On the first day of her four-day visit to the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and Israel, Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) Valerie Amos witnessed firsthand the impact of the Barrier on Palestinian communities in the Jerusalem governorate. The Barrier is the single largest obstacle to Palestinian movement, with 85% of...
Valerie Amos, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, will starting a four-day trip to the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and Israel tomorrow, with EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva....
Today a team from OCHA’s office in the occupied Palestinian territory presented to humanitarian partners in New York the report 'East Jerusalem: Key Humanitarian Concerns'. The report focuses the humanitarian impact of Israeli policies on an estimated 270,000 Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem....