Gaza: Humanitarians are Working "Relentlessly" - Briefing | United Nations

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30 Aug 2024

Briefing by Ms. Joyce Msuya, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question - Security Council, 9715th meeting.The Security Council is holding an emergency meeting in New York to discuss the latest developments in the Middle East, at the request of the United Kingdom. The acting head of UN humanitarian wing OCHA, Joyce Msuya, told ambassadors humanitarians are working "relentlessly" to stop the spread of polio through the enclave, after the first case in 25 years was detected last week.