"The mood in Gaza has moved from grief to anger" (John Ging, UNRWA)

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"The mood in Gaza has moved from grief to anger" (John Ging, UNRWA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRnRvSQTgJc

United Nations, New York, 30 January 2009: Daily Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. John Ging, Director of the Operations in Gaza for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), is updating on the humanitarian situation in Gaza via video conference link.

UNRWA website:
http://www.un.org/unrwa/


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http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/ondemand/pressbriefing/2009/brief090130.rm

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UNICEF: Back to school in Gaza

UNICEF: Back to school in Gaza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUOjqUglsx8

from http://www.youtube.com/unicef

NEW YORK, 26 January 2009 With the return of hundreds of thousands of children to school in Gaza, UNICEF is providing essential educational equipment and materials to reinstate learning and recreational activities, create safe environments and help restore a sense of normalcy for children in Gaza.

On the first day of my return to school I was expecting to find damage and destruction because I know that war machine didnt leave anything in place no human, no stone. When I first entered, I was shocked from the scenes that I saw—classrooms damaged, windows broken, every corner in the school reminds us of the war, said Hanady Akeela, 17.

On 26 January, UNICEF Occupied Palestinian Territory Representative Patricia McPhillips visited Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza where two UNICEF tents serve as temporary learning spaces for girls whose school was completely destroyed. Four additional tents will be set up in the coming days to accommodate additional students.

UNICEF is working with partners to establish safe areas and to supply educational material for children in Gaza, said Ms. McPhillips. Returning to school provides an important opportunity for children to interact, play, rebuild their routines and overcome distress.

To read the full story, visit:
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/oPt_47592.html

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"Every Gazan has a tale of profound grief to tell" (Karen AbuZayd, UNRWA)

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"Every Gazan has a tale of profound grief to tell" (Karen AbuZayd, UNRWA)
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United Nations, 27 January 2009 - Security Council meeting: With fragile ceasefires holding between Israel and Hamas, Karen AbuZayd, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), appealed to the Security Council to press all the parties for the political action needed ensure safe humanitarian access to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip and the immediate opening of the Strips crossing points to allow the free flow of aid, supplies and commerce.

Press Release:
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2009/sc9585.doc.htm


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"Help is urgently needed in Gaza" (Ban Ki-moon, Davos)

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"Help is urgently needed in Gaza" (Ban Ki-moon, Davos)
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United Nations, New York, 29 January 2009: Daily Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. The Secretary-General today announced in Davos an appeal for $613 million to cover the immediate recovery needs of the people of Gaza for the next six to nine months. A formal appeal will be launched next week (February 2) in Geneva.

Related:
UN appeals for $613 million to help Gaza recover after Israeli offensive
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=29707

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"There is a need for a massive humanitarian effort in Gaza" (John Holmes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBjbMRdOllA

United Nations, 27 January 2009 - John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Kaaren AbuZayd, Commissioner-General of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) brief the press following a meeting of the Security Council on the situation in Gaza.

News Story:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=29690&Cr=gaza&Cr1=holmes

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MAAN NEWS AGENCY::Hamas agrees: Gaza reconstruction funds to be depoliticized

from Ma'an News Agency
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=35354

Hamas agrees: Gaza reconstruction funds to be depoliticized
Date: 28 / 01 / 2009 Time: 17:35

Gaza – Ma'an – Hamas has accepted a plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip in which funds would be given to international agencies and kept out of the hands of Palestinian factions, a participant in the Cairo negotiations said on Wednesday.

Talal Abu Tharifa, a member of the central committee of the leftist Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), said that Hamas had agreed to the proposal, which is based on “the Lebanese experience.”

Palestinian political leaders are in Cairo to discuss a ceasefire with Israel, Palestinian reconciliation, and the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. The question of how to distribute reconstruction funds has been contentious because of an international aid boycott of the Hamas government. At the Cairo negotiations, Hamas had previously demanded that it be allowed to handle the reconstruction funds.

Abu Tharifa told Ma’an that Hamas leaders Abu Hashem, Salah Al-Bardawil and Ayman Taha had agreed to the plan. He also said that the UN’s relief agency for Palestinian refuges, UNRWA, would handle much of the money.

Abu Tharifa also repored that the Hamas delegation had welcomed a DFLP proposal to negotiate any truce with Israel as a united Palestinian front. He also called for Palestinian factions to prepare for national reconciliation talks in Cairo on 22 February.

