Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Global Humanitarian Response: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham:

More than 100 UN aid workers have died in this conflict and many more non-UN aid workers as well. These were colleagues with whom we co-operated and worked as well. Many of our colleagues and their families have also moved south, which is supposed to be a safer area but still there is conflict going on there and people are being killed there as well in large numbers. At this point, I understand that 600 people have been evacuated from Gaza but they are mainly either dual nationals or nationals of another country.

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