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CONTENTS 1. MAIN ISSUES 2. LOGISTICS COORDINATION 3. INTERACTION WITH COGAT 4. PRIORITIES FOR IMPROVING DELIVERY OF HUMANITARIAN RELIEF TO GAZA 1. MAIN ISSUES - The Logistics Cluster has received written notification from COGAT stating that "requests allowing construction material into the Gaza strip are…

Three months have passed since the conflict began in Gaza Dec. 27, 2008, leaving nearly 1,500 people dead and 5,400 injured, and destroying homes, infrastructure and families. During the 22-day conflict, militants in Gaza fired homemade rockets at bordering Israeli…

Despite pledges, agriculture community still suffers from lack of funding, inputs, movement and cash Following Operation Cast Lead, a twenty-two monthslong blockade, restricted access to vital agricultural areas and prolonged water stress, the agriculture community in the Gaza Strip remains on…

SC/9626 Security Council 6100th Meeting (AM & PM) Continuing blockade, closure of border crossings make humanitarian situation worse, strangle economy, members hear Two months after Israel unilaterally ended its military incursion into Gaza and the international community's pledge of billions…

Executive Summary This document has been prepared by the Palestinian National Authority's Ministry of Planningwith support from all line ministries, UN agencies, the EC, the World Bank and other partners. This plan will be used to consolidate resources and responses…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The main objective of this joint WFP/FAO rapid qualitative Emergency Food Security Assessment (EFSA) was to guide possible adjustments of food security, agriculture and livelihood interventions in the Gaza Strip in the next 2-6 months, and, as far…

As the shaky ceasefires announced in Israel and Gaza on 17 and 18 January continue, FAO staff and partners can survey the full extent of the damage inflicted on agricultural property and assets by the recent armed conflict in…

Jerusalem, February 4, 2009 (UNDP/PAPP)-The 22 days of intense military operations in Gaza resulted in massive destruction to public as well as private buildings and housing units. An initial survey, conducted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) estimates that…

IDS Masters student Ahmed Sourani works with PARC, the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees, a non-governmental organisation in Gaza. Here he gives a personal view of the current conflict in Gaza with particular reference to the impact on agricultural life,…

Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I welcome this special session of the Human Rights Council and thank you for this additional opportunity to express my deepest concern over the situation in the Gaza Strip.…