palestinian-owned structures, including six homes, displacing 25 Palestinians, including 15 children.”

    2021-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/404 (2021) · source

  5. “Another 340,000 to 500,000 vaccines are in the pipeline through the COVAX Facility. As of last week, just over 156,000 people had been vaccinated in the occupied Palestinian territory by the Palestinian authorities, representing about 3 per cent of the population. Almost 5 million, or 53 per cent, of the Israeli population are fully vaccinated. Israel is continuing its vaccination programming, which is also available to Palestinians in East Jerusalem. The Israeli Government is also vaccinating more than 120,000 Palestinians, which includes individuals from the West Bank with permits to enter Israel, such as staff of United Nations agencies, international organizations, embassies and consulates, as well as workers who are employed in Israel or in Israeli settlements.”

    2021-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/404 (2021) · source

  6. “According to the World Health Organization, the surge in Gaza, where the occupancy rate of COVID-19 dedicated hospital beds this week was 79 per cent, with 92 per cent of intensive care unit beds in use, presents real concerns for the health sector and its ability to cope. In the West Bank, infections are declining slowly, but the situation remains serious. Due to the recent surge, there are critical shortages of laboratory testing, infection protection and control supplies and case management drugs and disposables. Health cluster partners are requesting an additional $17 million to respond to the epidemic. By 19 April, some 378,000 vaccines had arrived in the West Bank and Gaza, including more than 130,000 through the Gavi COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) Advanced Market Commitment Facility.”

    2021-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/404 (2021) · source

  7. “The challenges brought by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis have exacerbated the situation, deepening vulnerability. In the past year, 346,000 Palestinians have slipped from moderate to severe need. The total number of COVID-19 cases is now 313,000, with 280,000 people having recovered from the virus. Fatalities stand at nearly 3,350 people. Those numbers indicate a nearly 20 per cent increase in active cases this month, due mostly to new variants. Cases in Gaza have increased by 150 per cent in April, with 187 deaths recorded so far, as compared to 61 deaths in March. Gaza now has 66 per cent of all active cases in the occupied Palestinian territory despite representing 30 per cent of the total population.”

    2021-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/404 (2021) · source

  8. “I thank you very much, Mr. President, for the opportunity to update the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, on behalf of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mr. Mark Lowcock. I echo the wishes of the Special Coordinator, Mr. Wennesland, in expressing my warmest wishes for the holy month of Ramadan. A protracted protection crisis continues in the occupied Palestinian territory, with Palestinians struggling to exercise their basic rights and leaving close to one in every two out of a population of 5.2 million in need of humanitarian assistance and protection, the majority of whom live in the Gaza Strip.”

    2021-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/404 (2021) · source