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:
Yes. My boss, Martin Griffiths, who is the Under-Secretary General, has travelled to Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Palestine to speak to authorities there and see how access can be facilitated. As a result of some of those discussions, we have been able to get some lorries of assistance into Gaza, but the quantities are minute right now. We are actively involved in negotiations, as is the Secretary General, but the success at this point is not to the desired level.