NNA \u2013 The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) declared, in a statement on Sunday, “its condemnation of the escalating killing of civilians in the occupied Palestinian territories, especially in Gaza and Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n
It joined the calls of the United Nations Secretary-General and other bodies for an \u201cimmediate ceasefire and full commitment to the relevant international law treaties and charters.”<\/p>\n
In this context, ESCWA Executive Secretary Rola Dashti pointed out that \u201cour children, women and youth, and all our peoples and economies can no longer tolerate the horror of destruction, killing and occupation, especially in light of the humanitarian, social and economic consequences of the worst health crisis in our contemporary history.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNow is the time for wisdom and peace,” she maintained.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe conflicts taking place in the region have resulted in huge loss of life, an almost irreparable decline in development gains, and asylum and forced displacement of millions of refugees who have been added to millions of Palestinians living in refugee camps for decades,\u201d Dashti went on, noting that according to ESCWA\u2019s estimates, the cost of the wars have exceeded 442 billion dollars in Syria and 576 billion dollars in Libya.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we are witnessing today must be approached in the full context of decades of occupation and the impossibility of achieving economic and social development in the region in general, and in the occupied Palestinian territory in particular, including \u2018The Gaza Strip\u2019, which suffers from siege, humanitarian crises, massive and repeated destruction, and high rates of poverty,” she underlined.<\/p>\n
Dashti emphasized that \u201cpermanent peace cannot be achieved without achieving justice and equality for all,\u201d while considering that \u201cfailure to do so will remain a major source of instability and increased suffering in Palestine, the rest of the region and the world.”<\/p>\n
Source: National News Agency-Lebanon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NNA \u2013 The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) declared, in a statement on Sunday, “its condemnation of the escalating killing of civilians in the occupied Palestinian territories, especially in Gaza and Israel.\u201d It joined the calls of the United Nations Secretary-General and other bodies for an \u201cimmediate ceasefire and full … <\/p>\n