Gazans ‘stalked by hunger, disease and death’, warns UN’s top aid official

Amid further fighting across Gaza on Thursday, including reports of deadly airstrikes in the Rafah governorate, the UN’s top aid official, Martin Griffiths, echoed widespread international fears about a further escalation of the conflict. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/02/1146347
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Gazans ‘stalked by hunger, disease and death’, warns UN’s top aid official
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Israel-Palestine crisis: Silence the guns, UN relief chief tells Paris forum

09 Nov 2023

The UN’s top relief official Martin Griffiths travelled to the Paris humanitarian conference on Gaza on Thursday to issue an appeal for a significant break in the fighting there, urging greater protection for displaced civilians.

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Gaza: Aid missions risk being halted without security guarantees

14 Mar 2024

Desperately needed aid operations in Gaza must be protected from attack, the UN’s top aid official has warned, amid reports on Thursday that Palestinians were killed and injured while waiting for supplies in Gaza City.

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Morocco and Libya: UN scales up support for disaster relief

15 Sep 2023

Two very different catastrophes in Morocco and in Libya united by the “unimaginable trauma” of bereaved families, continue to mobilize the UN’s relief efforts, the Organisation’s top aid official Martin Griffiths said on Friday.