04 June 2024
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SECRETARY-GENERAL
The Secretary-General is in Washington DC today.
He just wrapped up a meeting with the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. They had a good meeting. They discussed the situation in Israel and Palestine, and the broader region. They also discussed Sudan and Ukraine.
And we may have a more comprehensive readout, because the meeting literally just wrapped up.
The Secretary-General will be back here later today.
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OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
Turning to the situation in Gaza, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warn that access constraints continue to undermine the safe delivery of life-saving humanitarian assistance throughout Gaza, worsening the needs of hundreds of thousands of people.
UNICEF warns that if nutrition supplies cannot be distributed, the treatment of more than 3,000 children suffering from acute malnutrition will be interrupted.
Amid the ongoing military incursion in Rafah, the World Health Organization says that the United Arab Emirates field hospital in Rafah city is the only facility providing health services in the area. However, WHO warns that ongoing hostilities are making it increasingly difficult to reach this place.
Meanwhile, our colleagues at UNRWA report that families and children are having to walk long distances in the heat for water. Critical desalination plants in Gaza have shut down, amid severe fuel shortages.
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Document Sources: Secretary-General
Subject: Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons
Publication Date: 04/06/2024
URL source: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/ossg/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=04+June+2024