Summary
The UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza named in Israel’s observations of March 2024 in South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention) and in the Court’s Order of 28 March 2024 (Observations of the State of Israel on the Request Filed by the Republic of South Africa on 6 March 2024 for the Indication of Additional Provisional Measures and/or the Modification of Measures Previously Indicated, PDF p.6, p.9-10).
Details
- As UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, Ms. Sigrid Kaag welcomed the opening of the maritime corridor to Gaza agreed between Israel and Cyprus as bringing much needed additionality to the overall humanitarian effort, and commended the leadership of Cyprus and the support extended by the European Commission, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States and others, in a joint statement cited at footnote 19 of Israel’s observations (PDF p.6).
- Cooperation with Ms. Kaag by Israel continues, alongside COGAT’s daily meetings with representatives of the United States, Egypt and the UN, on Israel’s account (PDF p.9-10).
- In its Order of 28 March 2024 the Court takes note of the joint statement by Sigrid Kaag and Jorge Moreira da Silva of 12 March 2024 among the material on the position that there is no substitute for land routes and entry points from Israel into Gaza and an urgent need to increase the capacity and number of open land crossing points (Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel), Request for the Modification of the Order Indicating Provisional Measures of 26 January 2024, Order of 28 March 2024, PDF p.14-15).
Related pages
South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention), COGAT, Observations of the State of Israel on the Request Filed by the Republic of South Africa on 6 March 2024 for the Indication of Additional Provisional Measures and/or the Modification of Measures Previously Indicated, Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel), Request for the Modification of the Order Indicating Provisional Measures of 26 January 2024, Order of 28 March 2024