{"id":209690,"date":"2012-06-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=209690"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:48:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:48:36","slug":"auto-insert-209690","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-209690\/","title":{"rendered":"Five years of blockade: a political determinant of health in Gaza Strip – Statement by aid groups, UN bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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World Health Organization<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO)<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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WHO EMRO | <\/u><\/strong><\/span>Five years of blockade: a political determinant of health in Gaza Strip<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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The blockade on the Gaza Strip, imposed in June 2007, has affected the functioning and development of the Palestinian health care system in a number of ways: restrictions on importation of medical supplies, equipment and spare parts; limitations on movement of patients and health staff; interruptions of power supply and impurities of water supply; insecurity; and the permit regime limiting access of Palestinians to health services, as well as of the professional development of staff.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Palestinian health care system is an integrated whole, covering West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Authority, based in Ramallah, supplies medicines and disposables for Gaza Strip and pays salaries of most of the staff. East Jerusalem hospitals are the main specialized centres for patients from the West Bank and Strip Gaza. Health staff need to travel between the West Bank and Gaza Strip for training and to provide care. The health system cannot function effectively when the Gaza Strip is subject to a blockade and cut off from the West Bank and Gaza Strip.<\/p><\/div>\n

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WHO has joined 50 international organizations in issuing the following statement.<\/p><\/div>\n

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For over five years in the Gaza Strip, 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<\/strong>".<\/p><\/div>\n

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The international aid and development signatories include:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t1.\t<\/span>Action Contre la Faim (ACH)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t2.\t<\/span>Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (Acted)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t3.\t<\/span>American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t4.\t<\/span>Amnesty International\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t5.\t<\/span>Broederlijk Delen\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t6.\t<\/span>CARE International\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t7.\t<\/span>CCFD-Terre Solidaire\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t8.\t<\/span>Christian Aid\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t9.\t<\/span>Christian Peacemaker Team\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t10.\t<\/span>Cordaid\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t11.\t<\/span>Danchurchaid\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t12.\t<\/span>Diakonia\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t13.\t<\/span>A Different Jewish Voice (Een Ander Joods Geluid)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t14.\t<\/span>Emergency Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (EWASH)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t15.\t<\/span>Gruppo di Volontariato Civile (GVC)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t16.\t<\/span>Handicap International\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t17.\t<\/span>Help Age International\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t18.\t<\/span>International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t19.\t<\/span>IKV Pax Christi\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t20.\t<\/span>International Learning Center\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t21.\t<\/span>Life for Relief and Development\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t22.\t<\/span>Medicos del Mundo – España (MDM Spain)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t23.\t<\/span>Médecins du Monde France (MdM France)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t24.\t<\/span>Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t25.\t<\/span>Medico International\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t26.\t<\/span>Movement for Peace (MPDL)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t27.\t<\/span>Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t28.\t<\/span>Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t29.\t<\/span>Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t30.\t<\/span>Oxfam\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t31.\t<\/span>Palestine Solidarity Association of Sweden\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t32.\t<\/span>Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t33.\t<\/span>Première Urgence – Aide Médicale Internationale\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t34.\t<\/span>Save the Children\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t35.\t<\/span>Secours Islamique France\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t36.\t<\/span>Swedish Organization for Individual Relief\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t37.\t<\/span>Terre des Hommes Italy (TdH Italy)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t38.\t<\/span>Terre des Hommes Lausanne (TdH Suisse)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t39.\t<\/span>Terre des Homme\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t40.\t<\/span>Trócaire\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t41.\t<\/span>The Carter Center\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t42.\t<\/span>United Nations Association International Service (UNAIS)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t43.\t<\/span>War Child\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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The United Nations signatories include:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

\n\t\t\t\t44.\t<\/span>Humanitarian Coordination\/Resident Coordinator, occupied Palestinian territory\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t45.\t<\/span>Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t46.\t<\/span>United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t47.\t<\/span>United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t48.\t<\/span>United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t49.\t<\/span>United Nations Women\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t50.\t<\/span>World Health Organization (WHO)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\tList of signatories obtained from Oxfam press release: <\/i><\/span>http:\/\/www.oxfam.org\/en\/pressroom\/pressrelease\/2012-06-14\/international-pressure-mounts-over-gaza-blockade<\/i><\/a> <\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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