To read the full story, visit:
Ma'an News Agency
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=35354

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Yusuf Islam, ex-Cat Stevens, faz música para Gaza [Rádio ONU em Português] | AUDIO

Yusuf Islam, ex-Cat Stevens, faz música para Gaza [Rádio ONU em Português] | AUDIO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xEVqw27nO0

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[*] to download Yusuf 's charity song The Day The World Gets Round (song and inspiration by GEORGE HARRISON) visit: http://www.jamalrecords.com/gaza/



Mônica Villela Grayley, da Rádio ONU em Nova York.
Fonte:
http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/portuguese/detail/158041.html
AUDIO | Fonte: Rádio ONU em Português | Yusuf Islam, ex-Cat Stevens, faz música para Gaza
26/01/2009
Canção deverá arrecadar fundos para crianças e famílias, vítimas do conflito de 22 dias na região.


O cantor Yusuf Islam, conhecido anteriormente como Cat Stevens, lançou nesta segunda-feira uma música beneficente para as vítimas do conflito na Faixa de Gaza.

O dinheiro arrecadado com a canção será destinado à Agência da ONU de Assistência aos Refugiados Palestinos, Unrwa, e à ONG britânica Save the Children ou Salve as Crianças.

Legado

O conflito na Faixa de Gaza durou 22 dias e matou pelo menos 1,3 mil palestinos e 13 israelenses. Mais de 5,5 mil pessoas ficaram feridas.

Yusuf gravou a música, lançada primeiro pelo ex-Beatle, George Harrison, e disse que espera que o mundo se lembre do legado de paz, amor e felicidade.

A agência da ONU que já opera em Gaza há 60 anos foi a maior organização humanitária atuando durante as três semanas de conflito entre militantes do movimento islâmico Hamas e tropas de Israel.

Apelo

De acordo com o Fundo das Nações Unidas para a Infância, Unicef, o conflito em Gaza afetou cerca de 840 mil crianças e jovens.

Muitos perderam escolas, postos de saúde e áreas de lazer durante os bombardeios de Israel.

Uma missão de alto nível da ONU visitou a região para avaliar a situação da reconstrução e da ajuda humanitária a médio e longo prazos.

A ONU deve lançar um apelo de emergência para Gaza na próxima semana.

Mônica Villela Grayley, da Rádio ONU em Nova York.
Fonte:
http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/portuguese/detail/158041.html


[*] to download Yusuf 's charity song The Day The World Gets Round (song and inspiration by GEORGE HARRISON) visit: http://www.jamalrecords.com/gaza/
Featuring Yusuf on vocals, 12-string, and acoustic guitar, Klaus Voormann on bass, Luke Potashnick on electric and acoustic guitars, Cassiano De Sa on electric guitar, Nikolaj Torp on piano/keyboards, and Kristoffer Soone on drums.

UNICEF: Rehabilitating learning centers in Gaza

UNICEF: Rehabilitating learning centers in Gaza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_JJgjDaPbQ

from http://www.youtube.com/unicef

JERUSALEM, 23 January 2009 The recent and extreme levels of conflict in Gaza have affected the lives of 840,000 children and young people. Many have lost their schools, health facilities, play areas and even neighbourhoods, which have been destroyed in the violence.

Women and children are the worst affected. Among them are a special group with one foot still in childhood and another in adulthood: the adolescents.

We lived the worst life humans could live in this world no food or electricity, no water, says Lara Abu Ramadan, a 17-year-old Gaza resident, describing her experience of the conflict.

As a result of the escalation of violence in the recent conflict, many adolescents in Gaza are now experiencing high levels of stress, anxiety, insecurity and intense fear, notes the head of UNICEFs Adolescent Development and Participation (ADAP) programme, Linda Sall. However, as adolescents, they also feel the need to take some action to support their families, friends and community.

To read the full story, visit:
http://www.unicef.org/emerg/index_47468.html

RED CROSS::ICRC: Gaza in Ruins

ICRC: Gaza in Ruins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcFu9OaBloE

from http://www.youtube.com/icrcfilms

Three weeks of intense conflict have taken a heavy toll on civilians. In Shijaiya, one of the poorest residential areas of Gaza City, families return to see the full extent of the damage. The ICRC and Palestine Red Crescent Society have started repair work on some of the Strip's shattered infrastructure, but it will take more than emergency aid for people in Gaza to recover from this latest crisis.